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Samima Khatun’s journey inspires Bengal village

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Nischintapur Village (East Burdwan District) WEST BENGAL / Aligarh, UTTAR PRADESH  :

Burdwan :

Samima Khatun, the daughter of an imam from West Bengal’s East Burdwan district, has been awarded a travel grant to present her paper at an international conference in London.

The conference is co-organized by Imperial College London and University College London.

The grant is nearly 200,000 worth in Indian rupees. It was never easy for a girl belonging to a lower-middle-class Muslim family to come this far.

She is scheduled to deliver a paper titled Exploring the Thermodynamics And Conformational Aspects Of Sulindac And Chlorpromazine Binding With BSA at the 26th International Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics: ICCT-2020 that is going to be held between July 19 to 23 in London.

The travel grant is sponsored by Nature Research, under its subfield, the Communications Journals, which offers it in three subjects: Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. She was awarded the Communications Chemistry grant which is given to only one candidate all over the world in the field of Chemistry.

Three grants, each of €2,500 (approximately 200,000 rupees), are available to promising early-career scientists whose research is focused upon one of the three subject areas covered by the journals to support the costs of traveling to and participating in a conference.

Nature Research is a multidisciplinary research journal, originally from Nature—the leading international weekly journal of science first published in 1869 having its principal offices in London, New York, Berlin, Shanghai and Tokyo, and offices in cities worldwide. It publishes primary research, reviews, critical comment, news and analysis on scientific innovations, discoveries and it has nine million visitors every month to its official site.

The 29-year-old woman is from Nischintapur village in East Burdwan’s Khandaghosh locality. Samima did her matriculation and higher secondary from Al Ameen Mission. Then she completed her B.Sc, M.Sc in Chemistry at Aligarh Muslim University. Last year she was awarded doctorate under the supervision of Professor Riyazuddeen, Department of Chemistry, at the same university. She also worked as a Research Associate in a CSIR Project in the Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi.

Currently, she works as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, at Aligarh Muslim University on a contractual basis.

Apart from all this, she is also a devout practicing Muslim. She wears scarf and offers five times prayer. Samima, the second daughter of Sk Rahamat Ali, has four other siblings and the younger sister is preparing for government jobs after graduation in Psychology from AMU.

The 57 years old Ali, a graduate in Political Science from the University of Burdwan, runs a small stationery shop at a nearby village, Khejurhati, were he used to be the imam of the village mosque for 700 rupees a month remuneration. But for the last two years because of his age problem, he only runs the shop.

During her doctorate studies, Samima married Tahasin Mondal, a fellow scholar in the Department of Sanskrit of Aligarh Muslim University in 2017.

While speaking to Twocircles.Net she shared that it was because of her father and husband that she could reach where she is now. She had experienced poverty from childhood as her father was jobless despite graduating with a good score. Their remote rural area lacked jobs.

She says her real strength was her determination to fulfill her father’s dream and her desire to achie something noble in life.

“My dreams come true partially when my parents sent me to Al Ameen Mission where I got admission with very nominal monthly fees, 120 rupees per month. The secretary of the mission agreed to admit me because of my zeal for study, for he could read my dreams in my eyes and that’s why he even paid me 1,250 a month until I started getting stipends. It was because of him that I came to this stage of success.”

Neither her family, religion, nor her villagers were any hindrances for her education. It is normally difficult for a Muslim girl to stay away from home for long.

Besides her parents’ support, Samima balanced the practice of her faith with the demands of a modern educated girl. She has now become a role model for local Muslim girls and their parents, who now send their girl children for higher studies.

“I was never told either by my parents or by any of my villagers that I should not leave home for education. Rather my father paid extra care to send me first to the Mission when I was in the ninth grade. He only spent his earnings only for the education of his daughters and not for his son. It was later followed by my co-villagers and they started sending their girl child outside the home for their education.”

Asked whether her in-law’s had any problem with her education and staying outside, she replied, “Not at all. Like my family, my husband, my in-laws have told me to do whatever I wish to pursue and forbade me to worry about it.”

