Huda Sha'arawi

Overview

Huda Sha’arawi born Minya, Egypt June 23, 1879 (d. 1947). Pioneering Muslim feminist. Poet and author; Egyptian nationalist. Organized largest women’s protest against British rule, March 1919. Led women’s pickets of Parliament, January 1924.

Quotations

“[I]f men’s ambition has created war, the sentiment of equity, innate in women, will further the construction of peace.” (Leila Rupp, “Constructing Internationalism,” American History Review, Dec. 1994, p. 1552; photo kalamu.com)