Saiza Nabarawi

Overview

Saiza Nabarawi (née Zainad Murad) born Cairo, Egypt January 31, 1897 (d. 1985). Egyptian anti-imperialist feminist, journalist; took off veil to protest British occupation 1919; unveiled in nonviolent protest May 1923; editor feminist L’Egyptienne 1925-40; co-founder Egyptian Political Union; founded Women’s Popular Resistance Committee; postwar advocate of nonalignment; prewar defender of Palestinian human rights.

Quotations

“What did we demand? A little sympathy for the unfortunate who suffer in the East from the wrongs of imperialist politics. This testimony of sympathy. . . accords moreover with the declaration of human rights.” (Margot Badran, Feminists, Islam, p. 235; 1923 photo pinterest.com)