To another question her future plan, she said, “I want to go back to my home state once I get a government job there. I have many wishes to follow for my community as it is lagging in all sorts of fields, especially for Muslim women whose condition is worst.”

Her message to Muslim women, “No one can change your life except your self-respect, hardworking, proper education. So have it, do it, grab it. You women! Change your life by yourself.”

Source: twocircles.net

source: http://www.mattersindia.com / Matters India / Home> Profiles> 2020> January / by Mirza Mosaraf Hossain / Burdwan, January 06th, 2020

Mirza Waheed And Santanu Das Win The Hindu Prize 2019

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Srinagar, JAMMU & KASHMIR / London, UNITED KINGDOM  :

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The Hindu Prize for Fiction and Non-fiction for 2019 have just been announced. Mirza Waheed for Tell Me Everything (Context) and Santanu Das for India, Empire, and First World War Culture: Writings, Images and Songs (Cambridge University Press) have been awarded the literary prize, in the fiction and non-fiction categories, respectively, by the jury.

The citation for Waheed’s award read: “An extraordinary work of fiction whose complexity, depth and narrative mastery would be hard to match in contemporary world literature.” According a report in The Hindu, the panel described the book as “a compelling novel, both a narrative tour de force and an exploration of a profound existential and moral conundrum.” The fiction jury panel had Navtej Sarna, Nilanjana Roy, Pradeep Sebastian, J Devika and Rajeswari Sunder Rajan.

The citation for Das’ award read “a sensitive exploration of the human dimensions of a major modern war that reshaped global politics and culture in fundamental ways,” and “helps to re-examine the scholarly and popular imaginations of the First World War which have tended to ignore the involvement of close to over a million Indians in it, and in particular, the tens of thousands among them who lost their lives.” The non-fiction jury panel included Kamini Mahadevan, Chandan Gowda, Harsh Sethi, Rustom Bharucha and Shiv Visvanathan.

The shortlist for the awards announced earlier included (apart from the winning books):

Fiction: The Assassination of Indira Gandhi by Upamanyu Chatterjee, The Queen of Jasmine Country by Sharanya Manivannan, Latitudes of Longing by Shubhangu Swarup and Heat by Poomani, tr. Kalyan Raman.

Non-fiction: Early Indians by Tony Joseph, Polio by Thomas Abraham, The Transformative Constitution by Gautam Bhatia and The Anatomy of Hate by Revati Laul.

The Hindu, in its report on the award , has also said that “The prize is usually awarded at a ceremony during The Hindu’s annual literature festival Lit For Life. However the 2020 edition had to be cancelled due to a challenging environment. An award ceremony to be held on March 28 was also cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Hindu Lit For Life will be back in January 2021″.

source: http://www.silverscreen.in / SilverScreen India / Home> News / by Silver Screen India Staff / March 26th, 2020

Bhopal biker Asif Ali bags nationwide championship title

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Bhopal, MADHYA PRADESH :

(source: Times of India)

Bhopal :

Biker Asif Ali, who hails from state capital Bhopal, was lately awarded the nationwide championship title of 2019 at a perform organised in New Delhi. Asif gained 5 of the six titles organised in 2019 by the Federation of Motorsports Membership of India (FMCI). He was awarded title within the Group B scooters’ upto 210 cc class.

 
Union sports activities minister Kiren Rijiju awarded Asif the trophy at a perform organised lately. In 2019, the nationwide championships had been organised at six totally different locations. These had been Indore (first place), Pune (first runner-up), Nashik (first place), Coimbatore (first place), Mangalore (first place) and Bangalore (first place).

 
In October, Asif made the nation proud after securing second place within the worldwide class class of the Vespacrossitalia Race of the Nation championship organised in Italy. Individuals from Italy, France Spain, Austria, Germany and different nations took half within the occasion.

 
Winner of a number of nationwide titles, Asif is into racing for the previous 20 years. “I had began driving in 2000. After years of battle and a few championships, an organization signed me on as their skilled rider,” stated Asif.

