Durriyyah Shafīq

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Durriyyah Shafīq

Egyptian author and reformer

Also known as: Doria Shafik

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Last Updated: Dec 10, 2024 • Article History

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Also spelled:: Doria Shafik

Born:: December 14, 1919, Ṭanṭā, Egypt

Died:: September 1975, Cairo (aged 55)

Founder:: Bint al-Nīl

Role In:: women’s rights movement

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Durriyyah Shafīq (born December 14, 1919, Ṭanṭā, Egypt—died September 1975, Cairo) was an Egyptian educator, journalist, and reformer who campaigned for women’s rights in Egypt and founded (1948) the Egyptian women’s organization Bint al-Nīl (“Daughter of the Nile”). Shafīq was born in Lower Egypt and received a Western-style education in French and Italian schools. She was a great admirer of Egyptian feminist pioneer Hudā Shaʿrāwī, who helped Shafīq continue her education in France. She obtained a doctorate from the Sorbonne—the first Egyptian woman to do so—and returned to Egypt in 1940. In her homeland she taught for several years and ...(100 of 211 words)

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