Nour Haidar

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Nour Haidar was a twentieth-century pioneer of girl's education in Yemen.

Helped by her sister, Lola Haidar, Nour Haidar established a mi'lama (place of Islamic learning) for girls at her home: the school taught Qur'an and basic Arab literacy. In 1934 the mi'lama was converted by the British into a primary school, with Nour remaining as principal.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Amel Nejib al-Ashtal (2012). "A Long, Quiet, and Steady Struggle: The Women's Movement in Yemen". In Pernille Arenfeldt; Nawar Al-Hassan Golley (eds.). Mapping Arab Women's Movements: A Century of Transformations from Within. Oxford University Press. p. 199. ISBN 978-977-416-498-9.