Munira (also spelled Monireh, , meaning ''luminous'', ''bright'', ''shining'') is a female given name. Notable people with the given name include: *

Munira A. Basrai Munira Adnan Basrai is an American geneticist researching genome stability and cell cycle regulation in yeast and human cancers. She is a senior investigator at the National Cancer Institute. Education Basrai received a Ph.D. from the Universi ...

, American geneticist *

Munira Fakhro Munira Fakhro () is a Bahraini academic and was a candidate in Bahrain's 2006 general election for Wa'ad, the country's largest leftist political party. Dr Fakhro is an associate professor at thUniversity of Bahrain having received her Doctorate ...

, Bahraini academic *

Mounira El Mahdeya Monira Elmahdiyya (born Zakiyya Hesin Mansur, ) also known by the nicknames "Soltanet Eltarab" (= Queen of Singing), was an Egyptian singer and actress. She was considered to be the leading Egyptian singer in the 1920s. Early life Mounira El ...

(1885–1965), Egyptian singer *

Monireh Gorji Monir Gorji (; 1929 – 12 January 2025) was an Iranian teacher and ''mujtahid''. She was the only woman to be elected to the 73-seat Assembly of Experts for Constitution in 1979. The Assembly of Experts is a framework of Iran that is responsible ...

(1929-2025), Iranian teacher and mujtahid *

Munira Khalil Munira Khalil is an American chemist who is the Leon C. Johnson Professor of Chemistry and department chair at the University of Washington. Early life and education Khalil attended Colgate University, where she majored in chemistry and Englis ...

, American chemist *

Munírih Khánum Munírih K͟hánum (‎; 1847April 28, 1938) was the wife of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, a prominent figure in the Baháʼí Faith. She was entitled the Holy Mother. Her memoirs, first published in 1924, are regarded as one of the first published memoirs by ...

(1847–1938), prominent Bahá'í *

Munira Mirza Munira Mirza (born May 1978) is a British political advisor who served as Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit under Prime Minister Boris Johnson from 2019 until she resigned in February 2022. She previously worked under Johnson as Deputy Mayor ...

(born 1978), British political adviser *

Munira Mosli Munira Ahmed Muhammad Mosli () (July 1954 – January 2019) was a Saudi Arabian plastic works artist and painter. She worked with the materials copper, natural dyes, palm tree fibre, plants, paper, papyrus, and oysters and employed the collage te ...

(1954–2019), Saudi Arabian plastic arts worker and painter *

Munira al-Qubaysi Shaykha Munira Qubaysi (also spelled Qubeysi; ; 1933 – December 25, 2022) was an Islamic scholar. Education Qubaysi completed a Bachelor’s degree in biology at the University of Damascus in the 1950s in an era when women in hijab studying ...

(1933–2022), Syrian Sufi *

Monira Rahman Monira Rahman is a Bangladeshi human rights activist. She was born in 1965 in Jessore, East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh). Due to her movement, acid and petrol attacks on women in Bangladesh have been reduced by 40 fold. She has changed laws. ...

(born 1966), Bangladeshi activist *

Munira Wilson Munira Hassam Wilson (; born 26 April 1978) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Twickenham since 2019. She has served as the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for education since 2021 under Sir Ed D ...

(born 1978), British politician

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