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Meet Naima Khatoon, Aligarh University's First Woman Vice-Chancellor In 100 Years
Professor Naima Khatoon has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). The Ministry of Education appointed Ms Khatoon after receiving approval from President Droupadi Murmu, who serves as the Visitor of the university.
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Aligarh Muslim University Gets 1st Woman Vice-Chancellor In Over 100 Years
Naima Khatoon has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), making her the first woman to hold the top post in over 100 years, sources said on Monday.
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Nawaz Sharif's Daughter Becomes First Woman Chief Minister Of Pak's Punjab Province
Senior PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, on Monday became the first woman chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab province.
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Hyderabad University Elections 2023: In A First, ABVP Fields Muslim Woman Candidate For President's Post
Hyderabad University Elections 2023: The ABVP panel includes three female candidates out of a total of nine students.
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UK To Unveil 'World's First' Sculpture Celebrating Women Who Wear Hijab
The artwork, called 'Strength of the Hijab',depicts a Muslim woman wearing a hijab with the words ''it is a woman's right to be loved and respected whatever she chooses to wear'' inscribed across its base.
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Google Honours Feminist Icon, Educator Fatima Sheikh With A Doodle
Google is today celebrating educator and feminist icon Fatima Sheikh, who is widely considered to be India's first Muslim woman teacher, with a doodle.
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Meet IUML's Only Woman Candidate In 25 Years For Kerala Assembly Polls
For the first time in 25 years, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), the main ally of Congress-led United Democratic Front in Kerala, has fielded a woman candidate for the upcoming Assembly elections.
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Uttar Pradesh Police Files First Case Under New Law Against "Love Jihad"
Bareilly Police has filed the first case under Uttar Pradesh's new anti-conversion law, accusing a Muslim man of pressuring a woman to change her religion. The man is absconding, officials at the Deorania Police station in the district informed today.
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Pak-Origin Mehreen Faruqi Becomes First Female Muslim Australian Senator
Pakistani-origin Mehreen Faruqi, of the Australian Green Party, today became the first Muslim woman to occupy a seat in the country's Senate.
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Palestinian-American Positioned To Be First Muslim Woman In US Congress
Rashida Tlaib, a mother of two and daughter of Palestinian immigrants once detained for disrupting a Donald Trump speech, made history on Wednesday, poised to become the first Muslim woman in US Congress.
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In White-Majority Area, Bid To Become First Muslim Woman In US Congress
It's an incongruous sight, a woman in a salmon pink hijab standing on a Massachusetts traffic median, waving at oncoming cars and asking perfect strangers to vote her into Congress.
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In A First, Woman Imam Leads Friday Jumu'ah Prayers In Kerala
Malappuram in northern Kerala today witnessed an unprecedented Jumu'ah - a Friday prayer for Muslims. For the first time in the state, a 34-year-old woman Imam, Jamitha Teacher, led the devotees for Jumu'ah - the crucial congregational Friday prayer for Muslims, which includes preaching and prayer.
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Woman Named To Head Sports Federation In Saudi First
A princess has been named to head a Saudi multi-sports federation, in a first for women in the conservative Muslim kingdom where men dominate all sports, an official said Saturday.
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In Kerala's Love Jihad Probe, Counter-Terror Agency NIA Takes First Step
India's top counter-terror agency, the National Investigation Agency, on Friday started its first-of-a-kind probe into the marriage of a Hindu woman to a Muslim man in Kerala last year to ascertain if it was a case of Muslim extremist groups radicalising a Hindu woman and recruiting them for terror groups.
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Partition: 1947 Trailer - Huma Qureshi's Romantic Struggle Before India's Tryst With Destiny
The trailer of Huma Qureshi's movie Partition: 1947 was unveiled by the makers of the film today. The two-and-a-half minute trailer shows how Lord Mountbatten (played by Hugh Bonneville), the last Viceroy of India, has to oversee the transition of British India to independence
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Meet Naima Khatoon, Aligarh University's First Woman Vice-Chancellor In 100 Years
Professor Naima Khatoon has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). The Ministry of Education appointed Ms Khatoon after receiving approval from President Droupadi Murmu, who serves as the Visitor of the university.
