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Mabrouka al-Tabiba

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Mabrouka al-Tabiba
مبروكة الطبيبة
Born1926
At Tamimi
Died2017
Bayda
MonumentsMabrouka al-Tabiba Mosque
Mabrouka al-Tabiba Market
OccupationMidwife

Mabrouka al-Tabiba, in Arabic: مبروكة الطبيبة was a midwife from Libya. Born in 1926 in the village of At Tamimi in northeastern Libya, she grew up fluent in Italian.[1] In 1941 she joined a nursing study program in the Italian capital, Rome. She returned in 1951 to work as a midwife in the Jebel Akhdar region, settling in the city of Bayda. During her career, she supervised more than 30,000 births.[2]

Al-Tabiba was considered one of the symbols of Bayda. The people called her 'Mother of the City', and the neighborhood she lived in was called Mabrouka al-Tabiba in her honour; her name was also given to its market and mosque. She died on 5 January 2017, at the age of 91.[3]

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  1. ^ "أهالي البيضاء يودعون الحاجة مبروكة الطبيبة‎ إحدى رموز المدينة". 2022-10-07. Archived from the original on 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  2. ^ "الموت يغيب "مبروكة الطبيبة".. أحد رموز مدينة البيضاء | قناة 218". 2022-10-11. Archived from the original on 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  3. ^ "الحَاجة مَبروكة الطّبيبة في ذِمة الله - وكالة الانباء الليبية ( وال ) LANA NEWS". 2022-10-10. Archived from the original on 2022-10-10. Retrieved 2024-09-03.