Nabawiyya Musa

Who is Nabawiyya Musa?

Nabawiya Musa was born December 17th 1886 and died in 1951.

Nabawiyya Musa is recognized as one of the founding feminists of the 20th century in Egypt. She is often partnered with Huda Sharawi and Malak Hifni Nasif as all three of these women gave lectures and put on other events to further education, health and reduce sexual exploitation among other things for women.¹ She grew up in Alexandria and was part of the middle-class. Along with being an avid educator she wrote and published articles such as “al-Ayat al –badyyina fi tarbiya al-banat" in 1902, "al-Mar’a wa-l-‘amal" in 1920 as well as editing a woman’s page for al-Balagh al-usbui.²