Safiya Zaghloul

Egyptian activist and leader

Safiya Zaghloul صفية زغلول

Born	Safiya Fahmy 1876 Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt
Died	January 12, 1946(1946-01-12) (aged 69–70)
Nationality	Egyptian
Spouse	Saad Zaghloul
Parent	Mustafa Fahmi Pasha (father)

Safiya Zaghloul (Arabic: صفية زغلول / ALA-LC: Ṣafīyah Zaghlūl; née Fahmy; 1878–12 January 1946) was an Egyptian political activist. She was among the early leaders of the Wafd Party.

Background

Zaghloul was born in 1878. Her father, Mostafa Fahmy Pasha, was the seventh prime minister of Egypt.^[1]

She married Saad Zaghloul in 1896,^[2] an Egyptian revolutionary and Prime Minister of Egypt from 26 January 1924 to 24 November 1924.^[3]

Activities

After the exile of her husband Saad Zaghloul to Malta ^[4] in 1919, she became a central figure of the Wafd Party, and her home a center for the party. She organized a demonstration of 500 women. After the death of her spouse in 1927, Zaghloul was central in the appointment of a new party leader. In fact, she was the leader of the Women's Wafd.^[5] She retired from political life after the party split of 1937.

She was known as Om El-Masriyyin ( Mother Of The Egyptians) and her home in Cairo was called as Beit El-Umma (House of the Nation).^[6]

References

^ Doss, Madiha; Helmi, Laila (2013). Nowaira, Amira; El Kholy, Azza; Ennaji, Moha (eds.). Des femmes écrivent l'Afrique: L'Afrique du Nord (in French). Karthala Editions. p. 434. ISBN 978-2-8111-0731-4.
^ Albert Hourani (1962). Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age, 1798-1939. London: Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2017.^{[ISBN missing]}
^ Steven A. Cook (1 September 2011). The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square. Oxford University Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-19-979532-1. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
^ "This day in history: Mother of Egyptians Safeya Zaghloul dies in 1946 - Egypt Independent". Egypt Independent. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
^ "Women in power". Women leaders guide. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
^ Nabila Ramdani (2013). "Women in the 1919 Egyptian Revolution: From Feminist Awakening to Nationalist Political Activism". Journal of International Women's Studies. 14 (2): 39–52. Retrieved 28 October 2013.