Loujain
Proper noun
Meaning
Loujain
A female given name from Arabic
Loujain al-Hathloul, b. 1989
Examples
If something similar to the European Enlightenment and the American Revolution had also happened in an Islamic nation, there would no longer be the repressive and anti-reason Islamic regimes imprisoning freethinkers like Loujain al-Hathloul.
The detainees rounded up since May 15 include Loujain al-Hathloul, Aziza al-Yousef and Eman al-Nafjan, women who have long opposed the driving ban and who continue to oppose the kingdom’s endu-ring guardianship laws.
One of them is Loujain al-Hathloul … one of 11 activists who are currently at risk of being sentenced to up to 20 years in prison for defending women’s rights in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi human rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul's family will appeal her sentence.
Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul, 28, faces 20 years in prison after Saudi Arabian authorities revealed on Wednesday that she allegedly confessed to conspiring with the kingdom’s “enemies.”