Sutaita Al-Mahamli
Sutaita was one of the most prominent mathematicians of the Islamic Golden Age.
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Fatimah Al-Majritiya
Fatima de Madrid made significant contributions to observational astronomy.
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Lubana of Cordoba
Lubana was an Andulusian copyist, librarian, and mathematician. Lubana also translated famous manuscripts.
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Mariam Al-Asturlabi
Mariam was famous for creating astrolabes and the accuracy of her astrolabes advanced communication in society.
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Maryam Mirzakhani
Maryam was the first woman to ever win the Fields Medal, the Nobel Prize of Mathematics, the first woman to do so.
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Tahani Amer
Dr. Amer is Program Executive at the Earth Science Division of NASA Headquarters, and manages missions such as the ESO.
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Roya Behesti
Roya contributed to Algebraic Geometry in general, and in the subject of Fano Spaces in particular. She was a silver IMO Medalist.
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Fatma Moalla
Fatma was the first Tunisian woman to receive a PhD in Math in France and the first Tunisian to receive the Aggreg. Award.
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