Al-Sharki was born and raised in Sana'a, a town in old Sanaa, Sana'a, also spelled Sanaa or Sana, is the largest city in which country, and the centre of Sana'a Governorate?
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Raufa Hassan al-Sharki Al-Sharki was born and raised in Sana'a, a town in old Sanaa. Al-Sharki's activism started early. When she was twelve, she and seven of her friends walked to the house of the Prime Minister of Yemen, Abdullah al-Kurshumi. Once there, they requested better books for their schools of the same quality as the ones given to boys' schools in Yemen. Al-Kurshmi was impressed with their initiative and allowed them to attend school with boys, marking the first time co-education was permitted in Yemen. Al-Sharki also began working in radio when she was twelve and this is when she changed her name from Amatalrauf to Raufa Hassan in order to disguise her identity. She did this because while she had the support of her mother in her paid work at the radio, her father would not have supported her. Later, when he found out, he relented and she kept her radio show. While in high school, she was also part of the Yemeni Women's Association (YWA), until it was shut down by religious conservatives in 1973. The YWA provided basic literacy, craft training and radio broadcast training.
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Sana'a Sana'a (Arabic: صنعاء‎ ‎ "Ṣan‘ā’ " ] , ] ), also spelled Sanaa or Sana, is the largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sana'a Governorate. The city is not part of the Governorate, but forms the separate administrative district of "Amanat Al-Asemah". Under the Yemeni constitution, Sana'a is the capital of the country, although the seat of the internationally recognised government moved to Aden in the aftermath of the 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état. Aden was declared as the temporary capital by President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi in March 2015.
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Gafsa Governorate Gafsa Governorate (Tunisian Arabic: ولاية ڨفصة‎ "Wilāyat Gafṣa ") is one of the 24 governorates of Tunisia. It is situated in central Tunisia, bordering Algeria. It covers an area of 7807 km² and has a population of 337,331 (2014 census). The capital of the city is Gafsa - ruled by Malek Necibi - whom all the heads of local municipalities report to.
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Siliana Governorate Siliana Governorate (Tunisian Arabic: ولاية سليانة‎ "Wilāyat Silyānah " ] ) is one of the twenty-four governorates (provinces) of Tunisia, is landlocked and is in the north of the country. It covers an area of 4,631 km² and has a population of 223,087 (2014 census). The capital is Siliana.
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Tala, Egypt Tala (Arabic: تلا‎ ‎ ) is a city in Monufia Governorate, Egypt.
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Seiyun Say'un — (also transliterated as "Saywun" or "Seiyun"; Arabic: سيئون‎ ‎   ] , ] ) — is a city in Hadhramaut region, Hadhramaut Governorate of Yemen. It is located in the middle of the Hadhramaut valley, about 360km from Mukalla, the capital of Mukalla District and the largest city in the area, via western route. It is also 12km away from Shibam and 35km away from Tarim, other large cities in Hadramaut valley.
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North Sinai Governorate North Sinai Governorate (Egyptian Arabic: محافظة شمال سيناء‎ ‎ "Muḥāfẓet Shamāl Sīnāʾ ") is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is located in the north-eastern part of the country, and encompasses the northern half of the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered in the north by the Mediterranean Sea, in the south by South Sinai Governorate, in the west by Port Said, Ismailia, and Suez Governorates, and in the east by the Gaza Strip and Israel. Its capital is the city of El Arish. A governorate is administered by a governor, who is appointed by the President of Egypt and serves at the president's discretion.
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Taiz Governorate Taiz (Arabic: تعز‎ ‎ "Taʿizz ") is a governorate of Yemen. The governorate's capital is Taiz, which is the third largest city in Yemen. Other major towns include Al Sawa, Juha and the famous coffee port of Mocha. It has a total population of just over three million and an area of 10,677 km². Taiz city is the major centre of Islamic learning in Yemen and was the nation's capital between 1948 and 1962. However, it is not as old as nearby Ibb and Jibla. Today it is the most important commercial centre in Yemen owing to its proximity to the richest farmland in the nation and to the important Red Sea port of Mokha. It also has an international airport, Taiz International Airport, with numerous services within Yemen and to neighbouring countries.
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Faiyum Governorate Faiyum Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الفيوم‎ ‎ "Muḥāfẓet El Fayyūm" ) is one of the governorates of Egypt in the middle of the country. Its capital is the city of Faiyum, located about 81 mi (130 km) south west of Cairo. It has a population of 3,072,181 (2014).
