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.
[1] Originally from Latakia,[2] in July 1960 Haroun was appointed to the National Assembly of the United Arab Republic alongside al-Mosli.
[3] They left the Assembly when Syria seceded from the United Arab Republic in September the following year.
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