🇪🇬 Egyptian Sheikha Munira Abdou, one of history’s most renowned Quran reciters. While rare today, she was a leading figure among many female reciters in 20th-century Egypt.
📷: Published in Egyptian Radio magazine, October 1939. (Digitally enhanced & sharpened)
🤺🇮🇷 Iranian Ninjas after the Islamic Revolution.
The Kunoichi (female ninja) school in Iran has existed since 1989, and about 25,000 women have graduated from it. Today, the Kunoichi squad numbers 3,500-4,000 people.