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 Geofocus: West Asia | October 2022

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 Welcome!

This October, Wiki Women in Red has a geofocus on women from West Asia. Countries include: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia,  Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. (Iran will be included in Central Asia.)

We hope both inexperienced and seasoned editors will join us in creating biographies and other articles about notable women.

This virtual editathon allows enthusiasts wherever they may be to participate in our initiative. Contributors are of course also welcome to add articles on any other women who deserve to be covered, for example under the topics of the month or our comprehensive #1day1woman priority.

The main goals of the event are:
 * to encourage inexperienced editors and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia by creating biographies of prominent women
 * to draw the attention of more experienced editors to the need for concerted action in combating the systemic bias against the coverage of women and women's works
 * to promote the new and improved articles and images through social media and via nominations to Main Page features "Did You Know?" and "In The News".

What else?
 * Below, you'll see a section where you can list the articles you create month by month, and another section where you can add the images you have uploaded to Commons.
 * This essay on creating women's biographies and our Ten Simple Rules might be helpful to newer editors.
 * If you share any of the articles or images on social media, or successfully nominate for Main Page, please indicate you have done so next to the article name.

 Thank you!

Redlists (lists of redlinked articles to be created)
Red-link lists of women from a wide variety of fields can be accessed from the WiR Redlink index. Those which might be most useful for women in West Asia are listed below. Please note: listing does not guarantee qualification for inclusion in the encyclopedia. Please read Primer for creating women's biographies.

Redlinked names not currently included in a Women in Red redlist
If possible, include a source.

Armenia

 * Victoria Bagdassarian ambassador to Malta, San Marino, Italy 2016-2020
 * Armella Shakaryan ambassador to Costa Rica and Mexico

Cyprus

 * Athena Droushiotis-Mavronicola
 * Elena Rafti

Northern Cyprus

 * Onur Borman Finance Minister (1993-95)
 * Ayşe Dönmezer Finance Minister (2004)
 * Gülsün Yücel Interior Minister (2013)

Georgia

 * Natia Djaparidzé ნათია ჯაფარიძე Ambassador to France
 * Natalie Sabanadze ambassador to Belgium

Iraq

 * Reyam Al-Malikey ecology

Israel

 * Lydia Chokron
 * Amira Arnon
 * Esther Efrat-Smilg
 * Tova Levy-Furman
 * Nicole Gad
 * Orli Gil
 * Dori Goren Consul to Brazil
 * Erella Hadar
 * Tova Herzl
 * Yudith Hiebner
 * Ifat Reshef
 * Orna Sagiv ,
 * Ahuva Shalom Consul General Brazil
 * Idit Shamir Consul General to Toronto
 * Sandra Simovich Consul in Munich
 * Olga Slov Consul in St Petersburg Russia
 * Ofra Farhi Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana
 * Irit Cohen-Manheim Epidemiologist
 * Dorit Isaac epidemiologist
 * Shuli Brammli-Greenberg Health Economist
 * Mira Stulman-Friedman, Seems to use Mira Stulman professionally. Epidemiologist
 * Victoria Yavelsky molecular biology L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards
 * Hagar Gelbard-Sagiv neurobiology
 * Naama Geva-Zatorsky molecular and systems biologist

Jordan

 * Fenny Dwivany L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards
 * Alia Shatanawi, cardiovascular pharmacology
 * Areej Abuhammad fundamental medicine

Kuwait

 * Rasha Al Sabah (born 1950) is a Kuwaiti politician.
 * Jamillah Zamoon

Lebanon

 * Marie Abboud non-invasive optical methods for the study of biological structures
 * Chantal Farra L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards human genetics
 * Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat
 * Ghinwa Naja L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards
 * Sonia Nasr L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards
 * Zeina Daher L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards
 * Laure El-Chamy molecular biology
 * Sanaa Sharafeddine computer and communications engineering
 * Dr. Hiba El Hajj clinical medicine

Palestine

 * Mary George Kaileh molecular biology L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards  L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards

Saudi Arabia

 * Maha al-Hujailan (journalist)
 * Hanan al-Ahmadi (health researcher)
 * Johara al-Anqari (at the National Society for Human Rights, which is a really problematic article; see also Human Rights Commission (Saudi Arabia))
 * Lubna al-Ansari (health researcher, member of the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia)
 * Prof. Jasmeen Merzaban biology

Syria

 * Rima Al-Besharat local proBiotic bacteria
 * Darie Alikaj virologist L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards
 * Noura al-Ameer - Vice president of the National Coalition (2015-16)
 * Samira al-Masalma - Vice president of the National Coalition (2016-17)
 * Salwa Aksoy - Vice president of the National Coalition (2017-18)
 * Mouna Al-Sabbagh L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards
 * Mais Absi molecular endocrinology

Turkey

 * Semra Aygün L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards
 * Özlem Zehra Keskin L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards]]
 * Ahu Arslan Yildiz biotechnology
 * Doctor Tamara Elzein materials science

UAE

 * Saba Al Heialy Professor at Mohammed bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences L’Oreal International Rising Talents Laureates
 * Nazek El-Atab engineering

Yemen

 * Salwa Hamid Al Khayat L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards

Participants

 * Penny Richards (talk) 15:31, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Kazamzam (talk) 15:42, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Kravk (talk) 17:12, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Naushervan (talk) 04:41, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Pam D  16:37, 1 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Scanlan (talk) 21:25, 1 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Victuallers (talk) 18:10, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Lajmmoore (talk) 19:49, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
 * BostonMensa (talk) 22:32, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * RomanDeckert (talk) 20:27, 15 October 2022 (UTC)

Outcomes (articles)
Please add the biographical dictionary, if used:

New or upgraded articles
Most recent on top, please, specifying upgraded if not new


 * 1) 🇮🇱Michal Eden
 * 2) Samira al-Masalma
 * 3) Noura al-Ameer
 * 4) Alisa Ehrmann-Shek
 * 5) Natalie Sabanadze
 * 6) 🇺🇸🇹🇷 Lynda Goodsell Blake - PIN
 * 7) 🇺🇸🇾🇪 Janet Sorg Stoltzfus - PIN
 * 8) 🇱🇧🇩🇪 Monika Borgmann-Slim - TW, PIN
 * 9) 🇨🇾 Elena Rafti - PIN
 * 10) 🇮🇶 Rabab Al-Kazimi - PIN
 * 11) 🇮🇱 Amira Arnon
 * 12) 🇶🇦 Fatima Abdullah Al-Mal
 * 13) 🇶🇦 Noor Al Mazroei
 * 14) 🇦🇿 Natavan Habibi -PIN
 * 15) 🇨🇾 Stephanie Solomonides
 * 16) 🇦🇲 Susanna Harutyunyan - PIN
 * 17) 🇦🇲 Lia Osipian
 * 18) Shadia Abu Ghazaleh (also #242), PIN

Promote our work
Key:
 * Add FB after the article if you mention it on Facebook
 * Add PIN after the article if you pin the image on Pinterest
 * Add TW after the article if you tweet it on Twitter
 * Add IG after the article if you post in on Instagram
 * Add LI after the article if you post it on LinkedIn
 * Add ITN after the article if it was posted on the main page via WP:In The News

Did You Know features
New/expanded articles featured in the Did you know... column of the Wikipedia Main page
 * Add here – most recent at the top with date of publication

Outcomes (media)
Add here – most recent at the top
 * Please add this category to the image if you're uploading it to Commons: Media supported by WikiProject Women in Red - 2022

Event templates

 * Invitation: October 2022
 * Editathon banner for talk pages – Geofocus: West Asia Template:WIR-244: