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Akbar [née Hasib], Shireen Nishat

(1944–1997)

Julie Cornish

https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/65700

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Akbar [née Hasib], Shireen Nishat (1944–1997), educationist, was born on 30 July 1944 in Calcutta, India, the daughter of F. A. Hasib and Selina Hasib, who also had two sons. Among her forebears was Begum Rokeya Hossain (1880–1932), an early worker for women's emancipation in ...

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date: 04 March 2021

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