Maryam Mohammad Yousif Farhat (Arabic: ???? ???? ???? ??????), or Mariam Farahat (24 December 1949 – 17 March 2013), popularly known as Umm Nidal (Arabic: ?? ?????), "the mother of Nidal", or "Khansa of Palestine" (Arabic: ????? ???????), was Palestinian politician, member of parliament in the Palestinian Legislative Council, and one of Hamas' candidates elected in the 2006 Palestinian legislative election.
The word "Nidal" in Arabic is a term, meaning "struggle", "effort" or "work".
She was one of the prominent Islamist female leaders in Palestine.