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Aligarh Muslim University Gets 1st Woman Vice-Chancellor In Over 100 Years
Naima Khatoon has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), making her the first woman to hold the top post in over 100 years, sources said on Monday.
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Nawaz Sharif's Daughter Becomes First Woman Chief Minister Of Pak's Punjab Province
Senior PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, on Monday became the first woman chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab province.
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Hyderabad University Elections 2023: In A First, ABVP Fields Muslim Woman Candidate For President's Post
Hyderabad University Elections 2023: The ABVP panel includes three female candidates out of a total of nine students.
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UK To Unveil 'World's First' Sculpture Celebrating Women Who Wear Hijab
The artwork, called 'Strength of the Hijab',depicts a Muslim woman wearing a hijab with the words ''it is a woman's right to be loved and respected whatever she chooses to wear'' inscribed across its base.
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Google Honours Feminist Icon, Educator Fatima Sheikh With A Doodle
Google is today celebrating educator and feminist icon Fatima Sheikh, who is widely considered to be India's first Muslim woman teacher, with a doodle.
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Meet IUML's Only Woman Candidate In 25 Years For Kerala Assembly Polls
For the first time in 25 years, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), the main ally of Congress-led United Democratic Front in Kerala, has fielded a woman candidate for the upcoming Assembly elections.
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Uttar Pradesh Police Files First Case Under New Law Against "Love Jihad"
Bareilly Police has filed the first case under Uttar Pradesh's new anti-conversion law, accusing a Muslim man of pressuring a woman to change her religion. The man is absconding, officials at the Deorania Police station in the district informed today.
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Pak-Origin Mehreen Faruqi Becomes First Female Muslim Australian Senator
Pakistani-origin Mehreen Faruqi, of the Australian Green Party, today became the first Muslim woman to occupy a seat in the country's Senate.
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Palestinian-American Positioned To Be First Muslim Woman In US Congress
Rashida Tlaib, a mother of two and daughter of Palestinian immigrants once detained for disrupting a Donald Trump speech, made history on Wednesday, poised to become the first Muslim woman in US Congress.
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In White-Majority Area, Bid To Become First Muslim Woman In US Congress
It's an incongruous sight, a woman in a salmon pink hijab standing on a Massachusetts traffic median, waving at oncoming cars and asking perfect strangers to vote her into Congress.
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In A First, Woman Imam Leads Friday Jumu'ah Prayers In Kerala
Malappuram in northern Kerala today witnessed an unprecedented Jumu'ah - a Friday prayer for Muslims. For the first time in the state, a 34-year-old woman Imam, Jamitha Teacher, led the devotees for Jumu'ah - the crucial congregational Friday prayer for Muslims, which includes preaching and prayer.
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Woman Named To Head Sports Federation In Saudi First
A princess has been named to head a Saudi multi-sports federation, in a first for women in the conservative Muslim kingdom where men dominate all sports, an official said Saturday.
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In Kerala's Love Jihad Probe, Counter-Terror Agency NIA Takes First Step
India's top counter-terror agency, the National Investigation Agency, on Friday started its first-of-a-kind probe into the marriage of a Hindu woman to a Muslim man in Kerala last year to ascertain if it was a case of Muslim extremist groups radicalising a Hindu woman and recruiting them for terror groups.
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Partition: 1947 Trailer - Huma Qureshi's Romantic Struggle Before India's Tryst With Destiny
The trailer of Huma Qureshi's movie Partition: 1947 was unveiled by the makers of the film today. The two-and-a-half minute trailer shows how Lord Mountbatten (played by Hugh Bonneville), the last Viceroy of India, has to oversee the transition of British India to independence