Again when he began out, he stated there was restricted entry to information in regards to the sport. “Although we had trainers to assist us study, on the finish of the day, they too had been our competitors, so that they did not inform us every thing they knew. The one method we learnt was by observing our fellow riders and making use of the methods whereas driving on our personal,” he defined.

 
He stated the Web has contributed in a giant strategy to the recognition of racing. “Younger riders can study new abilities and worldwide methods simply from video browsing apps, and even corporations establish and sponsor new expertise by social media platforms,” Asif stated, including, “Having an organization again you is commonplace as of late.”

 
He added that his want is to share his experiences with others who want to be part of the journey sports activities. “I’ll carry on taking part in nationwide and worldwide occasions. Nevertheless, I’m all the time open to offer tricks to newcomers who want to be part of this sport. All they want is a ardour for this sport,” stated Asif.

source: http://www.stacknews.in / Stack News / Home> Auto / by Stack News Team / March 26th, 2020

Marredpally, nursery of baseball

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Kazipet (Warangal), / Hyderabad, TELANGANA :

VS Jagannadham’s passion for baseball made him mentor many a player who went on to take part in national and international tournaments.

Coach L Rajendra giving tips to the young trainees at Marredpally playground. — Photo: N Jagannath Das
Coach L Rajendra giving tips to the young trainees at Marredpally playground. — Photo: N Jagannath Das

The legendary ML Jaisimha and Marredpally are synonymous with cricket. But, Marredpally has another unsung hero in VS Jagannadham, popularly known as ‘Jagan Sir’. The 89-year-old coach was instrumental in popularising many a sport, particularly hockey and baseball, at Marredpally playgrounds (MPG), opposite Shenoy Nursing Home, in Secunderabad.

MPG is still the nursery of baseball of the State. Today, this ground has produced 30 internationals, including seniors, juniors and sub-juniors. An early morning visit to this ground, one can see young baseball players practising with L Rajender.

But it was Jagannadham and Rajender who planted the roots of the game at this place. Rajender says it was Jagan’s drive that helped the game to grow in the State. “It all started when Secunderabad players felt ignored by Hyderabad while selecting the State team.

So, it was then decided to form a baseball team at Marredpally as Jagan sir was also passionate about this game. He encouraged the softball players to switch to baseball. We were lucky to have a sincere coach in Jagan,” says Rajender.

The State association was formed in 1985 in the undivided Andhra Pradesh. “We had our own initial problems. Luckily, the ground was available but, most importantly, late L Venkatram Reddy, then director of sports of GHMC, extended his support. He gave the required permissions and also donated the baseball equipment,” adds Rajender.

Rajender had to double up his duty as a coach and player. “Those days there were no coaches to train the baseball team in the State. So, having played softball at the senior level, I knew some of the rules of baseball though. It was slightly different. But we could quickly adapt to the new version,” shares Rajender.

Apart from Rajender, players like BY Phani Raj, V Aravind, Srikanth Goud, Srinivas Prasad, Dilip V Rao, Sanjay, D Dharmesh Yadav, Syed Farooq Kamal, C Sudhir Reddy and S Venkatesh who took active interest in the game. They went on to represent the State in the Nationals in the ’80s and the ’90s. In fact, Rajender led the Indian team in the Asian Baseball Championship in Japan that had Phani Raj and Aravind also.

Aravind points out that there was less patronage of the game in the State. “It was a struggle but we took it as a challenge and with the help of Jagan, the game caught the attention of young players,” he says.

Baseball, which is the top sport of the United States, is, in a way, a bit expensive sport. According to Venkatesh, most of the equipment was imported and it continues to be so. “A slugger (bat) starts from Rs 3,000, the gloves around Rs 1,500. We had to raise funds to purchase the equipment. The game is very exciting. It requires good power, endurance and speed,” adds Venkatesh.

In this game, the pitcher plays a vital role. Rajender says that the State was fortunate to have an ace pitcher in Phani Raj, Srikanth Goud and Preet Anand. “They were accurate and fast,” says Rajender. For Phani Raj, it was all about a good swing of the arm. “I somehow mastered the art of pitching the ball. The team depended a lot on my form,” says Phani.

