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Bibi Aisha

1991 - Today

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Bibi Aisha (Pashto: بي بي عایشه; Bibi is a term of respect meaning "Lady"; born Aisha Mohammadzai, legal name in the United States: Aesha Mohammadzai) is an Afghan woman who fled from an abusive marriage she was forced into as a teenager, but was caught, jailed, mutilated and left to die as revenge for her escape. She was later rescued by aid workers and her story was featured in American news as an example of the effects of the Taliban's reign of terror on women. As of 2014, she lives in Maryland as the adoptive daughter of an Afghan-American couple and has received reconstructive surgery. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bibi Aisha is the 771st most popular social activist (up from 827th in 2019), the 161st most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 176th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Afghan Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Bibi Aisha ranks 771 out of 840. Before her are Godeliève Mukasarasi, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Ronan Farrow, Joshua Wong, Gauri Lankesh, and Polly Higgins. After her are Suren Gazaryan, Eva Abu Halaweh, Farhad Fatkullin, Jamila Afghani, Pablo Hasél, and Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1991, Bibi Aisha ranks 437. Before her are Joey Graceffa, Kwon Ri-se, Gregory Mertens, Dmytro Pidruchnyi, Odise Roshi, and Mads Mensah Larsen. After her are Melissa Hoskins, Eden Sher, Loïc Négo, António Félix da Costa, Emil Iversen, and Ghostemane.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Bibi Aisha ranks 161 out of 177. Before her are Azra Jafari (1978), Zarifa Ghafari (1992), Aryana Sayeed (1970), Aqeela Asifi (1966), Paweł Wojciechowski (null), and Niloofar Rahmani (1992). After her are Robina Muqimyar (1986), Jamila Afghani (1976), Roya Sadat (1983), Sonita Alizadeh (1996), Nadia Ghulam (1985), and Rashid Khan (1998).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Afghanistan

Among social activists born in Afghanistan, Bibi Aisha ranks 6. Before her are Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī (1837), Malalai of Maiwand (1861), Meena Keshwar Kamal (1956), Zakia Zaki (1962), and Aqeela Asifi (1966). After her are Jamila Afghani (1976), Sonita Alizadeh (1996), and Aziza Siddiqui (1983).

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