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Huda Shaʿrawi
Pioneer of the Egyptian women’s movement
1879 – 1947
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Biography
She helped lead the women’s demonstrations during the 1919 revolution, founded the Egyptian Feminist Union in 1923, and campaigned for women’s education and political rights.
Key facts
Certainty: Established
Huda Shaʿrawi founded the Egyptian Feminist Union in 1923.
- Margot Badran (1995) “Feminists, Islam, and Nation: Gender and the Making of Modern Egypt” Princeton University Press