Wednesday, September 20, 2017

A00101 - Mahershala Ali, First Muslim to Win and Academy Award for Acting

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Ali, Mahershala Mahershalalhashbaz "Mahershala" Ali Gilmore  ( b.  February 16, 1974, Oakland, California), an American actor a...
Wednesday, September 13, 2017

A00100 - Hadje Halime, The Mother of the Chadian Revolution

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Halime, Hadje Hadje Halime , a Chadian activist, educator, and politician called the "mother of the revolution", was born in ...
Thursday, September 7, 2017

A00099 - Shirin Ebadi, First Muslim Woman (Iranian) Nobel Peace Prize Recipient

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Ebadi, Shirin Shirin Ebadi   (b.  June 21, 1947 , Hamadan, Iran) was an Iranian lawyer, writer, and teacher, who received the Nobel Prize f...
Tuesday, September 5, 2017

A00098 - Al-Dimashqi, Medieval Arab Geographer

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Dimashqi   Shams al-Din al-Ansari al-Dimashqi  or simply  al-Dimashqi  (Arabic:  شمس الدين الأنصاري الدمشقي ‎) (1256–1327) was a medieval ...

A00097 - Ibrahim Yazdi, Khomeini Advisor

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Yazdi, Ibrahim Ibrahim Yazdi , or Ebrahim Yazdi,  (Persian:  ابراهیم یزدی ‎‎; b. September 26, 1931, Qazvin, Iran – d. August 27, 2017, Iz...
Tuesday, August 22, 2017

A00096 - Fadwa Suleiman, Syrian Actress and Activist

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Suleiman, Fadwa Fadwa Suleiman  or Fadwa Soliman  (b. May 17, 1970, Aleppo, Syria  – d. August 17, 2017, Paris, France) was a Syrian actre...
Wednesday, August 2, 2017

A00095 - Rula Quawas, Champion of Feminism in Jordan

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Quawas, Rula Rula Butros Quawas (b. February 25, 1960, Amman, Jordan - d. July 25, 2017, Amman, Jordan) was born in Amman, into a patri...