Al-Ahram Weekly | Special | Women profiles

		Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 1 - 7 March 2001 Issue No.523
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Huda Sha'rawi is generally recognised as the first champion of Egyptian women's rights in the modern era. Her successors, however, have been no less formidable, whether endeavouring, like Sha'rawi, to carve out a space for women in the public arena, or turning their efforts to the material improvement of their less privileged sisters' lot.
Working in education or healthcare, spreading awareness through the media or simply offering their own pioneering achievements as examples of what women can do, they have all contributed to promoting equality.
In the 10 years of its existence, the Weekly has presented many of these extraordinary women to its readers through the Profile section. Here are a few of the most memorable faces

Suzanne Mubarak

Mufida Abdel-Rahman

Laila Takla

Fadila Tawfik

Ne'mat Fouad

Magda Saleh

Mary Salama

Nawal El-Saadawi

Faten Hamama

Farida Fahmi

Jihan El-Sadat

Safinaz Kazim

Amina El-Said

Amina Shafiq

Latifa El-Zayyat

Sanaa Gamil

Farkhonda Hassan

Afaf Lutfi El-Sayed

Fatmah Rushdi

Aisha Abdel-Rahman

Sanaa El-Bissi

Tahia Halim

Samiha Ayoub

Amina Rashid

Aida Guindi

Helena Sidarous

Awatef Abdel-Rahman

Amina Rizq

Laila Doss

Aisha Rateb

Fatmah Moussa

Safia El-Mohandess

Heba Handoussa

Widad Metri

Aziza Moharram

Aziza Hussein

Gazbia Sirry

Radwa Ashour

Atiyat El-Abnoudi

Inji Rushdi

Sahier El-Qalamawi

Lubna Abdel-Aziz

Enayat Saad El-Din

Amal Fahmi

Rawya Attiya

Youssriya Loza

Zahira Abdine

Marie Assaad

Nafissa El-Ghamrawi

Shahinda Maklad

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