Aisha Al-Monoubya, or Al-Saida (the saint) was born in the village of La Manouba near Tunis around 1200 CE / 595 AH. From an early age she showed signs of saintliness, challenging social norms and performing karamat (supernatural wonders performed by Muslim Saints). One story, commonly told at rituals held at her shrines, demonstrating her karamat tells of her father slaughtering a bull upon her request. After the slaughter, she cooked it and distributed the meat amongst the villages only to return home and bring the bull back to life. She studied in Tunis with the Shadhili Tariqas, a Sufi order founded in the 13th century. Aisha is one of few women to be written about in the Islamic world during her time. Although common at the time for female Saints to be recluses, she mingled with society, including the poor, other Sufi scholars, and the Hafsid Sultan. Two shrines were dedicated to her, one in her home village La Manouba, which was destroyed in 2012 during the Tunisian Revolution, and another in Gorjani in Tunis. After her death, her memory has persisted in modern Tunisia and across the region. One of the souks of the Medina of Tunis was named after her and occupied land just outside of Medina also bears her name. Aisha has also been featured in a number of books and Sufi songs and continuous to be an influence in Sufism and in Tunisia, remaining one of the most famous women in Tunisia.