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Rashida Patel
Rashida (رشيدة) is a feminine Arabic given name. Notable people with the name include: * Rashida (Chinese politician), one of the first group of women elected to parliament in China * Rashida al-Qaili, Yemeni journalist * Rashida Beal (born 1994), American soccer player *Rashida Bee, Indian activist * Rashida Bumbray, American curator, choreographer, author, visual and performing arts critic * Rashida Gonzalez Robinson (born 1980), American DJ * Rashida Haque Choudhury (1926–?), Indian politician * Rashida Jolley, American harpist *Rashida Jones (born 1976), American actress *Rashida Jones (television executive), president of cable news network MSNBC (born 1980/1981) * Rashida Khanum, Pakistani politician *Rashida Manjoo, South African professor and activist * Rashida Riffat, Pakistani politician * Rashida Strober, American playwright and activist *Rashida Tlaib Rashida Harbi Tlaib (, ; born July 24, 1976) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the U.S. represe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic Language
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston, 2011. Having emerged in the 1st century, it is named after the Arab people; the term "Arab" was initially used to describe those living in the Arabian Peninsula, as perceived by geographers from ancient Greece. Since the 7th century, Arabic has been characterized by diglossia, with an opposition between a standard prestige language—i.e., Literary Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) or Classical Arabic—and diverse vernacular varieties, which serve as mother tongues. Colloquial dialects vary significantly from MSA, impeding mutual intelligibility. MSA is only acquired through formal education and is not spoken natively. It is the language of literature, official documents, and formal written m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rashida Jones (television Executive)
Rashida Jones (; born ) is the president of the cable news network MSNBC, succeeding Phil Griffin on February 1, 2021. Jones is the first Black woman to lead a cable news network. Early life and education Jones was born to Richard and Alice Adkins, the oldest of three children. She grew up in York, Pennsylvania. The family later moved to Richmond, Virginia where she attended Henrico High School and became editor of the student newspaper. Jones attended Hampton University, majoring in broadcast journalism. She graduated from Hampton in 2002 with a degree in Mass Media Arts. In 2022, Jones established a scholarship fund at Hampton University for journalism students. Career In 2002, while a senior in college, she worked as a morning show producer at WTKR in Norfolk, Virginia. After several years there, she moved to The Weather Channel as a weekend producer, and became director of live programming in 2009. Jones later worked at WIS-TV in Columbia, South Carolina, as news direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rashida Yousuf
Rashida Yousuf (sometimes Yoosuf or Yusuf; her first name is sometimes transliterated Raashida) is a Maldivian politician and diplomat. Yousuf first served in the cabinet of the Maldives as the Minister of Youth and Sports. Appointed Minister of Women's Affairs and Social Welfare in 1997, she remained in the position until 2002. In that year she attempted to open up discussion in the Maldives on the subject of domestic violence, but was unsuccessful. In the same year she was appointed High Commissioner of the Maldives to Sri Lanka, becoming the first woman to reach such a high rank in the Maldivian diplomatic corps. Yousuf was reappointed to the cabinet in 2008 by Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, a move that was not without controversy and which was described in some circles as nepotism. In 2011 she became Dhivehi Dhaulathuge Minister, holding that position until 2013. She is a member of the Progressive Party of Maldives The Progressive Party of Maldives ( dv, ޕްރޮގްރެސިވް ޕާ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Harbi Tlaib (, ; born July 24, 1976) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the U.S. representative for since 2019. The district includes the western half of Detroit, along with several of its western suburbs and much of the Downriver area. A member of the Democratic Party, Tlaib represented the 6th and 12th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives before her election to Congress. In 2018, Tlaib won the Democratic nomination for the United States House of Representatives seat from Michigan's 13th congressional district. She ran unopposed in the general election and became the first woman of Palestinian descent in Congress, the first Muslim woman to serve in the Michigan legislature, and one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, along with Ilhan Omar ( D-MN). Tlaib is a member of The Squad, an informal group of six (four until the 2020 elections) U.S. representatives on the left wing of the Democratic Party. Tlaib and Alexandria Ocas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rashida Strober
Rashida Strober is an American playwright and dark-skin activist. Strober is known for her to play ''A Dark Skinned Woman's Revenge'' about her experiences as a dark-skinned Caribbean-American woman. The play debuted in St. Petersburg, Florida St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 258,308, making it the fifth-most populous city in Florida and the second-largest city in the Tampa Bay Area, after Tampa. It is the ..., in 2011. The play was later adapted into a book. Strober is also a "dark skin activist" working for the acceptance of dark-skinned people. References 21st-century American dramatists and playwrights 21st-century American women writers Activists for African-American civil rights African-American dramatists and playwrights American women dramatists and playwrights Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century African-American women writers 21st-century Afric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rashida Riffat
