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Aisha

[ah-ee-shah, ah-ee-shuh]

noun

  1. a.d. 613?–678, favorite wife of Muhammad (daughter of Abu-Bekr).

  2. Also Ayesha a first name: from a Swahili word meaning “life.”



Aisha

/ ˈɑːiːˌʃɑː /

noun

  1. ?613–678 ad , the favourite wife of Mohammed; daughter of Abu Bekr

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Mum Aisha told the inquiry's Every Story Matters project that she believes her 17-year-old son's current lack of education, employment or training is largely because of the important years of schooling he missed during the pandemic.

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.

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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

Muhammadu Buhari married twice, first to Safinatu Yusuf from 1971-1988, and then in 1989 to Aisha Halilu, who survives him.

From BBC

Aisha Sabatini Sloan is an essayist and the author of four books, including “Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit” and “Captioning the Archives,” which she co-authored with her father, photographer Lester Sloan.

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