# List of Muslim feminists

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This is a list of important participants in Muslim feminism, originally sorted by surname within each period.
It may include, for instance, earlier authors who did not self-identify as feminists but have been claimed to have furthered "feminist consciousness" by a resistance of male dominance expressed in their works.

## Early and mid 19th-century feminists

Born between 1801 and 1874.
| Name | Country | Born | Died | Comments |
| Nawab Faizunnesa | British India (present day Bangladesh) | 1834 | 1903 | female education advocate |
| Qasim Amin | Egypt | 1863 | 1908 | early advocate of women's rights |
| Hamida Javanshir | Azerbaijan | 1873 | 1955 | women's rights activist, philanthropist |
| Aisha Taymur | Egypt | 1840 | 1902 | social activist, novelist |
| Fatma Aliye Topuz | Turkey | 1862 | 1936 | women's rights activist, novelist |
| Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi | Iraq | 1863 | 1936 | poet, Islamic philosopher |
| Zaynab Fawwaz | Lebanon | 1860 | 1914 | playwright, women's rights activist |

## Late 19th-century and early 20th-century feminists

Born between 1875 and 1939.
| Name | Country | Born | Died | Comments |
| Iffat Ara | Bangladesh | 1939 | – | writer, social activist |
| Margot Badran | United States | 1934 | - | Middle East historian and recognized scholar of Islamic feminism |
| Eugénie Le Brun | Egypt | | 1908 | |
| Hamid Dalwai | India | 1932 | 1977 | Socialist feminist |
| Tahar Haddad | Tunisia | 1897 | 1935 | |
| Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah | British India | 1921 | 2000 | pioneer in (pre)Pakistan |
| Shamsiah Fakeh | Malaysia | 1924 | 2008 | political leader, Malaysian nationalist |
| Hameeda Hossain | Bangladesh | 1936 | – | human rights activist, academic |
| Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim | Sudan | 1933 | 2017 | |
| Raden Adjeng Kartini | Indonesia | 1879 | 1904 | Javanese advocate for native Indonesian women, critic of polygamous marriages and lack of education opportunities for women |
| Sufia Kamal | Bangladesh | 1911 | 1999 | advocate, nationalist, poet |
| Anbara Salam Khalidi | Lebanon | 1897 | 1986 | author |
| Shamsunnahar Mahmud | Bangladesh | 1908 | 1964 | leader of the women's rights movement in Bengal |
| Malak Hifni Nasif | Egypt | 1886 | 1918 | |
| Nizar Qabbani | Syria | 1923 | 1998 | poet, progressive intellectual |
| Alifa Rifaat | Egypt | 1930 | 1996 | novelist |
| Begum Rokeya | Bangladesh | 1880 | 1932 | writer, educator |
| Huda Sha'arawi | Egypt | 1879 | 1947 | organiser; founder of Egyptian Feminist Union |
| Hidaya Sultan al-Salem | Kuwait | 1936 | 2001 | writer, campaigner, suffragist |
| Rasuna Said | Indonesia | 1910 | 1965 | political leader, nationalist |
| Saiza Nabarawi | Egypt | 1897 | 1985 | journalist |
| Salma Sobhan | Bangladesh | 1937 | 2003 | lawyer, academic |
| Nurkhon Yuldasheva | Uzbekistan | 1913 | 1929 | dancer |
| Ismat Chughtai | India | 1915 | 1991 | novelist, director |
| Nazira Zain al-Dine | Lebanon | 1908 | 1976 | writer, women's rights activist |

