Famous People with Name Fatima

Fatima Zohra Karadja            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Fatima Zohra Karadja: is a Vice-President for the African Union's Economic, Social and Cultural Council for Northern Africa.Ms Karadja was born on April 20, 1949 in Algiers, Algeria. She is a child therapist, holding a PhD in psychology and specialising in working with children affected by trauma. As a member of the African Women Committee for Peace and Development (AWCPD), she has actively engaged civil society organisations in Algeria.

Fatima Gallaire            Origin/Culture/Country: Arabic

Fatima Gallaire: is a Franco-Algerian playwright and short stories author, who writes in French.She has written over twenty plays that have been translated and played in many languages (English, Italian, German, Spanish, Uzbek...), among which Princesses, translated as You have come back, and Les Co-épouses, translated as House of Wives.

Fatima Aouam            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Fatima Aouam: is a former female middle distance runner from Morocco.Aouam set her personal best (4:05.49) in the 1,500 m in 1986.

Fatima Meer            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Fatima Meer: is a South African writer and academic, a screenwriter, and was a prominent anti-apartheid activist.In 1946, Meer joined many other South African Indians in a passive resistance campaign against apartheid, during which she started the Student Passive Resistance Committee. She also helped to establish the Durban Districts Women’s League, an organisation started in order to build alliances between Africans and Indians as a result of the race riots between the two groups in 1949.

Fátima Leyva Morán            Origin/Culture/Country: Mexican

Fátima Leyva Morán: is an Association football player from Mexico. She plays mid-fielder for the Mexico women's national football team. During her international career, Leyva has participated at numerous tournaments, namely the CONCACAF (1998), Nike Cup (1998, 2000), World Cup (1999), Pan American Games (1999, 2003) and Copa de Oro (2000) tournaments.

Altaf Fatima            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Altaf Fatima: an Urdu novelist. Her novel Dastak Na Do (The One Who Did Not Ask) has enjoyed a lot of success and is widely regarded as one of the defining works in the Urdu language. An adaptation was presented on Pakistan television and an abridged translation was serialised by the prestigious Karachi monthly, Herald.

Batool Fatima            Origin/Culture/Country: Pakistan

Batool Fatima: is a female cricketer who plays for the Pakistan. She has played 50 ODI games since 2001 and one Test in 2004.