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Women Reciters in Egypt
Women were present in Qur’an recitation on Egyptian radio even before the official radio service was founded in 1934. Among the most prominent was Sheikhah Munira Abdu, who rose to fame in 1920 and appeared on the airwaves, alongside Karima al-Adliya and Khawaja Ismail. Women’s recitations gradually declined before World War II amid objections from some religious scholars. Accounts differ, however, on when the ban took effect and why. Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta also maintains that a woman’s voice is not inherently considered *awrah* (something that must be concealed), though the ruling depends on how she performs. The article concludes that restoring female reciters to their place in the history of Qur’an recitation requires bringing their names to light and making documents and recordings available to the public. According to a newspaper report, Munira died in March 1972.
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