Bushra (بشرى) is an Arabic feminine given name meaning "waterfall", "omen", or "perfect". Variants include alternatively spelled as Boshra, and the Turkish Büşra, which was among the top five names given to girls born in Turkey in the last decade. This name is also given to girls in Jordan and Egypt.[1]

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Bushra

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  • Bushra (Egyptian actress), Egyptian actress
  • Bushra al-Assad (born 1960), first child and only daughter of Hafez al-Assad, former president of Syria
  • Bushra Ansari, Pakistani actress, comedian, singer and playwright
  • Bushra Bibi, Pakistani spiritualist, homemaker and the third spouse of the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan
  • Bushra Anjum Butt (born 1981), Pakistani politician, member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
  • Bushra Farrukh (born 1957), Pakistani poet
  • Bushra Gohar, Pakistani politician and Pashtun human rights activist
  • Bushra Hyder, Pakistani schoolteacher and peace activist
  • Bushra Junaid, Canadian artist, curator and arts administrator
  • Bushra Khalil, Lebanese lawyer
  • Bushra Massouh, Syrian politician
  • Bushra Mateen (born 1943), Pakistani educator
  • Bushra Rahman, Pakistani politician who served as member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
  • Bushra Rind, Pakistani politician, member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan
  • Bushra al-Thamali, Abbasid military commander and governor (wali or amir) of Tarsus and the borderlands with the Byzantine Empire in Cilicia

Büşra

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Boshra

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  • Boshra Al-Shaeby (born 1995), Jordanian chess player
  • Boshra Dastournezhad (born 1985), Iranian-born model, and actress on stage and film
  • Boshra Salem, professor, scholar of land degradation and desertification, founder and the Chair of the Department of Environmental Sciences at Alexandria University

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See also

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  • Bushra (Jordan), also known as (Bishra), town in the governorate of Irbid, Jordan

Notes

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  1. ^ Muslim Baby Names. "Muslim Baby Names: Islamic baby names girl boy name Arabic English". Milligazette.com. Retrieved 2018-03-19.