Bushra ( بشرى) is an

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

feminine given name meaning "waterfall", "omen", or "perfect". Variants include alternatively spelled as Boshra, and the

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Büşra, which was among the top five names given to girls born in Turkey in the last decade. This name is also given to girls in Jordan and Egypt.

People

Bushra

Bushra (Egyptian actress) Bushra Rozza (; known professionally as Bushra; born October 5, 1981), is an Egyptian actress and singer. She earned the Best Actress award at the Dubai International Film Festival for her role in ''678''. Early life Bushra was born in Cambridge ...

, Egyptian actress *

Bushra al-Assad Bushra al-Assad (; born 24 October 1960) is the first child and only daughter of Hafez al-Assad, who was the president of Syria from 1971 to 2000. She is the sister of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. She is the widow of Assef Shawkat, t ...

(born 1960), first child and only daughter of Hafez al-Assad, former president of Syria *

Bushra Ansari Bushra Ansari () is a Pakistani actress, comedian, singer, and playwright in Punjabi and Urdu cinema, who started her career as a child performer in the 1960s. Ansari won numerous awards during her career, including the Presidential Pride of Per ...

, Pakistani actress, comedian, singer and playwright *

Bushra Bibi Bushra Bibi (born 1970s) is a Pakistani faith healer and politician. She is married to Imran Khan who was the prime minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022. Early life Bushra Bibi was born in Pakpattan, located 250 km southwest of Lahor ...

, Pakistani spiritualist, homemaker and the third spouse of the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan * Bushra Anjum Butt (born 1981), Pakistani politician, member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab *

Bushra Farrukh Bushra Farrukh (; born 16 February 1957), is an Urdu poet of Pakistan. She was born in Peshawar. She has served Pakistan Television and Radio Pakistan as an announcer. An artist hailing from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, she has performed ...

(born 1957), Pakistani poet *

Bushra Gohar Bushra Gohar (; ) is a Pakistani politician and a senior leader of the National Democratic Movement (NDM). She has served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. She is an activist in the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM ...

, Pakistani politician and Pashtun human rights activist * Bushra Hyder, Pakistani schoolteacher and peace activist *

Bushra Junaid Bushra Junaid is a Canadian artist, curator and arts administrator based in Toronto. She is best known for exploring history, memory and cultural identity through mixed media collage, drawing and painting. Born in Montreal to Jamaican and Nigerian ...

, Canadian artist, curator and arts administrator * Bushra Khalil, Lebanese lawyer * Bushra Massouh, Syrian politician * Bushra Mateen (born 1943), Pakistani educator * Bushra Rahman, Pakistani politician who served as member of the National Assembly of Pakistan * Bushra Rind, Pakistani politician, member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan *

Bushra al-Thamali Bashir or Bushra al-Thamali () was an Abbasid military commander and governor (''wali'' or ''amir'') of Tarsus and the borderlands with the Byzantine Empire in Cilicia (). Life Bushra was a retainer (''ghulam'') of the long-time governor of Tarsu ...

, Abbasid military commander and governor (wali or amir) of Tarsus and the borderlands with the Byzantine Empire in Cilicia

Büşra

Büşra Ahlatcı Büşra Ahlatçı (born January 23, 1994) is a Turkish women's football midfielder. She last played for Istanbul Defne Spor with jersey number 30 in the 2018-19 Turkish Women's Third League. She was a member of the Turkey girls' national U-19 a ...

(born 1994), Turkish footballer *

Büşra Beyazbal Büşra Beyazbal (born 1998) is a Turkish boxer and Muay Thai practitioner. Personal life Büşra Beyazbal was born at Gölbaşı, Adıyaman, Turkey in 1998. After completing her secondary education at the İmam Hatip school, Anado ...

(born 1998), Turkish martial artist *

Büşra Cansu Bushra ( بشرى) is an Arabic feminine given name meaning "waterfall", "omen", or "perfect". Variants include alternatively spelled as Boshra, and the Turkish Büşra, which was among the top five names given to girls born in Turkey in the last ...

(born 1990), Turkish volleyballer *

Büşra Çan Büşra Çan Kop (4 May 2006) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 87 kg division. Sport career In her hometown, she was a member of the 8 Şubat GSK of her high school. She became silver medalist in the 81 kg division at the ...

(born 2006), Turkish weightlifter *

Büşra Develi Büsra Develi (born 25 August 1993) is a Turkish actress. Life and career After completing her primary education, she moved to Antalya with her family and completed her secondary and high school education there. Later, she moved to Istanbul to ...

(born 1993), Turkish actor *

Büşra Işıkhan Büşra Işıkhan (born 1 January 1999) is a Turkish handballer, who plays for Achenheim Truchtersheim Handball and the Turkey national team. The -tall sportswoman plays in the pivot position. Personal life Büşra Işıkhan was born in Mardi ...

(born 1999), Turkish handball player *

Büşra Katipoğlu Büşra Katipoğlu (born January 17, 1992) is a Turkish judoka competing in the -63 kg division. She is a member of İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. She is a student of Bülent Ecevit University in Zonguldak. She has qualified for t ...

(born 1992), Turkish judoka *

Büşra Kılıçlı Büşra Kılıçlı (''née'' Cansu; born 16 July 1990 in Gölcük) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is and plays as a middle-blocker. She currently plays for Türk Hava Yolları and wears number 12. She is regular Turkish national team pl ...

(born 1990), Turkish volleyball player *

Büşra Kuru Büşra Kuru (born 24 October 2001) is a women's football midfielder who plays in the Turkish Super League for Beylerbeyi. and the Turkey women's national team. Born in Germany, she represents Turkey at the international level. Early life B� ...

(born 2001), German-born Turkish footballer *

Büşra Mutay Büşra Mutay (born 7 February 1990 in Biga) is a Turkish track and field athlete competing in long jump and triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, s ...

(born 1990), Turkish track and field athlete competing in long jump and triple jump *

Büşra Nur Tırıklı Büşra Nur Tırıklı (born 7 December 1994) is a Turkish Paralympian athlete competing in the F11 disability class of discus throw event. She is a member of Gaziantep BB Disabled SK. She won the silver medal in the discus throw F11/12 even ...

(born 1994), Turkish Paralympian discus thrower *

Büşra Pekin Elif Büşra Pekin (born 30 June 1982 in Saudi Arabia) is a Turkish actress and screenwriter. Her family is of Turkish descent. After the Ottoman Empire collapsed, her paternal family immigrated from Thessaloniki. She grew up in İzmir and United ...

(born 1982), Turkish actress *

Büşra Ün Büşra Fatma Ün (born 19 May 1994) is a Turkish female Paralympic wheelchair tennis player. Early years Büşra Ün was born in İzmir. At the age of six-and-half-months, her parents noticed that she has no feeling at her feet. She was diagno ...

(born 1994), Turkish Paralympian wheelchair tennis player *

Büşra Yalçınkaya Büşra Yalçınkaya (born 1 January 1996) is a Turkish badminton player. Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 1 runner-up) ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF Int ...

(born 1996), Turkish female badminton player

Boshra

* Boshra Al-Shaeby (born 1995), Jordanian chess player * Boshra Dastournezhad (born 1985), Iranian-born model, and actress on stage and film * Boshra Salem, professor, scholar of land degradation and desertification, founder and the Chair of the Department of Environmental Sciences at Alexandria University

Fiction

* Bushra Abbasi, a fictional character in ''

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