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    Huda Sharawi

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    Huda Sharawi was an Egyptian feminist and nationalist who played a pivotal role in advancing women's rights in Egypt in the early 20th century. She founded the Egyptian Feminist Union in 1923 to fight for women's suffrage, changes to family law, and greater access to education. A defining moment was when she publicly removed her face veil upon returning from a conference in Rome, sparking the feminist movement in Egypt. Through her activism and the Egyptian Feminist Union, she helped make primary education compulsory for girls, allow women to attend university, and eventually gain women the right to vote in Egypt.

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    Huda Sharawi was an Egyptian feminist and nationalist who played a pivotal role in advancing women's rights in Egypt in the early 20th century. She founded the Egyptian Feminist Union in 1923 to fight for women's suffrage, changes to family law, and greater access to education. A defining moment was when she publicly removed her face veil upon returning from a conference in Rome, sparking the feminist movement in Egypt. Through her activism and the Egyptian Feminist Union, she helped make primary education compulsory for girls, allow women to attend university, and eventually gain women the right to vote in Egypt.

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    Huda Sharawi was an Egyptian feminist and nationalist who played a pivotal role in advancing women's rights in Egypt in the early 20th century. She founded the Egyptian Feminist Union in 1923 to fight for women's suffrage, changes to family law, and greater access to education. A defining moment was when she publicly removed her face veil upon returning from a conference in Rome, sparking the feminist movement in Egypt. Through her activism and the Egyptian Feminist Union, she helped make primary education compulsory for girls, allow women to attend university, and eventually gain women the right to vote in Egypt.

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    Huda Sharawi

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    Huda Sharawi was an Egyptian feminist and nationalist who played a pivotal role in advancing women's rights in Egypt in the early 20th century. She founded the Egyptian Feminist Union in 1923 to fight for women's suffrage, changes to family law, and greater access to education. A defining moment was when she publicly removed her face veil upon returning from a conference in Rome, sparking the feminist movement in Egypt. Through her activism and the Egyptian Feminist Union, she helped make primary education compulsory for girls, allow women to attend university, and eventually gain women the right to vote in Egypt.

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    Huda Sharawi

    Egyptian Feminist and Natalist


    Who is Huda Sharawi
     Called by “Egypt’s First Feminist”.
     Born June 23, 1879.
     Raised in a wealthy and highly influential family . As an upper-class female, Huda
    Sharawi grew up in the harem system, in which women were confined to secluded
    apartments within the home and wore face veils when going outside. She received
    an elite education at home.
     She was married at age 13 to her older cousin, Ali Sharawi. She lived separately
    from him for seven years and in 1900, under pressure from her family, she
    reconciled with him. They had two children together Bathna and Muhammad
    Leading Action Against British Rule
     She organized lectures for women on various topics, bringing them out of
    their homes and into public places.
     In 1919, Huda organized a women-led protest that included not only women
    from Egypt’s elite but also women from the working class and countryside
    opposing the British occupation, they were calling for the release of
    nationalist leaders who were detained.
    Women went out for demonstrations
    Rememberable day of Bravery
     On her way back from attending women’s conference in Rome, Huda
    Shaarawi pulled the veil from her face as she got off the train, and with that
    unassuming yet bold action, the feminist movement in Egypt was launched.
    Many of the ladies there that day also took off their veils after initially being
    shocked by her bravery, which was praised by those who had come to greet
    her.
     Since that day, women in Egypt remained unveiled, a change came led by a
    group of well educated women who believed it was time for women’s lives
    in Egypt to improve.
    Nabawiyya Musa, Huda Shaarawi, and Saiza Nabrawi revealing their faces at a Cairo railway station in 1923.
    Seeking to Women Equality
     Founded the Egyptian Feminist Union in 1923, which fought for women's suffrage,
    changes to the laws governing personal status, and more chances for girls and
    women to pursue higher education.
     Her goal was to create massive reforms in the Egyptian constitution and family law
    that would allow women to live safe lives with access to the same rights as men.
     She was able through the union to make primary education compulsory for girls as
    well as boys, and to have women attending university before the end of the 1920s.
     The Egyptian Feminist Union would live for another thirty-three years, to be
    dismantled finally by Abdel Nasser in 1956 and absorbed into government
    regulation, but not before gaining one more victory. In 1956, Gamal Abdel Nasser
    granted women the right to vote
    Goal Achiever
     In 1910, she opened a school for girls focused on academics, rather than
    teaching practical skills like midwifery which was common at the time.
     The Egyptian Feminist Union would live for another thirty-three years, to be
    dismantled finally by Abdel Nasser in 1956, granted women the right to vote.
     She represented Egypt at women’s conferences around the world, advocating
    for peace and disarmament.
     Being a member of the International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and
    Equal Citizenship, and founding president of the Arab Feminist Union in
    1945.

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