أم مطاع الأسلمية Umm Matawe’ Al-Aslamiyya, who volunteered to be a nurse in the army in battle of Khaybar. She is also a narrator of Hadith. Companion of Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
Category: Muslim Women
Full Name: Sameera Moussa Arabic: سميرة موسى Other Names: Samira Musa Aly Born: 1917 AD. Died: 1952 AD. Origin: El Gharbia, Egypt. Famous for: Atomic Scientist and Physicist. Contributions: She is the first female Egyptian nuclear physicist. She was the first woman to work at Cairo University. She organized the Atomic Energy for Peace Conference…
Dr. Azar Andami is the inventor of Cholera vaccine. Full Name: Azar Andami. Persian: آذر اندامی Born: 1926 AD. Died: 1984 AD. Origin: Rasht, Iran. Famous for: Physician and Bacteriologist. Contributions: Development of a cholera vaccine. Legacy: A crater, named “Andami”, on the planet Venus was named in her honour by the International Astronomical Union.…
Full Name: Umm Waraqah bint ‘Abdullah b. Al-Harith Ansariah. Arabic: أم ورقة بنت عبد الله بن الحارث Other Names: Umm Waraqa. Origin: Mecca. Famous for: One of the female companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. At the battle of Badr, she asked the Holy Prophet’s (S.A.W) permission to join the Muslim army in order to…
Full Name: Umm Sinan Al-Islami. Arabic: ام سنان الاسلامي Other Names: Umm Imara. Born: Died: Origin: Mecca Famous for: The most powerful and influential woman in Ottoman history. Contributions: Pledge of `Aqabah She participated in the battles of Uhud, Hudaybiyah and Khaybar She witnessed the victory of Makkah and participated in the battles of Hunayn…
The only Muslim Woman to Win the ‘Nobel Prize’ of Mathematics. Full Name: Maryam Mirzakhani. Persian: مریم میرزاخانی Born: 1977. Died: c. 2017. Origin: Tehran, Iran. Famous for: Mathematician. Contributions: Simple geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces and the volume of the moduli space of curves. Awards The first Iranian woman to win a gold medal at the…
Full Name: Hurrem Sultan-Roxelana. Arabic: خرّم سلطان Other Names: Aleksandra Anastazja Lisowska, Haseki Hürrem Sultan or Hürrem. Born: c. 1504. Died: c. 1558. Origin: Rohatyn, Ruthenia, Kingdom of Poland (now Ukraine). Famous for: The most powerful and influential women in Ottoman history. Contributions: Hürrem Sultan is known as the first woman in Ottoman history to concern herself…
Full Name: Nusaybah Bint Ka’ab Al Maziniyyah. Arabic: نَسيبة بنت كعب Other Names: Umm ʿAmmarah, Umm Umara, Umm Marah. Origin: Makkah. Died: 13th Hijri year and was buried in Al Baqi in Makkah. Famous for: The First Woman Warrior in Islam. Companion (Sahabiyyah) of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Contribution: Nusaybah and Umm Munee Asma bint…
Full Name: Lubna of Córdoba. Arabic: لبنى القرطبية Other Names: Lubna al-Katib. Origin: Madinat al-Zahra, Cordoba, Spain. Born: 927 AD. Died: 10th Century. Famous for: Intellectual, mathematician, and poet. Contribution: Manuscript copyist for the library of Al-Hakam II. Lubna was also in charge of the Library of Cordoba. She was the driving force behind the…
Full Name: Anousheh Ansari Arabic: انوشه انصاری Other Names: née Raissyan Origin: Iranian American engineer. Born: Sep 12, 1966 Famous for:The first Iranian in space. She was the fourth overall self-funded space tourist, and the first self-funded woman to fly to the International Space Station. Contribution: Co-founder and chairwoman of Prodea Systems. Co-founder and CEO…