Safiya Zaghloul
Egyptian activist and leader
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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.
1876
Safiya Zaghloul صفية زغلول | |
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| Born | Safiya Fahmy 1876 |
| Died | 12 January 1946 (aged 69–70) |
| Spouse | Saad Zaghloul |
| Parent | Mustafa Fahmi Pasha (father) |
Background
Zaghloul was born in 1878. She was of Turkish descent. 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]
