Barakat, Hidiya Afifi (1898–1969)
Barakat, Hidiya Afifi (1898–1969)
Egyptian feminist. Name variations: Hidiya Hanim Barakat, Hidiya Afifi. Born in Cairo, Egypt, 1898; died in Cairo, 1969; dau. of Ahmad Pasha Afifi (magistrate connected with the royal palace); educated at French convent of Notre Dame de la Mère; m. Bahieddine Barakat (professor of law at Cairo University), May 1918.
Leading Egyptian feminist was known as the "little soldier" during Revolution of 1919; organized The Société de la Femme Nouvelle, which concentrated on education for girls, and the Mabarra, which was concerned with clinics and women's health care.
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