Rehana Fathima
Rehana Fathima, also known as Suryagayathri, is an Indian women’s rights activist from Kerala. She has a background in telecommunications and modeling, and has participated in various protests against moral policing and sexism. Fathima gained widespread attention in October 2018 when she was one of two women who attempted to enter the Sabarimala temple in Kerala following the Supreme Court's decision to lift the ban on women of menstruating age. She has faced legal consequences for her activism, including arrests for allegedly offensive Facebook posts and a body painting video. She wrote an autobiography named 'Shareeram Samaram Sannidhyam' Early life and education Rehana Fathima Pyarijaan Sulaiman was born into an orthodox Muslim family. Her father Pyarijaan Sulaiman died when she was in Class 12. She has a sister. Fathima completed B.Com and MCA degrees with first rank from Indira Gandhi National Open University. Career Fathima worked as a telecommunications technician with BSNL until May 2020, when she was forced to take compulsory retirement. Fathima also modelled, before becoming a women’s rights activist. Rehana has also acted in a Malayalam film titled 'Eka' written and directed by her husband Manoj K Sreedhar, who is a poet and graduate from Pune film