Margot Badran

historian of the Middle East and Islamic societies and a specialist in gender studies
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Margot Badran

Summary

Margot Badran is a human[1]. She was born on +1936-12-04T00:00:00Z[2]. She worked as a historian[3], women's rights activist[4], Islamicist[5], and writer[6]. She ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month, #7,289 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Margot Badran was born on +1936-12-04T00:00:00Z[2].
  • Margot Badran held citizenship in United States[8].
  • Margot Badran worked as a historian[3].
  • Margot Badran worked as a women's rights activist[4].
  • Margot Badran worked as an Islamicist[5].
  • Margot Badran's professions included writer[6].
  • Margot Badran's field of work was democracy promotion[9].
  • Margot Badran's field of work was gender studies[10].
  • Margot Badran's field of work was women's rights[11].
  • Margot Badran's field of work was Middle East[12].
  • Margot Badran's field of work was North Africa[13].
  • Margot Badran's field of work was Islam[14].
  • Margot Badran was employed by Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars[15].
  • Among Margot Badran's employers was Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding[16].
  • Margot Badran was employed by Al-Ahram Weekly[17].
  • Among Margot Badran's employers was Georgetown University[18].
  • Margot Badran's education included a stint at Trinity College[19].
  • Margot Badran's education included a stint at Harvard University[20].
  • Margot Badran was educated at Al-Azhar University[21].
  • Margot Badran's education included a stint at University of Oxford[22].
  • Margot Badran is recorded as female[23].
  • Margot Badran's instance of is recorded as human[24].
  • Margot Badran's ISNI is recorded as 0000000066452596[25].
  • Margot Badran's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 54198351[26].
  • Margot Badran's GND ID is recorded as 110470174X[27].

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Origins and Family

Margot Badran was born on +1936-12-04T00:00:00Z[2].

Education

Educated at Trinity College[19], a liberal arts college[28], in United States[29], founded in 1823[30], headquartered in Hartford[31]; Harvard University[20], a private university[32], in United States[33], founded in 1636[34], headquartered in Cambridge[35]; Al-Azhar University[21], a public university[36], in Egypt[37], founded in 0970[38], headquartered in Cairo[39]; and University of Oxford[22], a collegiate university[40], in United Kingdom[41], founded in 1096[42], headquartered in Oxford[43].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include historian[3], women's rights activist[4], Islamicist[5], and writer[6]. Fields of work include democracy promotion[9]; gender studies[10], an interdisciplinary science[44]; women's rights[11], a concept[45]; Middle East[12], a transcontinental region[46], in Iran[47]; North Africa[13], a region[48], in Algeria[49]; and Islam[14], a major religious group[50], founded in 0631[51]. Employers include Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars[15], a think tank[52], in United States[53], founded in 1968[54], headquartered in Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center[55]; Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding[16], a faculty[56], in United States[57], founded in 1993[58], headquartered in Washington, D.C.[59]; Al-Ahram Weekly[17], a newspaper[60], in Egypt[61], founded in 1991[62]; and Georgetown University[18], a private university[63], in United States[64], founded in 1789[65], headquartered in Washington, D.C.[66].

Why It Matters

Margot Badran ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month, #7,289 of 1,000,298).[7] She is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[67]

FAQs

What did Margot Badran do for work?

Margot Badran worked as historian[3], women's rights activist[4], Islamicist[5], and writer[6].

Where did Margot Badran go to school?

Margot Badran was educated at Trinity College[19], Harvard University[20], Al-Azhar University[21], and University of Oxford[22].

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Class ancestry

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  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [67] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Bargioni · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation historian, women's rights activist, Islamicist +1
    Employer Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding, Al-Ahram Weekly +1
    Instance of human
    Country of citizenship United States
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