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Zara Mohammadi or Zahra Mohammadi (Kurdish:زارا محەممەدی; born 1990 in Dehgolan) is a Kurdish activist and language teacher. [1] [2] The BBC has named Zara Mohammadi as one of the 100 Inspiring and influential women of 2022. [3] Zara Mohammadi was sentenced to five years in Sanandaj Women's Prison for teaching people her mother tongue.
Zara Mohammed (born 2 August 1991) [1] is a Pakistani-Scottish faith leader currently serving as Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain since 2021. [2] She is the first woman to lead the organisation.
Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid (Somali: Iimaan Maxamed Cabdulmajiid; born Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid, 25 July 1955 [2]), known mononymously as Iman, is a Somali-American model and actress. A muse of the designers Gianni Versace , Thierry Mugler , Calvin Klein , Donna Karan , and Yves Saint Laurent , she is also noted for her philanthropic work.
The earliest known, full-length opera composed by a Black American, “Morgiane,” will premiere this week in Washington, DC, Maryland and New York more than century after it was completed.
A look at the lives of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first Black female doctor in New York, and her sister Sarah J. S. Tompkins Garnet, the first Black female principal in NYC.
The “imperfect for you” singer previously spoke out about using her birth name in the credits for the Jon M. Chu-directed Wicked, an adaptation of the hit 2003 Broadway musical.
100 Women is a BBC multi-format series established in 2013. The annual series examines the role of women in the 21st century and has included events in London [1] and Mexico. [2] [3] Announcement of the list is the start of an international "BBC's women season", lasting three weeks including broadcast, online reports, debates and journalism on the topic of women. [4]
It is possible that the name has Hebrew origins in the word saraja, translating to sovereign, ruler, or a woman of high rank. Other interpretations say that Zara is a form of the name Sara (pronounced Zara in German). Some say that it is the English form of the name Zaïre, the central character of Voltaire's 1732 play Zaïre (The Tragedy of Zara).