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Amna
Amna or Aamna is an Arabic feminine given name that means mean safe, caring, and honest. It is a variant transliteration of Amina. It may refer to: *Aminah, mother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad * Amna Al Haddad, Emirati weightlifter *Amna Al Qubaisi, Emirati female racing driver * Amna Babar, Pakistani supermodel *Amna bint Abdulaziz bin Jassim Al Thani, Qatari businesswoman *Amna Buttar, Pakistani American physician and politician * Amna Elsadik Badri, Sudanese academic, writer, and activist for women's rights *Amna Ilyas, Pakistani film and television actress, and model *Amna Lihović, Bosnian footballer *Amna Mawaz Khan, Pakistani classical dancer of Bharatnatyam *Aamna Malick, Pakistani actress *Amna Nawaz, American broadcast journalist *Amna Nurhusein, Eritrean politician *Amna Riaz, Pakistani YouTuber *Aamna Sardar, Pakistani politician *Aamna Sharif, Indian actress *Amna Suleiman, Palestinian cyclist and instructor * Amna Guellali, Libyan-Tunisian human rights activist Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amna Al Qubaisi
Amna Al Qubaisi (; born 28 March 2000) is an Emirati racing driver. On the 16th of December 2018, she became the first Middle Eastern woman to take part in a motorsport test program for Formula E after the Diriyah ePrix in Saudi Arabia. This was just a few months after a ban, prohibiting all women from driving, was lifted within Saudi Arabia on the 24th of June 2018. Personal life Amna was born in Washington, Virginia in the United States. She is the daughter of Khaled Al Qubaisi, CEO of Real Estate and Infrastructure Investment platform at Mubadala Investment Company and also a racing driver that made history for the UAE when he became the first Emirati to compete at the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France claiming two class podiums. Amna has made history by being the first Emirati woman to participate in motorsports with Daman Speed Academy and compete internationally. She is also Hamda Al Qubaisi's older sister. Amna attends Paris Sorbonne University completing a d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amna Ilyas
Amna Ilyas ( ur, ) is a Pakistani film and television actress, and model. She is the younger sister of models Salma Ilyas and Uzma Ilyas. Amna began her modeling career at the age of seventeen, and a few years later, moved on to acting in 2013. She is known for her leading roles in several films, including ''Zinda Bhaag'' (2013), ''Good Morning Karachi'' (2014), ''Saat Din Mohabbat In'' (2018), ''Baaji'' (2019), and ''Ready Steady No'' (2019). Ilyas has also starred in a series of television shows including the romantic drama ''Tum Mere Paas Raho'' (2015). Early life Amna began her modeling career at the age of twenty in 2007. She began to pursue acting in 2013. Career In 2011 and 2012, she was nominated for Model of the Year (Female) at 11th Lux Style Awards and 12th Lux Style Awards and won the Best Dressed Female Award at the 11th Lux Style Awards and Best Female Model at the 14th Lux Style Awards. Amna made her film debut with a leading role in the 2013 Meenu Gaur and Farja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amna Nawaz
Amna Nawaz is an American broadcast journalist. She is chief correspondent and substitute anchor for the ''PBS NewsHour''. Before joining PBS in April 2018, Nawaz was an anchor and correspondent at ABC News and NBC News. She has received a number of awards, including an Emmy Award and a Society for Features Journalism award. Early life and career Nawaz was born in Virginia on September 18, 1979, to Pakistani parents. Her father, Shuja Nawaz (brother of Pakistani Army chief Asif Nawaz Janjua), had been a journalist in Pakistan. She attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Virginia. In 2001, she earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania in politics, philosophy, and economics, where she co-captained the women's varsity field hockey team. She holds a master's degree in comparative politics from the London School of Economics. Nawaz's career plan was to become a lawyer but after a fellowship at ABC News, she shifted t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amna Al Haddad
Amna Al Haddad (born 21 Oct 1989), is a female weightlifting athlete and former journalist from the United Arab Emirates. Weight Lifting Career Amna Al Haddad was born on October 21, 1989 in Dubai. She started her weightlifting career in 2007 at the age of 19. Her first competitive entrance was in October 2011. Since then she has competed in a number of international competitions. She then became the first Emirati female to compete in the Reebok Crossfit Games Open (February 22 – March 25, 2012) and was ranked 77th out of 170 women in Asia. Later in May 2012, she joined the Asia Regionals Crossfit Team in Korea. She made history by being the first Emirati and GCC national to compete in the Asia Regionals and the only Muslim woman to do so in a headscarf and a unitard. She then embarked on Olympic Weightlifting in 2013, in a bid to represent her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She competed at the Arnold Sports Festival for three years consecuti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amna Babar
Amna Babar (born December 28, 1992) is Pakistani model. Winning the Best Emerging Talent - Fashion award at 13th Lux Style Awards in 2014, and received her first Lux Style Award nomination as Best Model Female at 14th Lux Style Awards and Best Model Female at 3rd Hum Awards and 4th Hum Awards respectively. Khawar Riaz and has since then collaborated with many renowned names like Ammar Belal, Fahad Hussayn, Ali Zeeshan, Ather Shahzad, Guddu Shani, Maraam & Aabroo, Deeves, Nilofer Shahid, Saim Ali and Rana Noman Haq. She regularly appears on PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week and Pakistan Fashion Week. With the career-spanning of just half-decade she has established herself as one of the leading fashions models of the country, appearing at Pakistan Fashion Design Council fashions shows, seminars and fashion weeks. She is the brand ambassador of Sana Salinas's Lawn for three years, and stated, "It's my third year eing the lawn ambassador for Sana Safinaz" After gaining wide spread accla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amna Buttar
