An amazing women died today. A women that everyone should know and read about. Her name is Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim. She was the first female parliamentarian in the whole of Africa and the Middle East. She was only 20 years old. When the British banned Sudanese women from learning science subjects and English, she organized a women's march. This was the first women's march in Sudan. As a young girl she had a magazine where she discussed women's right and the British colonization in Sudan. Because she wasn't allowed to publish this magazine as a Sudanese women, she published them in secret. Later on in her life she married her husband, Al Shafi, who was killed early in their marriage. By then she had a son who she raised by herself after this tragic incident. Her son is now working as a doctor. I can't put into words how amazing this women was. She did not only believe in the equal rights of women, but she believed in the power women have. The power they have to change a country, to fight injustice and impact politics. The power they have to contribute to society. The most amazing thing about her, and her story, is that it showcases the irony that some western people say about non-western women. The British TOLD us that we as Sudanese women were incompetent to learn science and English, THEY told us that we were not equal to the European women and certainly not a man. THEY oppressed the Sudanese women, yet they have the audacity to say that liberation of women began as a/ in western culture? No. Just No. This is why I want everyone to remember and read about this women. She is just one of the many non-western women who did amazing things and should be put on a pedestal for having the courage to fight for her rights regardless of their sex and position in a colonized country. Remember her name. FATIMA AHMED IBRAHIM. Feel free to write about other amazing non-western women. This is important.
