Kadria Hussein

Kadria was born in Cairo on 10 January 1888.^[1] Her parents were Hussein Kamel, son of Isma'il Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, and Melek Sultan.^[2] She had two younger sisters.^[3] Kadria received education in the languages of Arabic and French.^[1]

She married Celaleddin Sırrı Bey in 1919 which lasted only for one year.^[2][4] Her second husband was Mahmut Hayri Pasha with whom she married in Emirgan, Istanbul, in 1921.^[1] They had two children, a daughter and a son.^[2] She returned to Egypt in 1930 when her uncle King Fuad ordered the members of dynasty living abroad to come back Egypt.^[4] Before leaving Istanbul she donated her residence, Huber Mansion, to Notre Dame de Sion High School.^[2] She was briefly arrested following the 1952 coup which ended the rule of the Muhammad Ali dynasty.^[2] Her son was also arrested by the military group who led the coup and was executed in 1956 for his alleged role in the planned coup against them.^[5] Kadria left Egypt shortly after her release from prison and lived abroad.^[2] She returned to Cairo and died there in 1955.^[4]

Kadria published several articles about the women's rights in the magazines based in Istanbul, including Shehbal, Mihrab and Resimli Kitap.^[1] She also contributed to a Cairo-based women's magazine L'Égyptienne.^[4] In addition, she translated literary works into Turkish.^[1] Some of her books include Lettres D'Angora La Sainte (1921), Temevvücât-ı Efkâr (1914) and Muhadderât-ı İslâm (1924; Arabic: Virtuous Ladies of Islam).^[2][4]