Abu Zayd - Modernity

Modernity

  • Abu Zayd al-Hilali (film), 1947 Egyptian film about the 11th century Arab leader
  • Abuzed Omar Dorda (b. 1944), Libyan prime minister and permanent representative to the United Nations
  • Hikmat Abu Zayd (b. 1922), Egyptian Minister of Social Affairs and first female cabinet member
  • Nasr Abu Zayd, (b. 1943, d. 2010), an Egyptian Qur'anic scholar persecuted for his liberal interpretation of Islam
  • Abu Zaid Al-Kuwaiti (d. 2005), Kuwaiti Salafist Jihad fighter and suspected al-Qaeda agent

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