Sabat Islambouli

Sabat M. Islambouli (1867–1941)^[1][2] was a Syrian-born physician, of Kurdish Jewish heritage. She is the first known female physician from Syria.^[3][4] 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.^[5]

Sabat Islambouli
Islambouli (right) with Japanese physician Kei Okami (centre) and Indian physician Anandi Gopal Joshi (left), 10 October 1885
Born	1867
Died	1941 (aged 73–74)
Alma mater	Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
Occupation	Physician

Medical training

Islambouli was born to a Kurdish Jewish family.^[5][6] She studied at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in the US starting in 1885.^[7][8] She graduated with her medical degree in 1890.^[9][7]

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.^[10] After that, the college lost touch with her. Little is known of what happened to her once she left the United States.^[11] She died in 1941.^[5]