Nadia Emara

نادية عمارة

Egyptian Islamic preacher, specialist in women's fiqh and television presenter; she holds a doctorate in Qur'anic exegesis from the Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University, studied under Muhammad Metwalli al-Sha'rawi and Yasin Rushdi, and became known presenting Qulub 'Amira on Al-Hayah TV.

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    Overview

    Nadia Emara is an Egyptian Islamic preacher, an expert in women's fiqh and a television presenter who studied at the Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University, in the Arabic department's Islamic studies division. 1 No trusted source publishes a birth date for her, so this record gives none; the Egyptian Arabic (arz) Wikipedia edition's claim of 1 January 2000 is impossible for a woman who graduated in 1998 and is not used. 1 2

    Education and career

    She took her bachelor's degree in Arabic with Islamic studies, graduating from Alexandria University in 1998, and went on to a master's and a doctorate specialising in Qur'anic exegesis (tafsir). 2

    After graduating she worked at Alexandria University, teaching Arabic to non-native speakers and teaching tafsir and tajwid to non-Arabic speakers. 2

    She studied under Muhammad Metwalli al-Sha'rawi — whose weekly Alexandria sessions she attended in her third university year, studying with him briefly before his death — and under Yasin Rushdi at the Al-Muwasat mosque in Alexandria. 1 2

    Television work

    She worked for ART Teenz, presenting Anwar Ramadan (Ramadan Lights), addressed to young people and children, then moved to the Iqraa satellite channel, where she presented Fiqh al-Nisa' (Women's Fiqh), which dealt with the fiqh questions particular to women. 1

    Her fame began with her presentation of Qulub 'Amira (Hearts Full) on the Al-Hayah television network, a religious programme concerned with women in Islam and women's fiqh, later carried by the ON channel. 1

    Works

    Her Goodreads author page lists two books under her name: al-Qasas al-Qur'ani fi Tafsir al-Shaykh al-Sha'rawi (The Qur'anic Stories in al-Sha'rawi's Exegesis, 2017) and Tafsir Surat al-Anbiya' (Exegesis of Surat al-Anbiya'). 3

    Positions and criticism

    This section reports what the sources attribute to her; the museum adopts no verdict.

    The sources describe her specialism as women's fiqh and the treatment of women's questions in Islam in her programmes; this pass found no published contested positions in the sources consulted, and nothing beyond them is claimed. 1 2

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    Studied under
    Muhammad Mutawalli al-Sha'rawi

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    Algiers· Cairo· Mecca· al-Isra' wal-Mi'raj (al-Sha'rawi)· Tafsir al-Sha'rawi (al-Khawatir)· Muhammad Mutawalli al-Sha'rawi

    Sources

    1. Nadia Emara — Arabic Wikipedia
    2. Nadia Emara — Mawdoo3
    3. Nadia Emara — Goodreads author page
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    islam.museum contributors. “Nadia Emara”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/nadia-emara/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.

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