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Khawlah
Khawlah or Khawla () is a feminine Arabic given name, meaning "female deer." Notable people named Khawlah or Khawla include: Khawlah *Khawlah bint Ja'far *Khawlah bint Hakim *Khawla bint Tha'labah *Khawlah bint al-Azwar *Zainab Khawla Khawla * Khawla Al Kuraya, Saudi physician and cancer specialist *Khawla al-Qazwini, Kuwaiti novelist * Khawla Hamdan al-Zahiri (born 1969), Omani short story writer *Khawla Armouti, Jordanian politician and the Minister of Social Development *Khawla Dunia, Syrian writer, researcher and humanitarian aid and relief organizer See also *Arabic name Arabic language names have historically been based on a long naming system. Many people from the Arabic-speaking and also Muslim countries have not had given/ middle/family names but rather a chain of names. This system remains in use throughout ... * {{given name Arabic feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khawlah Bint Al-Azwar
Khawla bint al-Azwar ( ar, خولة بنت الازور; died 639), was an Arab Muslim warrior in the service of the Rashidun Caliphate. She played a major role in the Muslim conquest of the Levant, and fought alongside her brother Dhiraar. She has been described as one of the greatest female soldiers in history. She was a companion of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. Born sometime in the seventh century as the daughter of Malik or Tareq Bin Awse, one of the chiefs of the Banu Assad tribe, Khawlah was well known for her bravery in campaigns of the Muslim conquests in parts of what are today Syria, Jordan, and Palestine. She fought side by side with her brother Dhiraar in many battles, including the decisive Battle of Yarmouk in 636 against the Byzantine Empire. On the 4th day of the battle she led a group of women against the Byzantine army and defeated its chief commander, and later was wounded during her fight with a Greek soldier. Existence The existence of a woman named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khawlah Bint Ja'far
Khawla bint Jaʿfar al-Ḥanafīyya ( ar, خولة بنت جعفر الحنفية), also known as Umm Muḥammad ( ar, أُمّ مُحَمَّد, link=no), was one of the wives of the Muslim Caliph and Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib. Biography She was known as Hanafiyya after her tribe Banu Hanifa. When the people of Yamama were threatening the integrity of the newly emerging empire by refusing to pay the zakat (religious tax) to Abu Bakr, their men were all declared apostates and killed and she was brought to Medina as a slave girl together with the other womenfolk. When her tribesmen came to know her, they approached Ali and requested him to save her from the blemish of slavery and protect her family's honor and prestige. Consequently, Ali set her free after purchasing her and married her whereafter Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya was born. Her important descendants See also *Khawlah *Jaʽfar Jafar ( ar, جَعْفَر), meaning in Arabic "small stream/rivulet/creek", is a masculin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khawlah Bint Hakim
Khawlah bint Hakim ( ar, خولة بنت حكيم) was one of the female companions of Muhammad. She was married to Uthman bin Maz'oon, both being two of the earliest converts to Islam. She was the woman who asked the Prophet whether he would like to marry any woman again, after the death of Khadijah, as he had loved her dearly and needed to move on from his mourning. After the consent of the Prophet, she conveyed the message to Sawdah bint Zam'ah (widow of Sakran bin Amr) and Abu Bakr for his daughter Aisha's hand in marriage. widowhood In the 3rd year AH, Uthman ibn Maz'oon died. Some time later after the death of her husband, she asked prophet Muhammad to marry her. However he did not respond to her since he did not want to accept marriage proposals from any women after Khadijah. Khawlah remained a widow for the rest of her life. See also *Khawlah (name) Khawlah or Khawla () is a feminine Arabic language, Arabic given name, meaning "female deer." Notable people named Khaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khawla Bint Tha'labah
Khawlah bint Tha'labah () Khawla (b. Malik) bint Tha'laba b. Asram b. Fihr b. Qays b. Tha'laba b. Ghanm b. Salm b. 'Auf was one of the female companions of Muhammad. She is mentioned in the Quran in reference to Zihar. The 58th chapter of the Quran ''Al-Mujadila'', meaning "''The pleading woman''" derives the name from her reference. Zihar Zihar was accepted as a form of divorce during pre-Islamic times and one day her husband Aous bin As-Samit divorced her by this method. Soon after, it was revealed in the 58th chapter, verse 1 as: Hadith mention Imam Ahmad and Abu Dawud and quoted by Ibn Kathir in his Tafsir at the beginning of Surat al-Mujadilah .Khawla said: "By Allah, concerning me and Aws ibn al-Samit, Allah revealed the beginning of Surat al-Mujadilah. I was married to him, and he was an old man who was bad-tempered. One day, he came in and I raised a particular issue with him again. He became angry and said, "You are to me as the back of my mother". Then he went ou ... [...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] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zainab Khawla
Zainab Khawla (born 23 December 1969) is a Syrian politician. She is an Independent member of the Syrian Parliament representing Aleppo. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Khawla, Zainab Living people 1969 births 21st-century Syrian women politicians Members of the People's Assembly of Syria Independent politicians in Syria 21st-century Syrian politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khawla Al Khuraya
Khawla S. Al-Kuraya is a Saudi physician and cancer specialist. She is a professor of pathology and directs the King Fahad National Center for Children's Cancer and Research. Al-Kuraya was born in the Al Jawf Region of Saudi Arabia. She was admitted to King Saud University in Riyadh and earned her MD in general surgery and medicine. She completed her residency in clinical pathology in Washington D.C. at Georgetown University Hospital. She then completed a fellowship in molecular diagnostics and hematopathology at the National Cancer Institute. Al-Kuraya first identified the FOSM1 gene, which prompts the human body to form cancer cells. For her cancer research Al-Kuraya was awarded the Order of Abdulaziz al Saud in 2010. She was the first Saudi woman to receive the award. Saudi newspapers and television depicted King Abdullah shaking her hand and placing the medal around her neck. The public display of proximity to an unrelated woman was unprecedented at the time. She was among ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khawla Al-Qazwini
Khawla al-Qazwini is a Kuwaiti novelist. She has published several novels, beginning with ''Divorced from Reality'' in 1986; she has also produced a volume of nonfiction, ''Letters from Our Life'' (1988). She began writing at a time when Kuwaiti culture was more conservative. Today she is considered part of the older generation of Kuwaiti women writers Women have made significant contributions to literature since the earliest written texts. Women have been at the forefront of textual communication since early civilizations. History Among the first known female writers is Enheduanna; she is also ..., among whom she is one of only four to have published a novel. References Living people Kuwaiti women novelists Kuwaiti novelists 20th-century novelists 20th-century women writers 21st-century novelists 21st-century women writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Kuwait-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khawla Al-Zahiri
Khawla Hamdan al-Zahiri (sometimes az-Zahiri or Azzahiri) (born December 21, 1969) is an Omani short story writer. Al-Zahiri was born in Sohar Sohar ( ar, صُحَار, also Romanized as Suḥār) is the capital and largest city of the Al Batinah North Governorate in Oman. An ancient capital of the country that once served as an important Islamic port town, Suhar has also been credited .... She received her bachelor's degree in education in 1991 from United Arab Emirates University. In 1998 one of her short stories received third prize in a competition sponsored by the Girls' Clubs in Sharjah; that same year her work appeared in the anthology ''Aswatuhunna'' (''Their Voices''), published in Beirut, of work by writers from the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. Her stories have been published in both her native country and in the United Arab Emirates. Works * ''Saba`'', 1998 References {{authority control 1969 births Living people Omani women writers Omani short story wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
