A history of women in Islamic societies from the ancient Middle East to modern Egypt.
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Egypt1923 onward
Founded by Huda Sha'arawi, who removed her face veil in public at Cairo's railway station on her return from an international women's congress in 1923. The union campaigned for girls' education, a higher minimum marriage age and women's right to vote.
Huda Sha'arawi, Saiza Nabarawi and Nabawiyya Musa.
Education and work for women; reform of marriage and divorce laws; suffrage.
A history of women in Islamic societies from the ancient Middle East to modern Egypt.