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Also Known As Doria Shafik
Born December 14, 1919 • Ṭanṭā • Egypt
Died September 1975 (aged 55) • Cairo • Egypt
Founder Bint al-Nīl
Role In women’s rights movement
Amīnah al-Saʿīd
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Barbara Christian
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Aḥmad Luṭfī al-Sayyid
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Huda Sharawi
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Muṣṭafā Kāmil
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