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Shukriya or Shukria ( ar, شكريّة) is an Arabic name for females meaning "thankful". It is the feminine active participle of the Arabic verb, شَكَرَ, meaning "to be thankful". The masculine form of the name is Shukri ( ar, شكري) ( tr, Şükrü), alternatively Shoukri, Shoukry, Shokri, Choukri, Choucri, Chokri etc., or ''Şükrü'' in Turkish. It can be used as either a given name or surname. It is also a word that in the Urdu language (Urdu: شکریہ) means "Thank You". People with the given name *Shukria Asil, Afghan women's rights activist *Shukria Barakzai, Afghan politician, journalist and feminist See also *Shukriya (other) *Shukria clan The Shukria are a large Arab clan living in eastern Sudan. They may previously have lived around Merowe but in recent centuries have settled in the Butana region between the Atbara River and the Blue Nile. Towns where the Shukria live include Hal ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shukriya (other)
Shukriya Shukriya or Shukria ( ar, شكريّة) is an Arabic name for females meaning "thankful". It is the feminine active participle of the Arabic verb, شَكَرَ, meaning "to be thankful". The masculine form of the name is Shukri ( ar, شكري) ( tr ... is an Arabic female given name. Shukriya may also refer to: * ''Shukriya'' (TV program), a 2015 Indian reality TV show *'' Shukriya: Till Death Do Us Apart'', a 2004 Indian film See also * * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shukri
Shukri ( ar, شكري) ( tr, Şükrü), alternatively Shoukri, Shoukry, Shokri, Choukri, Choucri, Chokri etc., is an Arabic name for males/females meaning "thankful". It is the masculine active participle of the Arabic verb, شَكَرَ, meaning "to be thankful". The feminine form of the name is Shukriya or Shukria (شكريّة), or ''Şükriye'' in Turkish. It can be used as either a given name or surname. A similar Arabic name is Shakir (Feminine form: Shakira). __TOC__ Given name * Choukri Abahnini (born 1960), pole vault athlete from Tunisia * Shukri al-Asali (1868–1916), Ottoman parliamentarian and Syrian political activist * Shukri al-Quwatli (1891–1967), president of Syria from 1943 to 1949 and from 1955 to 1958 * Choucri Atafi (born 1981), Moroccan Greco-Roman wrestler * Chokri Belaid (1964-2013), Tunisian lawyer and politician * Chokri El Ouaer (born 1966), former Tunisian football goalkeeper * Shukri Ghanem (born 1942), former General Secretary of the People's ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Shukria Asil
Shukria Asil (Arabic: شكرية أصيل) is an Afghan women's rights activist. In 2009, she succeeded in reversing the firing of three women teachers in Baghlan, who had been fired due to negative information being published about them by the Ministry of Education. As of 2010 she serves as one of four female members of the Baghlan Provincial Council, and as of 2012 she is the head of the Baghlan Provincial Culture and Information Department. Asil also intervened in the case of a girl rejected by her family for being gang-raped, successfully reuniting the family, although the provincial governor had discouraged her from doing so. Her other work for women's rights includes creating networking groups for women, leading the fight for women's driving schools, and expanding educational opportunities for young girls. She has faced threats of kidnapping and death for her work, and had to change her address at least once. She received a 2010 International Women of Courage Award Th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shukria Barakzai
Shukria Barakzai ( ps, شکريه بارکزۍ) is an Afghan politician, journalist and a prominent Muslim feminist. She was the Ambassador of Afghanistan to Norway. She is a recipient of the International Editor of the Year Award. Early life She was born in 1970 in Kabul, Afghanistan. "Barakzai" is a common name among the Pashtun Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically re ..., one of Demography of Afghanistan, the country's main ethnic groups, and was shared by its rulers from the 1830s until the overthrow of Mohammed Zahir Shah, the last king. She speaks both of Afghanistan's official languages, Pashto language, Pashto and Dari (Eastern Persian), Dari, as well as English. Her paternal grandfather was a businessman while her maternal grandfather was a senator during the ti ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |