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Malak Hefny Nassef (\u0645\u0644\u0643 \u062d\u0641\u0646\u064a \u0646\u0627\u0635\u0641) is an Egyptian writer and a leading feminist. She was born in Cairo in 1886 to an educated family. Her father was a judge and a well-known writer. He was also one of the founders of the Egyptian University. \u00a0Malak Hefny Nassef is the first Arab woman to receive the primary school certificate in 1900, and follow it by further study. She knew Arabic, English and French, which helped her expand her knowledge.<\/p>\n
In 1907, Malak Hefny Nassef got married to Abdel Sattar Al-Bassel, the head of the Bassel tribe in Fayoum. After moving to Fayoum, she assumed the title of (\u0628\u0627\u062d\u062b\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0627\u062f\u064a\u0629) which means \u2018the Researcher of the Desert\u2019<\/p>\n
Malak Hefny Nassef was one of the first Arab women \u00a0to call for women\u2019s education, and wrote various articles defending women\u2019s rights under the penname of (\u0628\u0627\u062d\u062b\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0627\u062f\u064a\u0629). She published various articles about women\u2019s rights in \u2018Al-Jareeda\u2019 newspaper, and then she collected them in a book called (\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0633\u0627\u0626\u064a\u0627\u062a) in two volumes. She started another book about women\u2019s rights called (\u062d\u0642\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0633\u0627\u0621), which she died before completing it. She established a couple of women\u2019s organizations to support women and to encourage them to help their communities, e.g. (\u062c\u0645\u0639\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0645\u0631\u064a\u0636) which collected medicines and clothes to send them to vulnerable communities in Egypt and Arab countries.<\/p>\n
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Malak Hefny Nassef died in 1918 after serious illness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Malak Hefny Nassef (\u0645\u0644\u0643 \u062d\u0641\u0646\u064a \u0646\u0627\u0635\u0641) is an Egyptian writer and a leading feminist. She was born in Cairo in 1886 to an educated family. Her father was a judge and a well-known writer. He was also one of the founders of the Egyptian University. \u00a0Malak Hefny Nassef is the first Arab woman to receive…<\/p>\n