Noor Inayat Khan Sir Mo Farah Sayyida Al-Hurra Noor Inayat Khan Noor Inayat Khan (1914 – 1944) was an Indian princess born in Moscow. After being displaced by two world wars, she became a spy for the British Secret Service and trained in the art of espionage. Her quick wit and charm got her out of more than one sticky situation, but she was eventually captured by the Gestapo in Germany. Every year on Bastille Day in France, a band plays in her honour to celebrate her intelligence, bravery and heroism during the Resistance. Sir Mo Farah Born in 1983 in Somalia, Mo Farah and his family were forced to leave their home in the 1990s in search of safety. They moved to London, where Mo’s incredible running skills made him stand out from the crowd. In 2012, the day he had been training for arrived; Mo ran for Great Britain in the London Olympics and took home two gold medals! He now has ten world titles to his name, and is known around the world as a champion. Sayyida Al-Hurra Sayyida Al-Hurra (1485 – 1561) was born in the Spanish kingdom of Andalus, but she and her family fled to Morocco when a Catholic army arrived on the Islamic nation’s shores. She married the sultan of Tétouan, and after her husband died ruled over her people alone, bowing to nobody. She joined forces with the famous pirate Barbarossa, and together their exploits became legendary. A fearsome leader and fierce protector of her people, Sayyida will be forever remembered as the Pirate Queen of the Western Seas.