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Emira (name)
Amira is a feminine name. In the Balkans, Amira is popular among Bosniaks in the former Yugoslav nations. The name comes from the male given name Amir. Given name * Amira Abdelrasoul, Canadian researcher and associate professor * Amira Aisya, Malaysian politician * Amira Aisya Abdul Aziz, Malaysian politician * Amira Mohamed Ali, German politician * Amira Ben Amor, Tunisian long-distance runner * Amira Arfaoui, Swiss footballer * Amira Ben Chaabane, Tunisian sabre fencer * Amira Bouraoui, French-Algerian political activist * Amira Charfeddine, Tunisian novelist * Amira Bennison, aka Kate Bennison, British historian of the Middle East, * Amira Casar, French actress * Amira Daugherty, American singer and rapper * Amira Nur al-Din (1925–2020), Iraqi poet * Amira Dotan, Israeli military figure, politician, former member of Knesset * Emira D'Spain, Emirati-American model * Amira Edrahi, Libyan swimmer * Amira El Fadil (born 15 January 1967), Sudanese government official * A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feminine Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. In Western culture, the idioms "" and "being on first-name terms" refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names and religio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amira Nur Al-Din
Amira Nur al-Din Daoud (1925 – April 2020) was an Iraqi poet. Born in Baghdad. After completing her secondary education, she joined Fuad I University in Cairo in 1943, and BA in Arabic Language and Literature in 1947, and a master's degree from the same university in 1957. She worked as a teacher of Arabic in secondary schools, then at the Faculty of Arts of Baghdad, then dean of the Institute of Applied Arts. Published her poetry in many Iraqi and Arab magazines and newspapers. Life Amira bint Nur al-Din/Noureddine Daoud was born in Baghdad into a family originally from Mosul, Her father came to Baghdad in the late Ottoman era for education. Amira Noureddine studied in Baghdad until high school, then moved to Cairo in 1943 and joined the Fuad I University Cairo University () is Egypt's premier public university. Its main campus is in Giza, immediately across the Nile from Cairo. It was founded on 21 December 1908;"Brief history and development of Cairo University." Cai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amira Khatun
Amira Khatun () was a Seljuk princess, daughter of sultan Ahmad Sanjar and the principal wife of Abbasid caliph al-Mustarshid. Background Amira Khatun belongs to the Seljuk dynasty that ruled Eastern Islamic world in the name of caliph as Sultanate. Her father was the son of Seljuk sultan Malik Shah I and his mother was Tajuddin Safariyya Khatun Her uncle was sultan Muhammad I Tapar. Life Amira Khatun was the daughter of Seljuk sultan Ahmad Sanjar. Amira Khatun was born in Khorasan in the 1110s. Her exact date of birth is unknown. Amira Khatun spent her childhood in Merv with her sister. During her father's reign all her sisters were married to important Seljuk figures. She was married to Abbasid caliph al-Mustarshid in 1124. Due to her marriage with al-Mustarshid bi'llah she also became known as ''Mustarshidi Khatun''. She left the Seljuk harem and entered the Caliph's Harem and became principal and only wife of the caliph. Living a secluded life in the harem, only a few thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amira Kandil
Amira Kandil (born 21 February 2003) is an Egyptian modern pentathlete. She competed in the women's event at the 2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo .... References External links * 2003 births Living people Egyptian female modern pentathletes Modern pentathletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic modern pentathletes for Egypt Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Egyptian sportswomen World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists {{Egypt-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amira Ismail
Amira Ismail (born 4 October 1985) is a Maldivian actress. Career Ismail first filmed for a film titled ''Loabi Dhasvejje'' which was ultimately delayed and shelved. She then collaborated with Amjad Ibrahim for his romantic horror film '' Dhonkamana'' (2003) which depicts the romantic relationship between a young man (played by Yoosuf Shafeeu) and an old woman (played by Fauziyya Hassan). Featuring Hassan, Yoosuf Shafeeu, Niuma Mohamed, Sheereen Abdul Wahid, Sheela Najeeb and Aminath Rasheedha, the film received mainly negative reviews from critics though its inclusion of the theme portraying the relationship between a couple with a large age group was appraised. The same year she appeared as the insecure girlfriend in Abdul Faththaah's critically praised romantic film ''Vehey Vaarey Therein''. Featuring Yoosuf Shafeeu, Jamsheedha Ahmed, Khadheeja Ibrahim Didi, Mohamed Shavin and Aminath Rasheedha in crucial roles, the film narrates the story of unrequited love, and proved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amirah Inglis
Amirah Inglis (née Gutstadt, then Gust, then Turner, finally Inglis) (7 December 1926 – 2 May 2015) was an Australian communist activist and writer. Biography Inglis was born Amirah Gutstadt in 1926 in Brussels, Belgium, to Itzhak (also known as Isaac) and Manka (also known as Miriam) Gutstadt, who were Polish Jews. Prior to her birth, her parents had lived in Mandatory Palestine, and it was there that the Hebrew name Amirah had been suggested. At the age of two, Inglis and her mother travelled to Melbourne, Australia, to join her father there. He had adopted a new surname, Gust. For most of her childhood she was an only child: her only sibling, Ian Gust, was 14 years younger. After schooling at Princes Hill State School and Mac.Robertson Girls' High School, she studied history at Melbourne University. It was there that she both joined the Communist Party, and met her first husband, Ian Turner, with whom she went on to have three children. She was editor of the student ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amira Hess
