Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim: A Brief Analysis

Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim is a feminist activist for women’s rights and social change in Sudan. She was born at 1939 has a long history of working, and fighting for women rights. Fatima is an author too, and she published about seven books and many articles for the cause that she dedicated her life to it. Fatima's life was not easy and had many sad moments. She has been living under multiple oppressive regimes and had her husband executed during the 60's. Moreover, spent two-year house impressment.
She is from an intellectual family her grandfather was a judge who inspired her and helped her to get the best schooling she can get. Fatima was born into a well-educated, middle-class family in Khartoum, Sudan. Her grandfather had been one of Sudan’s famous judge in his neighborhood. Her father was a teacher and poet, and her mother also a big inspiration to her as a graduate college graduate in time that was not proper for women to go to school. Fatima’s educational heritage gave her skills and support she needed to write and to be an active member in the country. The first article that Fatima wrote was she in the chairs of high school.
Fatima's first published paper was called Elra edda that means "Leading Girls in high school.
The topics focused on multiple issues and attracted many activists in Sudan, and brought people attention to women’s rights issues, and justice. By using a code name as a signature on the papers she published, nobody expects that a young girl is could manage and publish a magazine, which kept her identity secret for a while. At high school, she organized the first women's strike in Sudan, when her school administrators decided that science classes will not provide to females she organized a student strike. Not only was this first women’s strike in the country, it successfully restored science classes for the female students at her
school. Fatima started the Intellectual Women Association in reaction to British efforts to limit the role of women in Sudan. For the next decades, she found herself in the communist party, the only party in Sudan that give membership to women. Moreover, vocally oppose the military dictatorial regime through a popular magazine during the 60's called Sawt al-Mara (Women’s Voice). Fatima inspired by Dr. Khalda Talib, who started the Women’s Association, which focused on education for women in Sudan. Together they would be created the Sudanese Women’s Union (SWU). The SWU resisted the colonial propaganda and organized to secure women the right to legal status, consent to marriage, and vote. Moreover, they worked in the association for the worker women as well, calling for women’s workers' rights such as equal pay, works' conditions, and pensions. Fatima met her husband who was a respected trade union leader and intellectual al-Shafi’. She was very active in the 1964 revolution for independence when Fatima rose as a known leader. The nonviolence movement led to a short period of democracy; her public presence personality inspired many women to become active in political affairs. As a result of tireless effort, she was e first woman member of Parliament not only in Sudan, but in all of Africa and the Middle East.