No one will deliver freedom to women, except woman herself. — Doria (image via Wikimedia Commons) Before the Arab Spring, there was Daughter of the Nile. The literary journal, founded and managed by Doria Shafik, put women's equality on the Egyptian political agenda in the 40s and 50s. Doria produced the magazine, organized a women's rights political party (also named Daughters of the Nile) and even publicized a hunger strike to bring attention to her cause.
A Woman to Know: Doria Shafiq
A Woman to Know: Doria Shafiq
A Woman to Know: Doria Shafiq
No one will deliver freedom to women, except woman herself. — Doria (image via Wikimedia Commons) Before the Arab Spring, there was Daughter of the Nile. The literary journal, founded and managed by Doria Shafik, put women's equality on the Egyptian political agenda in the 40s and 50s. Doria produced the magazine, organized a women's rights political party (also named Daughters of the Nile) and even publicized a hunger strike to bring attention to her cause.