Sabat Islambouli facts for kids
Kei Okami (center) with Anandi Gopal Joshi (left) and Sabat Islambouli (right), picture from 10 October 1885
Sabat M. Islambouli (1867 – 1941) was one of the first Kurdish female physicians from Syria. She was born to a Kurdish-Jewish family. She has had variations of the spelling of her name and is also known as Sabat Islambooly, Tabat Islambouly, Tabat Istanbuli, Thabat Islambooly and more.
Medical training
Islambouli studied at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in the USA. She graduated with her medical degree in 1890.
Later life
Islambouli is believed to have gone back to Damascus after she graduated, and then to Cairo in 1919 according to the college's alumnae list. After that, the college lost touch with her. Little is known of what happened to her once she left the United States. She died in 1941.
See also
In Spanish: Sabat Islambouli para niños
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