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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 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Bibi Aisha is the 804th most popular social activist (up from 832nd in 2024), the 168th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 176th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Afghan Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Bibi Aisha ranks 804 out of 840. Before her are Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Ronan Farrow, Joshua Wong, Gauri Lankesh, Killing of Jean Charles de Menezes, and Polly Higgins. After her are Rahibai Soma Popere, Vanessa Nakate, Prince Abdul Azim of Brunei, Suren Gazaryan, Eva Abu Halaweh, and Farhad Fatkullin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1991, Bibi Aisha ranks 454. 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 168 out of 177. Before her are Aqeela Asifi (1966), Obaidullah Akhund (null), Paweł Wojciechowski (null), Mustafa Nayyem (1981), Abdul Salam Hanafi (null), and Niloofar Rahmani (1992). After her are Robina Muqimyar (1986), Jamila Afghani (1976), Roya Sadat (1983), Khalil Haqqani (1966), Sonita Alizadeh (1996), and Nadia Ghulam (1985).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Afghanistan

Among social activists born in Afghanistan, Bibi Aisha ranks 7. Before her are Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī (1837), Malalai of Maiwand (1861), Meena Keshwar Kamal (1956), Zakia Zaki (1962), Suraya Pakzad (null), and Aqeela Asifi (1966). After her are Jamila Afghani (1976), Sonita Alizadeh (1996), Aziza Siddiqui (1983), Faiza Darkhani (null), Shukria Asil (2000), and Laleh Osmany (1992).

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