The Indian training camps were held and foreign coaches like Sang Kyu Park (Korea) and Fuku shima (Japan) were invited by the Amateur Baseball Federation of India to conduct the camp here.

Later on, Srikanth Goud and Uday Goud played for the country with distinction. Under Srikanth’s captaincy, India won the first-ever bronze in Asia Baseball championship held at Philippines. AP won the first-ever national championship in 1994 but thereafter they could not repeat that performance. The game is now popular in northern States like Punjab, Delhi and Chandigarh.

R Harinarayana observes that many youngsters keenly watch the Major League Baseball (MLB) matches of the USA. “That we can see a few enthusiasts is because of the MLB. They throng to the grounds on week days,” says Harinarayana.

Young players like Noah and Nathan have played Little Leagues in Korea. A few women like BMR Vinila, Ramya Reddy played for India in World Cup 2004, Shaheen Begum in World Cup 2008, G Sai Architha Reddy in the World Cup in Korea, and Asia Cup in Hong Kong in 2018. Shaheen Begum is incidentally the first woman qualified umpire in international baseball tournaments from the State.

source: http://www.telanganatoday.com / Telangana Today / Home> Sport> Other Sports / by N. Jagannath Das / March 22nd, 2020

AMU Research Scholar Selected To Attend 70th Lindau Nobel Laureates Meet

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Aligarh, UTTAR PRADESH  :

Mantasha Idrisi, a PhD student from the Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), has been selected to attend the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureates meeting. She is among the 20 Indians who have been selected to attend the meet.

A total of 660 young scientists and researchers from 101 countries will attend the meet.
A total of 660 young scientists and researchers from 101 countries will attend the meet.

New Delhi:

Mantasha Idrisi, a PhD student from the Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) , has been selected to attend the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureates meeting. She is among the 20 Indians who have been selected to attend the meet.

On her selection, Mantasha said, “It is a lifetime opportunity to meet and discuss my research with the stalwarts in their respective fields”.

A total of 660 young scientists and researchers from 101 countries from all over the world have been selected to meet 70 Nobel Laureates for cross-generational and interdisciplinary exchange at Lindau in Germany from June 28 to July 3.

The meeting will help her in exploring different approaches, developing interaction with diverse groups of researchers and stakeholders and bringing new ideas to AMU on her return, said Omar Peerzada, Public Relations Office, AMU.

She will also present a report of the meeting at the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India in New Delhi.

Last year, in the 69th Lindau Nobel Laureates meet, Mohammad Adnan , a PhD student from IIT Delhi was selected. Mohammad Adnan, who completed his schooling from Azamgarh, had finished his B.Sc from AMU and had topped the M.Sc. examination in 2015.

Every year since 1951, Nobel Prize winners in chemistry, physics, physiology and Medicine meet at Lindau to discuss the issues of importance in their respective fields with students from around the world.

source: http://www.ndtv.com / NDTV / Home> Education / by Maitree Baral / March 13th, 2020

INSPIRING MUSLIMS – Powerlifters Majiziya Bhanu, Aaniya Ahmed and Mohammed Azmat Win Gold at Powerlifting World Cup in Moscow

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KERALA  / NEW DELHI / KARNATAKA  :

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Indian powerlifters Majiziya Bhanu, Aaniya Ahmed and Mohammed Azmat have won gold medals at the recently held World Powerlifting Congress’s World Cup in Moscow, where they competed against 600 athletes from 20 countries. The tournament was held from 14-16 December 2018.

24-year-old Majiziya, who hails from Kerala, and has been sweeping headlines for being a hijab-clad powerlifter, won gold in the open category powerlifting, where she was adjudged the best lifter.

23-year-old Delhiite Aaniya Ahmed won gold in the junior category. And 42-year-old Bangalore-based Mohammed Azmat won the medal in 100-kilo weight class in the 40-to-45-year-old master’s division. Azmat hoisted 237.5 kgs in the squat competition, 155 kgs in the bench press and 200 kgs in the deadlift to win his weight class and age group.

