Safiya Zaghloul
Egyptian activist and leader
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. She was of Turkish descent. Her father, Mostafa Fahmy Pasha, was the seventh prime minister of Egypt.
She married Saad Zaghloul in 1896, an Egyptian revolutionary and Prime Minister of Egypt from 26 January 1924 to 24 November 1924.
Activities
After the exile of her husband Saad Zaghloul to Malta 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.
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