Saiza Nabarawi or Siza Nabrawi was originally born as Zainab Mohamed Mourad Nabrawi, into a family from Nabaruh in Egypt's Dakahlia governorate, and is a relative of the prominent Egyptian doctor Ibrahim Nabarawi.
10 Facts About Saiza Nabarawi
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Saiza Nabarawi was adopted by Adila Nabarawi, a distant relative, and was taken to Paris to be educated.
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Saiza Nabarawi attended a convent school in Versailles and eventually studied at the Saint Germain des Pres Institute in Paris.
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Saiza Nabarawi was sent back to Egypt but continued her education in a French school, Les Dames de Sion School in Alexandria.
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When her foster mother committed suicide, Nabarawi was claimed by Muhammad Murad and Fatma Hanim, her biological parents.
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Saiza Nabarawi rejected them and lived with her maternal grandparents instead.
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Saiza Nabarawi wrote about her exclusion from the third convocation of parliament in March 1925 in her article 'Double Standard'.
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Saiza Nabarawi dedicated her life to feminist activism and attended international feminist conferences and spoke widely on the issues of gender equality.
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Saiza Nabarawi was elected to the Executive Council of the Women's International Democratic Federation in 1953.
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Saiza Nabarawi's opinions describe the evolution from veil to no veil that Nabarawi took part in.