The other Indian athletes, who won at the tournament are Daljit Singh, Varad Patil, Raghu Hondadakeri, Sandeep Kothari, and Bhavana Shah. India also won the best team award at the tournament.

The World Powerlifting Congress (WPC) consists of 46 countries worldwide that participate in an annual World Championships. The Indian affiliate for the WPC is the WPC India, which is headed by powerlifter Daljit Singh. Azmat, who has been representing India for the past 4 years at different championships, and who works full time as a program manager at global IT giant DXC Technology, is the chapter’s South India Head.

“WPC India has sent 20 athletes to different championships worldwide this year, including to the World Cup held in Moscow and to the one held in the USA in November. As a team, we are very proud of what we have achieved so far. Although on the stage, every athlete is an individual, however, this sport is all about team spirit. And we couldn’t have achieved all this without the support of my teammatesRaghu Hondadakeri, Daljit Singh, Varad Patil, Sandeep Kothari and others,” Azmat told The Cognate.

Azmat, who has also trained both Majiziya and Aaniya said that he is planning to launch a sports federation with like-minded individuals, where women from the Muslim community would be trained and encouraged to participate in powerlifting competitions while complying with the religious dress code. “There is a misconception in our community that women should not participate in sports, as that would violate their modesty. However, women like Majiziya are a living example that Muslim women can observe their religious practice, and at the same time compete in sports”.

source: http://www.thecognate.com / The Cognate.com / Home> Inspiring Muslims / by Shaik Zakeer Hussain / December 22nd, 2018

Indian-American Teenager Mahum Siddiqi Wins Cornell University Hackathon

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Mahum Siddiqi, a 17-year-old Indian-American teenager has won the inaugural “Digital Transformation Hackathon” at Cornell University for designing a device that detects the actual pain level of a patient during a diagnosis.

A Class 12 student at Vestal High School in New York, Mahum was the only non-undergraduate student competing at the hackathon held at the prestigious Ivy League college earlier in December.

Mahum’s aim was to cure the problem of the “pain diagnosis process’ subjectivity”. Together with her team, Mahum designed a pain detecting device that will use the neurological activity occurring in one’s brain to help doctors more efficiently determine someone pain levels.

Elaborating more on her idea, Mahum said, “It’s incredibly upsetting and problematic how hypothetical the concept of pain diagnostics is. Doctors have no way of knowing how little or how much pain someone is truly experiencing when they go in to be diagnosed”.

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Mahum and her team are now working with representatives from companies such as Microsoft to produce prototypes of their pain detecting device.

“We need to design a system where patients are looked at as a whole, and doctors are able to know for sure, using our device/pure science, how much pain a patient is experiencing instead of just their personal description/perception of their own pain”.

source: http://www.thecognate.com / The Cognate.com / Home> Inspiring Muslims / by Shaik Zakeer Hussain / December 30th, 2018

North Carolina voters make history by electing first Muslim woman to hold office

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Chennai, TAMIL NADU / North Carolina, U.S.A. :

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/486113-north-carolina-voters-make-history-after-electing-first-muslim-woman-to?jwsource=cl

Nida Allam has become the first Muslim woman to be win elected office in the state of North Carolina.

According to local reports , history was written on Tuesday night when voters in Durham County went to the ballots to elect Allam as their next county commissioner.

Allam said in a statement provided to The Hill that, growing up as a Muslim in the U.S., she “never thought running for office let alone winning and making history would ever be a possibility.”

“I was driven to politics in 2015 after my best friend Yusor, her husband Deah and younger sister Razan were brutally murdered in their home in Chapel Hill in a hate crime committed by their neighbor,” she said. “This was a heinous act of hate that caused ripples across the world.”

Allam was referring to the murders of Deah Barakat, 23, his wife, Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, and her sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19. The three college students had been living in a condo in Chapel Hill, N.C. when a man, Craig Stephen Hicks, entered their home and killed them.

Local authorities initially claimed the shooting incident was over a parking dispute, but the chief of the Chapel Hill police department, Chris Blue, apologized years later, saying “the man who committed these murders undoubtedly did so with a hateful heart.”