Amna Buttar (born 1962) is a Pakistani American medical doctor and former member of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, Pakistan. She is currently working as clinical associate professor of medicine and geriatrics at the NYU Langone Health. Biography Born in a Buttar family in Lahore, Amna Buttar did her MBBS from Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Lahore, and went to United States. She did her internal medicine residency at the University of Wisconsin, and fellowship in Geriatrics from the University of Michigan. She also completed a master's degree in public health from the University of Michigan. Buttar served as assistant professor of medicine and geriatrics at Indiana University and served as associate professor of the same discipline at University of Wisconsin. She was serving as director of geriatrics at Mount Sinai Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, when she moved to Pakistan in 2007. She has written numerous book chapters in multiple textbooks, and authored many resea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amna Bint Abdulaziz Bin Jassim Al Thani
Sheikh, Sheikha Amna bint Abdulaziz bin Jassim Al Thani (Arabic: الشيخة آمنة بنت عبد العزيز بن جاسم آل ثاني) is a Qatari businesswoman who is Director of the National Museum of Qatar. Education Sheikha Amna graduated with a BSc in Business Administration and English from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, Carnegie Mellon University. She also earned an MSc in sociology from the London School of Economics. Career Prior to her work at the National Museum of Qatar, Sheikha Amna worked in the Investment Banking division of Goldman Sachs at Qatar Financial Centre. She was also Director of Finance and Strategy for the office of H.E. Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who is Chair of Qatar Museums Authority, Qatar Museums. In 2013 she was appointed as Director of the, then under-construction, National Museum of Qatar. She has previously co-ordinated the Steering Committee for the future mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amna Mawaz Khan
Amna Mawaz Khan ( ur, آمنہ مواز خان, Born: July 22, 1989) is a Pakistani classical dancer of Bharatnatyam, theatre artist, feminist and political worker. She is founding member of Women Democratic Front. Early life and education Khan was born in Rawalpindi on 22 July 1989. She got her early education from Khaldunia High School, Islamabad. She completed her bachelor's degree in arts from University of the Punjab. She studied her master's degree in Pakistan studies in 2013 from National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad. Bharatanatyam Dance Khan began classical dance learning at the age of 11 from renowned dancer Indu Mitha in her school, Mazmoon-e-Shauq and learnt from her for 11 years. After that, she started teaching dance for six years. Khan also did a short course in contemporary dance and choreography from Trinity Laban Conservatoire in Greenwich, London, England. From 2016 to 2018, Khan worked as dance instructor and head choreo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amna Riaz
Amna Riaz ( ur, ; born 17 August 1990) is a Pakistani female YouTuber A YouTuber is an online personality and/or influencer who produces videos on the video-sharing platform YouTube, typically posting to their personal YouTube channel. The term was first used in the English language in 2006. Influence Influe ... and food expert who is known for her channel ''Kitchen with Amna''. She is the first Pakistani woman to receive a Gold Play Button. Riaz started her channel in 2016 and subsequently uploaded her first video as a test. Riaz teaches beginners complex Pakistani dishes in short and simple videos. Personal life Riaz was born in Lahore, Pakistan. References Living people Pakistani YouTubers People from Lahore Pakistani people of Kashmiri descent Food and cooking YouTubers 1980 births External links * {{Pakistan-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amna Elsadik Badri
Amna Elsadik Badri () is a Sudanese academic, writer, and activist, focusing on women's education in Sudan. She is the vice president for academic affairs at Ahfad University for Women, the first women's college in the country, where she has taught since 1973. Early life and education Amna Elsadik Badri was born in Omdurman, Sudan. She graduated from Omdurman High School in 1969 and then attended the University of Khartoum, where she obtained a bachelor's degree in 1975. After receiving a master's degree in economics from the University of California in 1978, she returned to the University of Khartoum, where she graduated with a Ph.D. in 1987. Academic career Since 1973, Badri has worked as a professor at the Ahfad University for Women, Sudan's first women's college. She is one of many professors at this institution, who are members of the extended Badri family, which founded the school. She is the university's longtime vice president for academic affairs. In this role, she re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amna Guellali
Amna Guellali ( ar, آمنة القلالي; born 14 November 1972) is a jurist and Libyan-Tunisian human rights activist. Biography She was born on 14 November 1972 in Tripoli, Libya, the only daughter of a Tunisian mother and a Libyan father. When she was eight her parents escaped from the dictatorial rule of Muammar Gaddafi. They left Libya and settled in Tunisia. Guellali then continued her studies in Tunis. After high school she entered university and finally obtained a degree in law from the Faculty of Legal, Political and Social Sciences of Tunis. She then prepared a DEA ( Master of Advanced Studies ) of public international law under the direction of Slim Laghmani. After she had finished her studies, Guellali was employed by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Maghreb. She then worked for two years in Rome for the International Development Law Organization. She then resumed her studies at the European University Institute in Fiesole and obtained her doctora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amna Suleiman
Amna Suleiman ( ar, آمنه سلیمان) is a teacher and advocate for women's cycling in Gaza City, Gaza. As of 2016, she leads the only women's cycling club in Gaza. Suleiman was born in Damascus, Syria and moved to Gaza in 1990s. As of 2016 she was living in Jabalia Camp a Palestinian refugee camp located north of Jabalia, where she volunteers at a local orphanage, teaches the Quran, and cycles with a local group of women. Role in women's cycling In the region where Amna Suleiman cycles, the Gaza strip, the custom is for women to not ride their bike past the age of puberty. Suleiman began cycling in 2015 for health reasons and to remind herself of better times in her childhood. Soon after, she established what is considered to be the first women's cycling club riding under the Hamas party's administration in Gaza. Women's participation in sports has been restricted in the Gaza strip since the Hamas party came to power. According to Ahmad Muheisin, an official in Gaza’s y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
