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Egyptian vegetables vendor gather in Sayyidah Nafisah mosque to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sayyida Nafisa, a woman of Ahl al-Bayt, and a scholar and teacher of Islam, in Cairo, Egypt on March 8, 2017. (Photo by Fayed El-Geziry/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Egyptian vegetables vendor gather in Sayyidah Nafisah mosque to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sayyida Nafisa, a woman of Ahl al-Bayt, and a scholar and teacher of Islam, in Cairo, Egypt on March 8, 2017.  (Photo by Fayed El-Geziry/NurPhoto via Getty Images)