## Mid to late 20th-century and notable 21st-century feminists

Born from 1940 to present
| Name | Country | Born | Died | Comments |
| Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur | United States | 1974 | – | Global health advocate |
| Sitara Achakzai | Afghanistan | 1956 | 2009 | leading Afghan women's rights activist, member of the regional parliament in Kandahar |
| Jamila Afghani | Afghanistan | 1974 | – | women's rights activist, created the first "gender-sensitive training in Afghanistan for Imams" |
| Mahnaz Afkhami | Iran | 1941 | – | women's rights activist, Minister without portfolio for Women's Affairs, Founder and President of Women's Learning Partnership |
| Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar | United Kingdom | 1944 | 2022 | professor of politics and women's studies, member of the British House of Lords |
| Nazir Afzal | United Kingdom | 1962 | – | Public prosecutor and campaigner focusing on violence against women and so-called honour crimes |
| Leila Ahmed | Egypt | 1940 | – | Writer on Islam and feminism |
| Safia Ahmed-jan | Afghanistan | 1941 | 2006 | Afghan women's rights advocate |
| Kecia Ali | United States | 1972 | | scholar on the study of Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh) and Women |
| Mariam Alhassan Alolo | Ghana | 1957 | – | female Islamic missionary |
| Amat Al Alim Alsoswa | Yemen | 1958 | – | journalist |
| Fadela Amara | France | 1964 | – | politician |
| Zainah Anwar | Malaysia | | – | head of Sisters in Islam |
| Seyran Ateş | Germany | 1963 | – | lawyer |
| Shukria Barakzai | Afghanistan | 1970 | – | politician, journalist |
| Farzana Bari | Pakistan | 1952 | – | human rights activist |
| Asma Barlas | Pakistan | 1950 | – | academics |
| Benazir Bhutto | Pakistan | 1953 | 2007 | Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996 |
| Zoubeïda Bittari | Algerian | 1939 | – | Author of O, My Muslim Sisters, Weep |
| Susan Carland | Australia | 1978 | – | academic |
| Kamala Chandrakirana | Indonesia | | – | human rights activist |
| Shirin Ebadi | Iran | 1947 | – | ; activist, Nobel Peace Prize winner for her efforts for the rights of women and children |
| Sineb El Masrar | Germany | 1981 | – | Moroccan-German author and magazine editor |
| Mona Eltahawy | Egypt | 1967 | – | journalist |
| Farid Esack | South Africa | 1959 | – | Muslim scholar, gender equity commissioner |
| Zahra Eshraghi | Iran | 1964 | – | activist, former government official |
| Soumaya Naamane Guessous | Morocco | | – | sociologist, women's rights activist |
| Fatemeh Haghighatjoo | Iran | 1968 | – | reformist politician, contributed proposing a bill to join Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women |
| Mohammad Shafiq Hamdam | Afghanistan | 1981 | – | Chairman of the Afghan Anti-Corruption Network (AACN) |
| Suheir Hammad | Jordan | 1973 | – | poet, political activist |
| Riffat Hassan | Pakistan | 1943 | – | theologian, scholar of the Qur'an |
| Hissa Hilal | Saudi Arabia | | – | poet |
| Lubna al-Hussein | Sudan | | – | journalist, human rights activist |
| Samira Ibrahim | Egypt | 1987 | – | activist |
| Ramziya al-Iryani | Yemen | 1954 | – | novelist, diplomat |
| Na'eem Jeenah | South Africa | 1965 | – | academic |
| Mohja Kahf | Syria | 1967 | – | |
| Meena Keshwar Kamal | Afghanistan | 1956 | 1987 | women's rights activist, founder of Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan |
| Sultana Kamal | Bangladesh | 1950 | – | activist |
| Sadiq Khan | United Kingdom | 1970 | – | Mayor of London since 2016 |
| Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani | Iran | 20th century | – | |
| Fawzia Koofi | Afghanistan | 1975 or 1976 | – | politician, women' rights activist |
| Elaheh Koulaei | Iran | 1956 | – | |
| Konca Kuriş | Turkey | 1961 | 1999 | writer |
| Asma Lamrabet | Morocco | | | |
| Mukhtār Mā'ī | Pakistan | 1972 | – | advocate for women's rights |
| Irshad Manji | Canada | 1968 | – | |
| Farideh Mashini | Iran | | 2012 | women's rights activist |
| Fatema Mernissi | Morocco | 1940 | 2015 | |
| Ziba Mir-Hosseini | Iran | 1952 | – | academic of Islamic law and gender |
| Fakhrossadat Mohtashamipour | Iran | | – | reformist activist, head of women's affairs at the Ministry of Interior |
| Ilham Moussaïd | France | 1989 | – | politician |
| Shirin Neshat | Iran | 1957 | – | visual artist |
| Asra Nomani | India | 1965 | – | |
| Queen Noor of Jordan | Jordan | 1951 | – | queen consort of Jordan |
| Ayaz Latif Palijo | Pakistan | 1968 | – | politician |
| Zahra Rahnavard | Iran | 1945 | – | academic, politician |
| Queen Rania of Jordan | Jordan | 1970 | – | queen consort of Jordan |
| Raheel Raza | Pakistan | 1949 | – | journalist, activist |
| Nilofar Sakhi | Afghanistan | 20th century | – | human rights activist |
| Zainab Salbi | Iraq | 1969 | – | humanitarian, CEO of Women for Women International |
| Linda Sarsour | United States | 1980 | – | Islamist political activist |
| Marjane Satrapi | France, Iran | 1969 | – | comic artist |
| Shamima Shaikh | South Africa | 1960 | 1998 | South African activist, member of the Muslim Youth Movement of South Africa, proponent of Islamic gender equality |
| Shahla Sherkat | Iran | 1956 | – | journalist |
| Nasrin Sotoudeh | Iran | 1963 | – | human rights lawyer |
| Hidayet Şefkatli Tuksal | Turkey | 1963 | | human rights activist |
| Zil-e-Huma Usman | Pakistan | 1971 | 2007 | politician, women's rights activist |
| Amina Wadud | United States | 1952 | | |
| Rama Yade | France | 1976 | | politician, writer |
| Nadia Yassine | Morocco | 1958 | | |
| Malala Yousafzai | Pakistan | 1997 | – | Pakistani activist for female education |
| Bilkisu Yusuf | Nigeria | 1952 | 2015 | journalist, NGO adviser |
| Kadra Yusuf | Norway | 1980 | | activist |
| Musdah Mulia | Indonesia | 1960 | | human rights activist, Islamic scholar, theologian, proponent of Islamic gender equality and LGBTIQ, interfaith activist, one of founders and leaders of ICRP - Indonesian Conference on Religion and Peace |
| Manal al-Sharif | Saudi Arabia | 1979 | | women's rights activist |
| Samar Badawi | Saudi Arabia | 1981 | | women's rights activist |
| Nassima al-Sadah | Saudi Arabia | 1974 | | women's rights activist |
| Rita Puspa Zakaria | Indonesia | 1967 | | women's rights activist and health advocate |

## Muslim feminist movements

* Gerwani
* Musawah
* Sister-hood
* Sisters in Islam
* Voice of Libyan Women
* Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality
* Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
* Women Living Under Muslim Laws