815: Naziq al-Abid Joan of Arc of the Arabs Born: 1898, Damascus, Ottoman Empire (Present-day Damascus, Syria) Died: 1959, Syria Also Spelled: Nazik Full Name: Nazik Khatim al-ʿAbid Bayhum Naziq was a Revolutionary and Suffragette born into a wealthy family. She spoke five languages, started the Syrian Red Crescent and Noor-al-Fayha (Light of Damascus, the…
