Nour Haidar Explained

Nour Haidar was a twentieth-century pioneer of girl's education in Yemen.

Helped by her sister, Lola Haidar, Nour Haidar established a mi'lama (place of Islamic learning) for girls at her home: the school taught Qur'an and basic Arab literacy. In 1934 the mi'lama was converted by the British into a primary school, with Nour remaining as principal.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Book: Amel Nejib al-Ashtal . Pernille Arenfeldt . Nawar Al-Hassan Golley. Mapping Arab Women's Movements: A Century of Transformations from Within. 2012. Oxford University Press. 978-977-416-498-9. 199. A Long, Quiet, and Steady Struggle: The Women's Movement in Yemen.