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050 00 $aHQ1793.Z75$bS5386 2012
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100 1 $aLanfranchi, Sania Sharawi.
245 10 $aCasting off the veil :$bthe life of Huda Shaarawi, Egypt's first feminist /$cSania Sharawi Lanfranchi ; edited by John Keith King.
260 $aNew York ;$aLondon :$bI.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.,$c2012.
300 $axii, 308 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 291-297) and index.
505 0 $a1. Childhood in a conservative home -- 2. First steps in social work -- 3. International feminism and the EFU -- 4. Against the occupation -- 5. Wafdist ministry -- 6.The lesson in diplomacy -- 7. The game of politics -- 8. The question of Greater Syria -- 9. The natural enemies of war -- 10. Turning points -- 11. Peace and justice -- 12. Second World War -- 13. UNGA divides Palestine.
520 $aBorn into a wealthy and powerful Egyptian family, Huda Shaarawi was destined to lead a leisurely life in luxurious settings. She decided instead to acquire an education and to participate in the liberation of Egypt from the British occupation. Huda became famous overnight when she led a peaceful walk of veiled women across Cairo in 1919 to free the leaders of the Egyptian resistance who were detained by the British forces. She was then invited by the members of the Bureau of the IAWS (International Alliance for Women s Suffrage) to participate in the international conference in Rome in 1923. Huda became the lifelong friend of Western and other feminist leaders at that conference. It was after this conference in Cairo when she and her two traveling companions removed their face veil upon leaving the train at the railway station and were spontaneously imitated by all the other women in what became a landmark gesture in Egyptian history. In 1923, Huda founded the Egyptian Feminist Union affiliated to the IAWS, and began publishing a French magazine, L Egyptienne, to circulate information about Egypt s plight and achievements under the occupation, and to promote peace between Eastern and Western countries. She soon became - and remained for many years - one of the Vice-Presidents of the International Organization of Women.
600 10 $aShaʻrāwī, Hudá,$d1879-1947.
650 0 $aFeminists$zEgypt$vBiography.
650 0 $aWomen$zEgypt$xSocial conditions.
700 1 $aKing, John Keith.