Galila Tamarhan

Galila Tamarhan (or Tamruhan) al-Habashiya (Arabic: جليلة تمرهان‎‎ / ALA-LC: Jalīlah Tamarhān; d. 1863) was a medical practitioner in 19th century Ottoman Egypt. She was one of the earliest women to sign her articles in the Arab press, by contributing articles to a medical magazine called Ya`asub al-Tib (Leader in Medicine).<sup>[1][2]</sup> After completing her studies in 1847 at the nursing school of Abu Za`abal, she was appointed by the latter as an assistant schoolmistress, and was promoted in 1857 to the position of chief instructor, which she held until her death.^[3][4]

References

1. Baron, Beth (1997). The Women's Awakening in Egypt: Culture, Society, and the Press. Yale University Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-0300072716.
2. Sakr, Naomi (2004). Women and Media in the Middle East: Power through Self-Expression. I. B. Tauris. p. 40. ISBN 978-1850435457.
3. Sadiqi, Fatima; Nowaira, Amira; El Kholy, Azza; Ennaji, Moha, eds. (2009). Women Writing Africa: the Northern Region. The Feminist Press at the City University of New York. p. 25. ISBN 978-1558615892.
4. Abu-Lughod, Lila (2001). Remaking Women: Feminism and Modernity in the Middle East. Princeton University Press. pp. 48–49. ISBN 978-0691057927.