Egyptian Feminist Union
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The Egyptian Feminist Union (al-Ittihad al-Nisa al-Misri) was the first nationwide feminist movement in Egypt. It was founded at a meeting on 16 March, 1923 called at her home by the activist Huda Sha'rawi, who served as its first president until her death in 1947. The Union was affiliated to the International Alliance for Women's Suffrage. The EFU published the fortnightly periodical L'Egyptienne from 1925 and from 1937 the journal al-Misriyyah (The Egyptian Woman).
References
- Zeidan, Joseph T. (1995). Arab Women Novelists: The Formative Years and Beyond. SUNY Press. ISBN 0791421716
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