Wided Bouchamaoui is a Tunisian businesswoman who has been the leader of the employers union Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA) since 2011. UTICA was one of the four organisations to form the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, whose aim was to secure a transition to democracy. The Quartet won the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize.
Alka Sadat is an Afghan documentarian and feature film producer, director and camerawoman.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkol Karman is a Yemeni journalist, politician, and human rights activist.
Shazia Mirza is an English stand-up comedian, actress, and writer . In addition to her stand up comedy (including The Kardashians Made Me Do It), she is known for her columns and articles in British newspapers The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph as well as New Statesman magazine, Dawn newspaper, FT Magazine and the Chicago Tribune. She has also made guest appearances on a variety of television and radio shows.
Sarah bint Yousef Al Amiri is the Emirati Minister of State for Advanced Sciences, chair of the UAE Space Agency and the United Arab Emirates Council of Scientists, and Deputy Project Manager of the Emirates Mars Mission, Hope. She began her career at the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology, where she worked on satellite projects DubaiSat-1 and DubaiSat-2. She joined the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and the Environment before later taking on a senior role at the Dubai World Trade Centre. In 2016 she was appointed the head of the Emirates Science Council.
In November 2017 Amiri became the first Emirati to speak at an international TED event when she spoke in Louisiana about the Hope Mars Mission. The mission launched in July 2020, scheduled to reach Mars in 2021 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the United Arab Emirates’ independence.
In October 2017 Amiri was named Minister of State for Advanced Sciences in the United Arab Emirates Cabinet. To increase global scientific collaboration, Al Amiri toured US scientific institutions in November 2017.
Mastoureh Afshar was an Iranian intellectual, feminist, and leading figure in Iran’s women’s rights movement.
Sana Amanat is an American comic book editor whose credits include Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, and Captain Marvel. She is best known for co-creating Marvel’s first solo series featuring a Muslim female superhero, Ms. Marvel.
At age eleven, Malala Yousafzai was already advocating for the rights of women and girls. As an outspoken proponent for girls’ right to education, Yousafzai was often in danger because of her beliefs. However, even after being shot by the Taliban, she continued her activism and founded the Malala Fund with her father. By age seventeen, Yousafzai became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her work.