Hamida Zakariya

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Hamida Zakariya Esma'il was the first woman judge in South Yemen, Yemen, and the Arab world. She earned a law degree from Cairo University. In 1970 she worked as a legal counselor at the South Yemen Ministry of Justice. In 1971, at age 27, she was appointed a judge at the Court of Assizes in Aden, making her the first female judge in the Arab world. She was married and a mother. She died before 2015.