Rashida Riffat () is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, since May 2013. Education Riffat has graduated in Journalism. Political career She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan on a reserved seat for women in 2013 Pakistani general election. In September 2013, she was appointed as parliamentary secretary in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly without a department until she was discharged in November 2013. In May 2016, she joined a resolution to establish a Women's Caucus in the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. She also joined a resolution to declare 8 July as Charity Day in honour of Abdul Sattar Edhi Abdul Sattar Edhi ( ur, ; 28 February 1928 – 8 July 2016) was a Pakistanis, Pakistani Humanitarianism, humanitarian, Philanthropy, philanthropist and Asceticism, ascetic who founded the Edhi Foundation, which runs the world's largest volun . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rashida Manjoo
Rashida Manjoo is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Cape Town in Cape Town and a social activist involved in the eradication of violence against women and gender-based violence. Manjoo was the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women from June 2009 to July 2015."Rashida Manjoo, Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its causes and consequences" United Nations Human Rights. Office of the High Commissioner. Early life Rashida Manjoo grew up in , South Africa. Manjoo learned of the injustices towards women from a young age. Raised by two strong female influences, her ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rashida Khanum
Rashida Khanum is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023. Political career She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on a reserved seat for women in the 2018 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Wednesday, 25 July 2018 to elect the members of 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim .... References Living people Punjabi people Punjab MPAs 2018–2023 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPAs (Punjab) Year of birth missing (living people) Women members of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab 21st-century Pakistani women politicians {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rashida Jones
Rashida Leah Jones (; born February 25, 1976) is an American actress. Jones appeared as Louisa Fenn on the Fox drama series ''Boston Public'' (2000–2002), as Karen Filippelli on the NBC comedy series ''The Office'' (2006–2009; 2011), and as Ann Perkins on the NBC comedy series ''Parks and Recreation'' (2009–2015). From 2016 to 2019, Jones starred as the lead eponymous role in the TBS comedy series ''Angie Tribeca'', and in 2020, Jones starred as Joya Barris in the Netflix series '' #blackAF''. Jones also appeared in the films ''I Love You, Man'' (2009), ''The Social Network'' (2010), ''Our Idiot Brother'' (2011), ''The Muppets'' (2011), ''Celeste and Jesse Forever'' (2012), which she co-wrote, and '' Tag'' (2018). Jones also co-wrote the story of ''Toy Story 4'' (2019). She worked as a producer on the film ''Hot Girls Wanted'' (2015) and the series '' Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On'' (2017), directing the first episode of the latter. Both works explore the sex industry. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rashida (Chinese Politician)
Rashida ( zh, 拉希達, 1912 – 26 March 1990) was a Uyghur Chinese politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China in 1948. Biography Rashida (sometimes romanised 'La-hsi-ta') was from Yining County in Xinjiang. She attended Tashkent Normal University of Technology in the Soviet Union, graduating in 1933. In 1937 she began working at the Xinjiang Consulate in Zaysan, a border town in the Soviet Union. After returning to China, she worked as a middle school teacher and headteacher. She also became deputy director of the Xinjiang Women's Federation, joined the Kuomintang and married Burhan Shahidi, a prominent Uyghur politician. In the 1948 elections to the Legislative Yuan, ten seats were elected by the Education Association, of which two were reserved for women. Rashida was chosen to fill one of the two women's seats, becoming one of the first group of women to enter the Chinese parliament. After the Chinese Civil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rashida Jolley
Rashida Jolley is an American harpist who uses her traditionally classical music instrument in hip-hop, R&B and pop music. Jolley also writes her own songs, fusing many different genres together. Biography Jolley grew up in Washington D.C. during which she attended Christian schools and was home schooled for her last few years of high school. She is a graduate of Nyack College with a bachelor's degree in history. Her father, Noble Jolley, Sr., was a jazz guitarist who taught all of his seven children how to play and perform. Jolley says that her mother chose the harp for her, but she says that it "was love at first sight." Rashida Jolley began singing in her church choir when she was seven and was playing the harp at the DC Youth Orchestra when she was ten. Career In 1997, when she participated in her first Miss D.C. pageant, she was nicknamed "Baby Diva." Jolley represented Washington D.C. in the Miss America Pageant in 2000. In 2004, she was on the Presidential Advisory Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rashida Haque Choudhury
Rashida Haque Choudhury (born 24 April 1926, date of death unknown) was an Indian politician who was the Minister of State of Social Welfare in Charan Singh ministry from 1979 to 1980. Early life Rashida Haque was born on 24 April 1926 in Tezpur, Assam to Alhaj Nasib Ali Majumdar and his wife. She was educated at a Mission school in Silchar and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata. Career Choudhury joined the Indian National Congress (INC) party in 1950. She contested the 1977 Indian general election as an INC candidate from Silchar. Choudhury obtained 1,38,638 votes and defeated Nurul Huda of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) by more than 28,000 votes. She served on the Committee of Social Work for Bangladesh Refugees. Later she joined the Indian National Congress (Urs), a breakaway faction of INC and was in 1979, made a Minister of State for Education, Social Welfare and Culture in the Charan Singh ministry. Choudhury stood for elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
