| Widad Haroun | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 1960–1961 | |
Widad Haroun or Widad al-Azhari (Arabic: وداد الأزهري) was a Syrian lawyer and politician. In 1960, she and Jihan al-Mosli were appointed to the National Assembly of the United Arab Republic, becoming the first Syrian women to enter parliament.
Biography
Originally from Latakia, in July 1960 Haroun was appointed to the National Assembly of the United Arab Republic alongside al-Mosli. They left the Assembly when Syria seceded from the United Arab Republic in September the following year.
References
- Women and the People’s Assembly In The Syrian Arab Republic
- Esther Meininghaus (2016) Creating Consent in Ba‘thist Syria: Women and Welfare in a Totalitarian State p66
- ^ برلمانيات سوريات... وداد أزهري .. بقلم د. نورا أريسيان Parliament of Syria