Arab Women by Nationality - Sudanese

 

Fatima Ibrahim

Sudanese

1934

Feminist

  • studied journalism
  • teacher
  • President of Sudanese Women's Union
  • Editor in Chief Sawt Al-mara'ah (Women's Voice)
  • First woman Member of Parliament in Sudan 1965
  • House arrest following coup d'etat in 1969. Released in 1983
  • elected President of Women's International Democratic Federation 1991
  • Member of Central Committee of Sudanese Communist Party
  • United Nations Award for Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Human Rights in 1993.

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Heroes/Fatima_Ibrahim.html

International Who’s Who of Women. 6th ed. London: Routledge, 2008. Print. p.403. (DWC collection REF CT3202.I58 2008)
Kamala Ibrahim Ishaq

Sudanese

b. 1939

Artist

  • educated at the College of Fine and Applied Art, Khartoum, Royal College of Art (London) in mural painting, lithography, typography, illustration
  • exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in United States of America, Brazil, Sudan, Nigeria, Tunis, Egypt, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, and Jordan since 1962
  • works in oil on canvas, acrylic on paper

Lloyd, Fran, ed. Contemporary Arab Women’s Art: Dialogues of the Present. London: WAL (Women’s Art Library), 1999. Print. p.234, 187-190. (DWC collection N6260.C65 1999)
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