Iqbal Masih was a Pakistani child rights advocate who became a global symbol for the abolition of child labor. The name refers to two distinct proper nouns: the given name Iqbal (often transliterated Iqbal, Iqbal or Ikbal) and the surname Masih (meaning ‘Jesus’ in some languages or a common Muslim surname). Together, they identify a specific individual associated with anti-child-labor activism in the late 20th century.
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