Aisha Aisha bint Abi Bakr () was a seventh century Arab commander, politician, Muhaddith, muhadditha and the third and youngest wife of the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad. Aisha had an important role in early Islamic h ...

(; –678), was the third wife of Muhammad. Aisha or variant spellings may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Film

* ''Aisha'' (1953 film), an Egyptian drama * ''Aisha'' (2010 film), an Indian romantic comedy-drama, an adaptation Jane Austen's ''Emma'' * ''Aisha'' (2022 film), an Irish drama * '' Aayisha'', a 1964 Indian Malayalam film * ''Ayisha'' (film), a 2023 Indian film

Music

*"Aisha", a song by John Coltrane from the 1961 album ''

Olé Coltrane ''Olé Coltrane'' is a studio album by the jazz musician and composer John Coltrane. It was released in November 1961 through Atlantic Records. The album was recorded at A&R Studios in New York, and was the last of Coltrane's Atlantic albums to b ...

'' *"Aisha", a 1999 song by

Death in Vegas Death in Vegas is an English electronic music group, for which Richard Fearless serves as frontman. The band was formed in 1994 by Fearless and Steve Hellier and signed to Concrete Records under the name of Dead Elvis. Owing to an Irish record ...

Aïcha Aïcha "Aïcha" ( , ; , ; ) is a song written by French singer-songwriter Jean-Jacques Goldman, performed by Algerian raï artist Khaled. In 1996, the song was released as a single containing two versions: a French version and a bilingual ver ...

", a 1996 song by Khaled *"Aïcha", a 2003 song by

Singuila Bedaya Singuila N'Garo (born 19 September 1977 in Suresnes), better known by his stage name Singuila (), is a French singer of Congolese and Central African origins. Singuila means "thank you" in Sango, a main language spoken in Central Africa ...

*"Ayesha", a 2019 song by

Cupcakke Elizabeth Eden Harris (born May 31, 1997), known professionally as Cupcakke (often stylized as cupcakKe; pronounced "cupcake"), is an American rapper and singer-songwriter known for her Sexualization, hypersexualized, brazen, and often comical ...

Other uses in arts and entertainment

Ayesha (novel) ''Ayesha, the Return of She'' is a gothic novel, gothic-fantasy novel by the English Victorian era, Victorian author H. Rider Haggard, published in 1905 as a sequel to his 1887 novel ''She (novel), She''. Chronologically, it is the final novel ...

, by H. Rider Haggard, 1905, a sequel to ''She'' *

Aisha (TV series) ''Aisha'' is a Maldivian romantic drama television series developed for Television Maldives by Abdul Faththaah. The series stars Jamsheedha Ahmed, Ibrahim Hilmy, Arifa Ibrahim, Niuma Mohamed and Aminath Rasheedha in pivotal roles. Premise Aisha ...

, a Maldivian television series * Kismet (Marvel Comics), a fictional character also known as Ayesha * ''Aisha'', a character from the Italian animated series

Winx Club ''Winx Club'' is an animated television series co-produced by Rainbow S.p.A., Rainbow and, later, Nickelodeon. It was created and directed by Italian animator Iginio Straffi. It premiered on 28January 2004, becoming a ratings success in Ita ...

* Aisha Banerjee, fictional character in the 2009 Indian film ''

Wake Up Sid ''Wake Up Sid'' is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language Coming-of-age story, coming-of-age Comedy drama, comedy-drama film written and directed by Ayan Mukerji in his directorial debut, and produced by Karan Johar under the Dharma Productions banner. T ...

'', played by Konkona Sen Sharma * Ayesha, fictional character in the 2014 Indian film ''

Ek Villain ''Ek Villain'' () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language romantic action thriller film directed by Mohit Suri and jointly produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Motion Pictures. Based on a script written by Tushar Hiranandani and ...

'', played by Shraddha Kapoor

People

Aisha (given name) Aisha (; also spelled A'aisha, A'isha, Aischa, Aische, Aishah, Aishat, Aishath, Aicha, Aïcha, Aisya, Aisyah, Aiša, Ajša, Aixa, Ayesha, Aysha, Ayşe, Ayisha, or Iesha) is an Arabic female given name. It originated from Aisha, the third wife of th ...

, an Arabic female given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name *

Aisha (Latvian singer) Aija Andrejeva (born 16 January 1986 in Lielvarde), better known by her stage name Aisha (), is a Latvian singer. Eurovision Song Contest 2010 On 27 February 2010, Aija Andrejeva won the Latvian national final ''Eirodziesma 2010'', and has repre ...

(Aija Andrejeva, born 1986) * Aisha (poet) (ʿĀʾisha bint Aḥmad al-Qurṭubiyya), a 10th-century poet *

Aisha (reggae singer) Aisha, sometimes Sister Aisha (born Pamela Ross; 1962 in Wolverhampton, England) is a roots reggae singer. Biography Aisha's father ran a sound system, and she began singing at the age of eight, building up a strong local following before beginn ...

(Pamela Ross, born 1962), a British singer *

Aishah (singer) Wan Aishah binti Wan Ariffin ( Jawi: وان عائشة بنت وان عارفين; born 3 January 1965), known mononymously as Aishah, is a singer, actress, and politician from Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Music career Aishah first achieved sta ...

(Wan Aishah binti Wan Ariffin, born 1965), a Malaysian singer and politician *Aisha (아샤), member of South Korean girl group

Everglow Everglow (, stylized in all caps) is a South Korean girl group formed by Yuehua Entertainment. The group is composed of six members: E:U, Kim Si-hyeon, Sihyeon, Mia, Onda, Aisha, and Yiren. Cited as the "ultimate performance boss" by Korean med ...

Places

Ayesha (woreda) Ayesha (Italian ''Aiscia'') is a woreda in Somali Region, Ethiopia. The northernmost woreda of the Shinile Zone, Ayesha is bordered on the south by Dembel, on the west by Shinile, on the north by Djibouti, on the east by Somaliland, and on the s ...

, Ethiopia **

Aysha, Ethiopia Aysha (, , ) is a town in Ethiopia. It is situated about () south of the border with Djibouti and () west of the border with Somaliland. Located in the Sitti Zone in the Somali Region. This town served by a station on the Addis Ababa - Djibouti R ...

is a town located in the woreda *

Ayesha River Ayesha River is an intermittent river found in Eastern Ethiopia. Its drainage basin is part of the East African Rift The East African Rift (EAR) or East African Rift System (EARS) is an active continental rift zone in East Africa. The EAR beg ...

, Ethiopia

Other uses

* ''Ayesha'' (cicada), a genus of cicadas * ''Aysha'' (spider), a genus of spiders * ''Ayesha'' (ship), a wooden topsail schooner, launched 1907 *

Aisha Association for Woman and Child Protection AISHA Association for Women and Child Protection (AISHA), established in 2009, is an independent Palestinian women's organization working to achieve gender integration through economic empowerment and psychosocial support to marginalized groups ...

Ayesha pole move The Ayesha is an advanced pole dance position, where the dancer suspends their body weight with two hands in an inverted position, and opens their legs in a V facing the pole. There are several grip variations for the Ayesha, including a split gri ...

, an advanced pole dance position