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Fatuma Swalehe
Fatuma may refer to: * Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan, Kenyan lawyer and peace ambassador * Fatuma Abdullahi Insaniya, Somali diplomat * Fatuma Ali Saman, Kenyan educationist and women's rights campaigner * Fatuma binti Yusuf al-Alawi, queen of Unguja in pre-Sultanate Zanzibar * Fatuma Gedi, Kenyan politician * Fatuma Ibrahim Ali, Kenyan politician * Fatuma Roba Fatuma Roba ( am, ፋጡማ ሮባ; born 18 December 1973) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, best known for being the first African woman to win a gold medal in the women's Olympic marathon race at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics and for ..., Ethiopian long-distance runner * Fatuma Sado, Ethiopian long-distance runner {{given name Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan
Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan () (born ) is a Kenyan lawyer and peace ambassador. She is a recipient of the Stuttgart Peace Prize. Life Adan was born to parents who were from two warring tribes in Marsabit, Northern Kenya. After her training as a lawyer, she returned to her hometown in order to promote peace between the conflicting Borana Oromo, Gabra and Rendille peoples. In 2003, she founded Horn of Africa Development Initiative, a non-governmental organization she uses to foster peace and advocate for education in Kenya. Through the Horn of Africa Development Initiative, Adan launched a programme called "Shoot to score, not to Kill", that uses soccer to engage Kenyan youths in advocacy for peace. Horn of Africa Development Initiative (HODI) is based on four supporting pillars: Advocacy, Education, Economic sustainability and Inter-ethnic Cohesion. Through HODI she started a programme "Breaking the Silence" which has four modules: Be yourself, be healthy, be empowered and know s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatuma Abdullahi Insaniya
Fatuma Abdullahi Insaniya ( so, Fadumo Cabdulaahi Insaniiyaa, ar, فطومة عبد الله إنسانييا) is a Somali diplomat. She is the Ambassador of Somalia to the United States, based at the Somali embassy in Washington, D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ... Appointed on 2 April 2015, she is the first woman to be assigned to the office, she hails from Dir sub clan of Surre References Living people Ambassadors of Somalia to the United States Somalian women diplomats Year of birth missing (living people) Women ambassadors {{Africa-diplomat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatuma Ali Saman
Fatuma Ali Saman (born 1968) is a Kenyan educationist and women's rights campaigner and a board member of Kenya's Independent Policing Oversight Authority (KIPOA). Early life Fatuma Ali Saman was born in Mandera, Northern Kenya in 1968. She lost her father at a young age. Education Saman attended St Brigid's School in Nairobi during the post-independence period when the "7-4-2-3 system" was in place. She went on to Wajir girls Secondary School in 1983, leaving in 1986 with grades that qualified her to be admitted to university. However, in 1987, she went to train as a teacher at Asumbi College in South Nyanza, near Kenya's western region. She later went to university, graduating with a bachelor's degree in education, Religion and History. Teaching career Saman has been actively teaching for 25 years at both private and public institutions. Her first teaching post was in 1989 at Mandera boys town (currently known as Mandera Islamic Centre) which was a government school. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatuma Binti Yusuf Al-Alawi
Fatuma binti Yusuf al-Alawi (c. 1650 – 1715) was a queen of Unguja in pre-Sultanate Zanzibar (modern Tanzania). A supporter of the Portuguese in their war against Oman, she sent supplies to the Europeans at the Siege of Fort Jesus. She was captured during the subsequent Omani occupation of Zanzibar and exiled to Oman. Allowed to return in 1709 she ruled the island as a client state of Oman for the rest of her life. Life Fatuma binti Yusuf al-Alawi (also called Fatima) was born in about 1650. She was of Sayyid descent and her ancestors were from Hadhramaut, Yemen but she claimed Persian ancestry as well. The daughter of King Yusuf of Zanzibar her father's territory of Unguja was split into two, a southern kingdom ruled by her brother Bakari bin Yusuf from Kizimkazi and a northern kingdom ruled by Fatuma from the site of modern-day Zanzibar City. Fatuma married her cousin Abdullah, King of the Utondwe, a Swahili kingdom on the African coast opposite Zanzibar. They had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatuma Gedi
Fatuma Gedi is a Kenyan politician from Wajir town. A former member of the National Assembly from Wajir county. The former Women representative for Wajir county. In 2017 she won the seat through Party for development and reform, under the reign of the fourth president of the Republic of Kenya, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta. She lost her seat after 2022 Kenya general election to Fatuma Abdi Jehow, a member of Orange Democratic Movement(ODM). Early Life and Education Fatuma Gedi, a daughter of Mzee Gedi Ali. She lost her dad on 27th Sunday December 2020. Gedi was born in 1988 in Wajir town, in the North Eastern part of Kenya. She completed her secondary education in 2004. She then obtained her Diploma in Public Relations between the year 2006-2007 at Regional Institute of Business Management. Career Gedi's career journey began in 2008, where she served as a team leader for a study on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) at the Population Council Organization. Her passion for helping co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatuma Ibrahim Ali
Fatuma Ibrahim Ali ( so, Fadumo Cibraahiim Cali) is a Kenyan politician. She has been a Commissioner of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights. Ali was a Member of the 11th Session of the Kenyan Parliament representing the Wajir County. She was elected to the position in March 2013 on an Orange Democratic Movement ticket. She is currently a member of the 4th Assembly (2017- 2022), of the East African Legislative Assembly representing Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi .... She is of Somali ethnicity. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ali, Fatuma Ibrahim Living people Ethnic Somali people Kenyan people of Somali descent Members of the 11th Parliament of Kenya Members of the East African Legislative Assembly 21st-century Kenyan women politicians 21st-centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatuma Roba
Fatuma Roba ( am, ፋጡማ ሮባ; born 18 December 1973) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, best known for being the first African woman to win a gold medal in the women's Olympic marathon race at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics and for winning three successive Boston Marathons. Early life Fatuma Roba was born on 18 December 1973 in Bekoji, Ethiopia. As Fatuma grew up, there were no female role models in long distance running within Ethiopia, only Abebe Bikila. While Fatuma was at school, she was not encouraged to run but decided to continue regardless. She was coached by Sentayehu Eshetu, who had previously worked with athletes such as Derartu Tulu. Running career She made her first national team in 1988, in the half marathon. That year she was in the top ten in the world championships, by 1992 she had improved to sixth. After coming first in the juniors and seventh overall in the New York Mini Marathon, she decided to try a full length marathon. So in 1994, she took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatuma Sado
Fatuma Sado Dergo (born 11 October 1991) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. She has a personal best of 2:26:09 hours and has won marathons in Hamburg, Los Angeles and Xiamen. Fatuma signed up with athletics agents Elite Sports Management International and began running at international road races at the age of eighteen. In her first year of competition abroad she won the Casablanca 10K in a time of 31:39 minutes, ran 1:11:44 for third at the Rabat Half Marathon and came second at the Zhuhai Half Marathon in China. She opened 2011 with personal bests of 69:02 for the half marathon (runner-up at the Humarathon) and 51:10 for 15 km (second at the 15 km du Puy-en-Velay). In May she made her successful debut over the full marathon distance, as she won the Hamburg Marathon with a run of 2:28:30 hours. Later that year she improved to 2:28:01 with a run at the Istanbul Marathon, coming second behind stablemate Alemitu Abera. Fatuma had five outin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
