Widad Haroun or Widad al-Azhari (Arabic: وداد الأزهري) was a Syrian lawyer and politician. In 1960, she and Jihan al-Mosli were appointed to the National Assembly of the United Arab Republic, becoming the first Syrian women to enter parliament.[1]
Widad Haroun | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 1960–1961 | |
Biography edit
Originally from Latakia,[2] in July 1960 Haroun was appointed to the National Assembly of the United Arab Republic alongside al-Mosli.[3] They left the Assembly when Syria seceded from the United Arab Republic in September the following year.[3]
References edit
- ^ Women and the People’s Assembly In The Syrian Arab Republic
- ^ Esther Meininghaus (2016) Creating Consent in Ba‘thist Syria: Women and Welfare in a Totalitarian State p66
- ^ a b برلمانيات سوريات... وداد أزهري .. بقلم د. نورا أريسيان Parliament of Syria