Hicks was ordered to serve three life sentences without possibility of parole after pleading guilty to three counts of first-degree murder in 2019.

Allam said in her statement that her “community suffered deeply” after the deaths of her friends.

“How can I be content with all the blessings I have been given in this world when there is so much to do to fight injustice, uplift one another and to make our communities healthier. I’m fighting for a better nation so that others don’t have to suffer the pain my community did,” she said.

During her campaign, Allam pushed for police reform, better quality education and wage increases for county workers, among other issues.

Prior to her run for local office, she worked as a political director for Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) 2016 presidential campaign. She also served as third vice chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party and chair of Durham Mayor Steve Schewel’s (D) Council for Women.

The historic first in North Carolina comes years after voters saw a record number  of Muslim candidates run for statewide or national office in 2018, the highest in nearly 20 years at the time. That was also the year Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib  (D-Mich.) became the first Muslim women elected to serve in Congress.

source: http://www.thehill.com / The Hill / Home / by Aris Folley / March 05th, 2020

Noor Inayat Khan commemorated: Stunning true story of British spy princess

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Mysore , KARNATAKA / Moscow, RUSSIA /Paris, FRANCE /  London , United KINGDOM :

A LIFE of a British spy princess who was the first woman radio operator to be sent into Nazi-occupied France has been commemorated to mark International Women’s Day.

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Noor Inayat Khan (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Noor Inayat Khan is the most highly decorated Muslim woman in British Military history and was only aged 30 when she was executed in Dachau Concentration Camp in September 1944 after being captured by the Gestapo in Paris the previous year. Like 20,000 others who have no known grave she is remembered at the Runnymede Air Forces Memorial. Now her life and legacy has been brought to a new audience in a digital exhibition Noor Inayat-Khan: A Woman of Conspicuous Courage created by Commonwealth War Graves Foundation and the girl guides.

It tells how the unlikely spy came to die for her country and the courage she showed under torture while visitors will be able to put their code breaking skills to the test and discover the technical skills a wireless operator needed behind enemy lines.

Jasmine Theti, 15, of Girlguiding Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, said: “We must never forget her and the sacrifice she made.

“I loved learning the Morse Code it was good fun.

“Although I wouldn’t have liked sending messages in a cold Parisian park whilst looking over my shoulder all the time. Noor was an inspiration.”

Noor was born on New Year’s Day 1914 in Moscow to an Indian father and an American mother and was a direct descendant of Tipu Sultan, the 18th century Muslim ruler of Mysore.

The family moved to London then Paris where she was educated and worked as a children’s author.

After the fall of France, she and her brother escaped to England and in November 1940 she joined the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force becoming a radio operator at RAF Abingdon.

But the fluent French speaker soon came to the attention of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and in late 1942 was recruited.

Noor Inayat Khan with her mother

Noor Inayat Khan, left, with her mother (Image: Shrabani Basu/ PA Wire)

However they were unsure whether she would make a good agent, worried she was too honest and kind-hearted and couldn’t blend into a crowd.

She proved them wrong when she joined the Paris resistance in July 1943 just as the Gestapo were closing in.

While members were rounded up she evaded capture and ended up as the only SOE radio operator for the whole Paris region.

But two days before she was due to be replaced in October she was betrayed and arrested.

Remarkably she twice managed to escape from the Parisian prison before being sent to Germany the following month where she was kept in chains and in solitary confinement for 10 months.

Resisting repeated torture she and three other women SOE agents were finally taken to Dachau and shot on September 13, 1944.

For her courage she was posthumously awarded Britain’s highest civilian bravery medal The George’s Cross in 1949.

Julian Evans of the CWGC which looks after the Runnymede memorial added: “Noor’s story is an inspirational one and we believed it important, as the custodians of the memorial on which her name is inscribed, to help give it greater prominence.

“We hope that the exhibition will encourage more people to visit the Air Forces Memorial to explore the story of Noor and the 20,000 other members of the Commonwealth Air Forces who are commemorated here.”

source: http://www.express.co.uk / Express / Home> News> UK / by Tony Whitefield / March 08th, 2020