Samira Islam

Samira Ibrahim Islam (Arabic: سميرة إسلام, romanized: Samīrah Islām) is a Saudi Arabian pharmaceutical Scientist.

She was instrumental in securing formal university education for women in Saudi Arabia.

Islam continued to study pharmacology, becoming the first Saudi woman to earn a PhD in 1970.

She was appointed Academic Advisor for the girl's section of the Makkah and Jeddah branches of the university in 1973.

[4] Islam received a Makkah Award of Excellence for her research on the effects and impact of medication on Saudis.