Durriyyah Shafīq

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...