Féminisme

000059 — <p><strong>Huda Sha'rÄwÄ« 1879–1947</strong><br /><strong>Collection of 19 Photographs</strong></p><p>A group of <strong>nineteen individual photographic prints of varying sizes</strong> depicting <strong>Huda Sha'rÄwÄ«</strong> the pioneering Egyptian feminist leader nationalist and founder of the Egyptian Feminist Union.</p><ul><li><strong>Four photographs are signed by Huda Sha'rÄwÄ«</strong> including <strong>two dedicated and signed in Paris to Majd ed-Din Nasif</strong>.</li><li>Approximately <strong>fourteen are studio photographs</strong> taken predominantly in <strong>Paris</strong> with several examples from <strong>Cairo</strong>.</li><li>One notable photograph shows Sha'rÄwÄ« in <strong>Egyptian local dress</strong> <strong>signed by the photographer Lekegian Cairo</strong>.</li></ul><p>The photographs document Sha'rÄwÄ« in both European and Egyptian contexts reflecting her transnational life and public persona during the early twentieth century.</p><p><strong>Biographical Note:</strong><br />Huda Sha'rÄwÄ« June 23 1879 – December 12 1947 was a leading figure in Egyptian feminism and nationalism. Born into a wealthy family in Minya she was the daughter of Muhammad Sultan the first president of the Egyptian Representative Council. Raised in the seclusion of an upper-class harem she married her cousin Ali Pasha Sha'rÄwÄ« at the age of thirteen. A later separation allowed her to pursue formal education and develop an early sense of independence. Educated in Quranic studies Arabic Turkish and Islamic subjects she also wrote poetry in Arabic and French. Her memoir <em>Harem Years: The Memoirs of an Egyptian Feminist 1879–1924</em> remains a key source for understanding her life and era.</p>