Amira Hess (; 13 March 1943 – 1 December 2023) was an Israeli poet and artist. Arriving in Israel in 1951 to a refugee transit camp, she then made her home in Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ..., where she lived for the rest of her life. Her first book, ''And the Moon is Dripping Madness'', was awarded the Luria Prize (named for the poet Yerucham Luria). Her other volumes of poetry in Hebrew include ''Two Horses by the Light Line'', ''The Information Eater'', ''Yovel'', and ''There is no Real Woman in Israel''. Some individual poems have been translated into English, French, German, Greek, Spanish and Russian. A collection of about seventy poems under the title ''Between Boulders of Basalt and Foundation'', was translated into English by Shay K. Azoula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amira Hass
Amira Hass (; born 28 June 1956) is an Israeli journalist and author, mostly known for her columns in the daily newspaper ''Haaretz'' covering Palestinian affairs in Gaza and the West Bank, where she has lived for almost thirty years. Biography The daughter of two Holocaust survivors, Hass is the only child of a Bosnian-born Sephardic Jewish mother, who survived nine months in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, and a Romanian-born Ashkenazi Jewish father. In her own words, her parents "were never Zionists, but they found themselves in Israel as refugees after the Holocaust"."Israel Gaza War: a conversation with Amira Haas". ACMCU discussion, October 2023. On Youtube, t 5:48. Accessed 28 Nov 2023 (URL starting with youtube). Hass was born in Jerusalem and educated at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she studied the history of Nazism and the European Left's relation to the Holocaust. Journalism career Frustrated by the events of the First Intifada and by what she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amira Osman Hamed
Amira Osman Hamed is a Sudanese women’s rights activist and co-founder of No to Oppression against Women Initiative. Born in 1976 in Sudan, Amira Osman Hamed studied computer engineering. Under President Omar al-Bashir, she was arrested twice in 2013 for refusing to wear a headscarf that covered her hair, and in 2002 for wearing pants. These cases recall the case of journalist Loubna al-Hussein in 2009. Amira Osman Sudanese and international organizations mobilized to support her and she was released. In April 2019, Omar el-Bashir was overthrown. A transition began towards a democratic regime. But it was interrupted by a new military coup in October 2021, bringing Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to power. Again, this regime imprisoned its opponents. Amira Osman was arrested by a police raid on her home in January 2022. She was detained in Omdurman. A new mobilization of Sudanese and international organizations organized to obtain her release, which they obtained in early February 2022, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amira Griselda Gómez
Amira Griselda Gómez Tueme (born 21 August 1954) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PRI. She currently serves as Deputy of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Monterrey Monterrey (, , abbreviated as MtY) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is the ninth-largest city and the second largest metropolitan area, after Greater Mexico City. Located at the foothills of th .... She also served as Senator during the LX and LXI Legislatures. References 1954 births Living people Politicians from Monterrey Women members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians 20th-century Mexican politicians 20th-century Mexican women politicians 21st-century Mexican politicians 21st-century Mexican women politicians Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amira Elghawaby
Amira Elghawaby is an Egyptian-born Canadian journalist, communications professional, and human rights activist. She was appointed as Canada's first Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia in January 2023. Early life and education Elghawaby was born in Egypt to Egyptian parents; her father was an engineer. She emigrated to Canada at the age of two months with her mother, and also spent four of her early years in Bandung, Indonesia. She grew up in the East End of Ottawa. Elghawaby has a combined honours degree in journalism and law from Carleton University. Career Elghawaby is a human rights activist and a journalist. She was previously employed as a communications lead by the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, and was a freelance journalist who contributes columns to ''The Toronto Star''. She previously worked at CBC News, the Canadian labour movement, and as a human rights co-ordinator and later Director of Communications for the National Council of Canadian M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amira El Fadil
Amira El Fadil (born 15 January 1967) is a Sudanese government official. She previously held the position of Minister of Social Welfare and Social Insurance for the Government of Sudan. In 2016, she was elected to a four-year term as Commissioner for Social Affairs of the African Union Commission. She is also a member of the executive board of the World Anti-Doping Agency. El Fadil has worked with the Association of Women for Rural Development and Immigration, Women, Children and Family. She has participated in the Women's Rally for Peace and led workshops on peacebuilding and conflict resolution. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Fadil, Amira 1967 births Living people 21st-century Sudanese women politicians 21st-century Sudanese politicians African Union Commission members World Anti-Doping Agency members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