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Helwan Helwan (Arabic: حلوان‎ ‎ "Ḥelwān ", ] , Coptic: ϩⲁⲗⲟⲩⲁⲛ "Halouan"), is a city in Egypt and part of Greater Cairo, on the bank of the Nile, opposite the ruins of Memphis. Originally a southern suburb of Cairo, it served as the capital of the now defunct Helwan Governorate from April 2008 to April 2011, after which it was re-incorporated into the Cairo Governorate. The "kism" of Helwan had a population of 643,327 at the 2006 population census.
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Bizaah B'zaah (Arabic: بزاعة‎ ‎ ) or Bizeaa (Turkish: "Bizeaa" , Arabic: بيزاعة‎ , "Beza'āh " ‎ ) is a town located east of the city of al-Bab in northern-central Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. It is administratively part of Nahiya al-Bab in al-Bab District. The town had a population of 12,718 as per the 2004 census.
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Dhofar Governorate The Dhofar Governorate (Arabic: محافظة ظفار‎ ‎ , "Muḥāfaẓat Ẓufār") is the largest of the eleven Governorates in the Sultanate of Oman in terms of area. It lies in Southern Oman, on the eastern border with Yemen. It is a rather mountainous area that covers 99300 km2 and has a population of 249,729 as of the 2010 census. The largest city, as well as capital of the Governorate, is Salalah. Historically the region was the chief source of frankincense in the world. The local variety of Arabic is Dhofari Arabic, which is quite distinct from that of the rest of Oman and from Yemen.
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El Afweyn El Afweyn, also known as Ceel Afweyn, is a city in the western Sanaag region of Somaliland. It is the second largest city in Sanaag after the regional capital Erigavo.
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Bara, Syria Bara or al-Bara (Arabic: بارة‎ ‎ ) is one of the former "Dead Cities" in northwestern Syria. It is located in the Zawiya Mountain approximately 65 km north from Hama and approx. 80 km southwest from Aleppo. Al-Bara is also town in Ariha district. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Bara had a population of 10,353 in the 2004 census.
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Salmiya Salmiya (Arabic السالمية; transliterated As-Sālmīya(h)) is a city area in Hawalli Governorate in the State of Kuwait.
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Damascus Damascus (Arabic: دمشق‎ ‎ "Dimashq " ] , ] ) is the capital and likely the largest city of Syria, following the decline in population of Aleppo due to the battle for the city. It is commonly known in Syria as "ash-Sham" (Arabic: الشام‎ ‎ "ash-Shām ") and nicknamed as the "City of Jasmine" (Arabic: مدينة الياسمين‎ ‎ "Madīnat al-Yāsmīn "). In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major cultural centre of the Levant and the Arab world. The city has an estimated population of 1,711,000 as of 2009 .
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Muhafazah A muḥāfaẓah (Arabic: محافظة‎ ‎ ] ; محافظات muḥāfaẓāt ] ) is a first-level administrative division of many Arab countries, and a second-level administrative division in Saudi Arabia. The term is usually translated to "governorate", and occasionally to "province". It comes from the Arabic root ح ف ظ "ḥ-f-ẓ ", which means to "keep" and "guard". The head of a "muḥāfaẓah " is the "muḥāfiẓ ".
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Muthanna Governorate Muthanna Governorate (Arabic: المثنى "Al Muthannā"‎ ‎ ) (or Al Muthanna Province) is a province in Iraq, named after the 7th-century Arab general al-Muthanna ibn Haritha. It is in the south of the country, bordering Saudi Arabia. Its capital is the city of Samawah.
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Shubra El Kheima Shubra El Kheima, (Arabic: شبرا الخيمة‎ ‎ ", ] ") is the fourth largest city in Egypt. It is located in the Qalyubia Governorate around and along the northern edge of the Cairo Governorate. It forms part of the Greater Cairo agglomeration.
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Djibouti City Djibouti City (also called Djibouti; Arabic: مدينة جيبوتي‎ ‎ , French: "Ville de Djibouti" , Somali: Magaalada Jabuuti , Afar: "Magaala Gabuuti" ) is the capital and largest city of Djibouti, which is named after it. It is located in the coastal Djibouti Region on the Gulf of Tadjoura.
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Sana'a University Sana'a University (Arabic: جامعة صنعــاء) was established in 1970 as the first and the primary university in the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen), now the Republic of Yemen (see also Aden University). It is located in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen, and is currently organized with 17 faculties. Previously the university was located at , and was built on the grounds of the old Jewish cemetery.
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Aqrabi ‘Aqrabi (Arabic: عقربي‎ ‎ "‘Aqrabī "), or the Aqrabi Sheikhdom (Arabic: مشيخة العقربي‎ ‎ "Mashyakhat al-‘Aqrabī "), was a state in the British Aden Protectorate, the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, and its successor, the Federation of South Arabia. Its capital was Bir Ahmad. The state was abolished in 1967 with the independence of the People's Republic of South Yemen. The area is now part of the Republic of Yemen.