Category: People
Zahida Khan The Meo-Muslim Woman, who bagged the maximum votes.
By Shabina Akhtar
Zahida Khan, Congress MLA from Kaman
Jaipur: Zahida Khan, a Meo-Muslim looks all set to create a record, if she manages to [...]
Mehtab Hussain Bareilly’s ‘Bolt’ sprints past odds, but official apathy still a hurdle.
Bareilly (UP): Deaf and mute by birth, Mehtab Hussain, in his 30s, is an athlete of international repute and has won a number of national and interna [...]
Saifa Khatun – 12 Year Old Girl Qualifies for Class 10 Board Exam
Howrah District: (West Bengal): The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) has allowed a 12-year-old girl, who never enrolled in school, an [...]
Amira Oron – Israel Appoints Woman as Ambassador to Egypt
Israel has recently appointed its first woman ambassador to Cairo since the Egypt-Israel peace treaty was signed in 1979. Amira Oron will be succ [...]
Sarah Al-Suhaimi – Saudi Arabian Stock Exchange Chairwoman
Sarah Al-Suhaimi has been the chairwoman of the Saudi Arabian stock exchange (Tadawul) since February 2017, the largest stock market in the Middl [...]
Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib First Muslim Women Elected to US Congress
Chicago: Voters in Minnesota and Michigan elected the first two Muslim women to serve in the US Congress recently, a former refugee who fled Soma [...]
Salma Elloumi Rekik – Appointed to Head Tunisia’s Presidential Diwan
Tunis: (Tunisia): Salma Elloumi Rekik assumed her post as head of the presidential Diwan on Nov. 1. Rekik, a 62-year-old businesswoman, served a [...]
Nazar Nasir – Breaking Gender Stereotypes in Kashmir through Crochet!
A resident of downtown, Srinagar, Nazar is a student of literature. Apart from being a student, he is the first and the only male who crochets from K [...]