Aisha
Americannoun
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a.d. 613?–678, favorite wife of Muhammad (daughter of Abu-Bekr).
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Also Ayesha a first name: from a Swahili word meaning “life.”
noun
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Co-founder of the #BringBackOurGirls movement which campaigned for the release of the Chibok girls, Aisha Yesufu, pointed to a lack of "political will to fight" the gangs and jihadists.
From Barron's
The profile of Sophie, 15, saw some of this material but far less, and Aisha, 13, did not see much of concern.
From BBC
"There is fear - we fear for our souls," Aisha Isa, 50, tells the BBC as she tends to her crops.
From BBC
At Glasgow Sheriff Court, sheriff principal Aisha Anwar referred Police Scotland Federation's advocate Shelagh McCall KC to transcripts she had read before the hearing.
From BBC
She comically lost it over a fictional character — Santa Claus — after Aisha Harris published an article arguing there should be room for a Black St. Nick.
From Salon
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