Influential Women of the Middle East and North Africa

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7th century Arab politician, commander, and favourite wife of prophet Muhammad.

Egyptian feminist writer, activist and physician. 1931-2021

Established the world’s first university in the Moroccan city of Fez.

Told 1000 tales to save herself from being beheaded.

Born a slave, she became the Sultana of Egypt, and the first woman to sit on the Egyptian throne since Cleopatra.

Resistance leader and commander in the fight against the French in 19th century Algeria.

23rd Century BCE - high priestess during the Akkadian Empire. She is thought to be the earliest known named author anywhere in the world.

The first Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Ruled the Saltuqids from 1191 until 1200 in what is today modern Turkey.

One of Egypt's most influential nuclear scientists of the 20th century.

The first Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the legal wife of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.

The first woman not only in Egypt, but in all of Africa to gain her pilot's license.