Huda Sha'arawi or Hoda Sha'rawi (Arabic: هدى شعراوي, ALA-LC: Hudá Sha‘rāwī; 23 June 1879 – 12 December 1947) was a pioneering Egyptian feminist leader, suffragette, nationalist, and founder of the Egyptian Feminist Union.
Eugénie Le Brun also known as Madame Rushdi (died October 16, 1908) was a French-born early Egyptian feminist intellectual, influential salon host, and close friend of Huda Sha'arawi.
The Harem Years is a memoir by Huda Sha'arawi. It provides her firsthand account of the private world of a harem in colonial Cairo. Sha'arawi (1879–1947) was among the last generation of Egyptian women to live in the segregated world of the harem.
Huda (English: ; Arabic: هُدى) is a female name in Arabic, sometimes spelled as Houda or Hoda which means "right guidance".
The tradition of women's literary circles in the Arab world dates back to the pre-Islamic period when the eminent literary figure, Al-Khansa, would stand in the 'Ukaz market in Mecca, reciting her poetry and airing her views on the scholarship of...
The Egyptian Feminist Union (Arabic: الاتحاد النسائي المصري) was the first nationwide feminist movement in Egypt.
A yashmak, yashmac or yasmak (from Turkish: yaşmak, "a veil") is a Turkish, Egyptian and Turkmen type of veil or niqāb worn by women to cover their faces in public. During the Ottoman Empire, the garment eventually became transparent in the middle...
Magnus Hirschfeld (14 May 1868 – 14 May 1935) was a German physician, sexologist, and LGBTQ advocate. A gay man, Hirschfeld was denaturalized and exiled by the Nazi government in 1933 for his work at the Institute for Sexual Science in Berlin. The...
Mary Kahil (28 January 1889 – 28 June 1979) was an Egyptian feminist and Christian mystic. She was a member of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, a founder of the Egyptian Feminist Union along with Huda Sha'arawi, and promoted Christian–Muslim...
Many people converted to Islam from a different religion or no religion. The list is categorized alphabetically with their former religious affiliation, where known. According to The New York Times, 25,000 Americans convert to Islam every year.