Middle Eastern Descent Archives - Page 4 of 7

Babylonian high-priestess of the Moon God at Ur and founder of the world’s first museum.

Egyptian writer and women’s rights activist

Pakistani-British journalist and magazine founder/editor

Astronomer and writer

Sudanese singer-songwriter and recording artist Nancy Agag combines songs from older Sudanese musicians with her own compositions.

Queen Soraya Tarzi of Afghanistan pushed to modernise the country from the 1920s onward, promoting freedoms and rights for women.

Mah Chuchak Begum was a wife of the second Mughal emperor Humayun who took over Kabul and rode into battle with her troops.

Libyan-Canadian photographer

Lebanese-New Zealand businesswoman

Princess and poet