Oras Sultan Naji

Oras Sultan Naji (1962 – 26 February 2015) was a member of the House of Representatives of Yemen from 1997 until her death. She was a member of the General People's Congress (GPC) party.[1] She was one of only two women to have sat in the Yemeni parliament, the other being Oulouf Bakhoubaïra (or Uluf Bakhubaria), who was also elected in 1997.[2][3]

References
  1. Pflüger, M. Tobias (June 2006). 5th Interparliamentary Meeting EP/Yemen 20-26 May 2006 (PDF). European Parliament: Delegation for Relations with the Gulf Countries and Yemen. p. 2. Retrieved 13 August 2018. ... the only female MP of the Yemeni Parliament, Dr Oras Sultan Naji (GPC) ...
  2. "Voici 5 pays aux interdits illogiques pour les femmes" (in French). Digital Congo. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  3. Badran, Margot (2013). Feminism in Islam: Secular and Religious Convergences. Oneworld. ISBN 9781780744476. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
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