Nationality Egyptian Died January 12, 1946 Role Polit. | Name Safiya Zaghloul Religion Islam Parents Mustafa Fahmi Pasha | |
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Spouse Saad Zaghloul (m. 1895–1927) | ||
Safiya Zaghloul (1876–1946) was an Egyptian political activist. She was among the early leaders of the Wafd Party.
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Background
Of Turkish origin, Zaghloul was born in 1876. She was the daughter of Mustafa Fahmi Pasha, the former prime minister of Egypt.
She married Saad Zaghloul in 1896; who was 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 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. She retired from political life after the party split of 1937.
She was known as Umm al-Misriyyin (The Mother of the Egyptians) and her home in Cairo was called as "Bayt al-Umma" (the House of the Nation).