Zainab al-Ghazali

Zaynab Al-Ghazali
زينب الغزالي
Zainab al-Ghazali (to the left)
Born(1917-01-02)2 January 1917
Egypt
Died3 August 2005(2005-08-03) (aged 88)[1]
Egypt
OccupationFounder of the Muslim Women's Association (Jam'iyyat al-Sayyidaat al-Muslimaat)

Zaynab al-Ghazali (Arabic: زينب الغزالي; 2 January 1917 – 3 August 2005) was an Egyptian Muslim activist. She was the founder of the Muslim Women's Association (Jamaa'at al-Sayyidaat al-Muslimaat, also known as the Muslim Ladies' Society).[2][3]

The historian Eugene Rogan has called her "the pioneer of the Islamist women's movement" and also said she was "one of [Sayyid] Qutb's most influential disciples."[3]

  1. ^ Campo, Juan Eduardo. Encyclopedia Of Islam( 2009). p. 76. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  2. ^ Kathleen, D. McCarthy (2001). Women, Philanthropy, and Civil Society. p. 237. ISBN 0253339189. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  3. ^ a b Rogan, Eugene L. (2009). The Arabs: a history. New York, NY: Basic Books. pp. 403–404, 427–428. ISBN 978-0-465-07100-5.