Bloom, Jonathan; Blair, Sheila S.; Blair, Sheila (2009). "Ali, Wijdan, Princess". The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture. p. 53. ISBN978-0195309911.
Talhami, Ghada Hashem (2013). Historical Dictionary of Women in the Middle East and North Africa. p. 24. ISBN978-0810868588.; Ramadan, K.D., Peripheral Insider: Perspectives on Contemporary Internationalism in Visual Culture, Museum Tusculanum Press, 2007, p. 49. Ramadan writes that these two books are the "best English language works documenting important works and history of modern art in various countries in the region." (p.49)
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The titles, Sharif and Sharifa which roughly translate as noble, are honorific titles given to those who can trace their ancestry to Islamic prophet Mohammed. Encyclopedia.com,Online:
