Sabat M. Islambouli (1867–1941)[1][2] was a Syrian-born physician, of Kurdish–Jewish heritage. She is the first known female physician from Syria.[3][4] She has had variations of the spelling of her name, and is also known as Sabat Islambooly, Tabat Islambouly, Tabat Istanbuli, Thabat Islambooly, and more.[5]
Sabat Islambouli | |
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 Islambouli (right) with Japanese physician Kei Okami (centre) and Indian physician Anandi Gopal Joshi (left), 10 October 1885 | |
| Born | 1867 |
| Died | 1941 (aged 73–74) |
| Alma mater | Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Physician |
Medical training
editIslambouli was born to a Kurdish–Jewish family.[5][6] She studied at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in the US starting in 1885.[7][8] She graduated with her medical degree in 1890.[9][7]
Later life
editIslambouli is believed to have gone back to Damascus after she graduated, and then to Cairo in 1919 according to the college's alumnae list.[10] After that, the college lost touch with her. Little is known of what happened to her once she left the United States.[11] She died in 1941.[5]
References
edit- ^ Khayat, Nicole; Kozma, Liat (2023-04-01). Toplumsal Tarih: Sayı: 352 [Social History] (in Turkish). Vol. 352. Vakfı.
- ^ Kozma, Liat; Khayat, Nicole (2022-03-01). "Gendered Struggles over the Medical Profession in the Modern Middle East and North Africa". Journal of Middle East Women's Studies. 18 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1215/15525864-9494108. ISSN 1552-5864.
- ^ Rao, Mallika (8 April 2014). "Meet The Three Female Medical Students Who Destroyed Gender Norms A Century Ago" – via Huff Post.
- ^ Journal of the American Medical Women's Association. Vol. 15. American Medical Women's Association. American Medical Women's Association. 1960. p. 1177.
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- ^ "Photos: Thabat Islambooly, A Kurdish Female Student Went to Study Medicine at the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1983". Dabran Platform. 2018. Archived from the original on 2020-12-08.
- ^ a b Falcone, Alissa (2017-03-27). "Remembering the Pioneering Women From One of Drexel's Legacy Medical Colleges". DrexelNow. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
- ^ Alsop, Gulielma Fell (1950). History of the Woman's Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1850-1950. Lippincott. p. 177.
- ^ Verghese, Danielle. "The Graduates". The Triangle. Drexel University. Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
- ^ "Anandi Gopal Joshi, Kei Okami, Sabat Islambooly". Global Fund For Women. 15 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-12-03. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
- ^ Woolf, Christopher; Werman, Marco (2013-07-12). "Historical Photos Depict Women Medical Pioneers". Public Radio International (PRI). OZY Media News. Retrieved 2017-10-12.