Sabat Islambouli

Sabat Islambouli
Islambouli (right) with Japanese physician Kei Okami (centre) and Indian physician Anandi Gopal Joshi (left), 10 October 1885
Born1867
Died1941 (aged 73–74)
Alma materWoman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
OccupationPhysician

Sabat M. Islambouli (1867–1941)[1][2] was a Syrian-born physician, of Kurdish–Jewish heritage. She is the first known female physician from Syria.[3][4] She has had variations of the spelling of her name, and is also known as Sabat Islambooly, Tabat Islambouly, Tabat Istanbuli, Thabat Islambooly, and more.[5]

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  2. ^ Kozma, Liat; Khayat, Nicole (2022-03-01). "Gendered Struggles over the Medical Profession in the Modern Middle East and North Africa". Journal of Middle East Women's Studies. 18 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1215/15525864-9494108. ISSN 1552-5864.
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  4. ^ Journal of the American Medical Women's Association. Vol. 15. American Medical Women's Association. American Medical Women's Association. 1960. p. 1177.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ "UPDATED: Sabat Istanbuly, Female Student at the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania,1885". AndFarAway. December 23, 2013. Archived from the original on January 5, 2023. Retrieved 2017-10-13.