Tahia Abdel Nasser (Arabic: تحية عبد الناصر; née Kazem [كاظم]; 1 March 1920[1] – 25 March 1992) was the First Lady of Egypt from 23 June 1956 to 28 September 1970[1] as the wife of Gamal Abdel Nasser, whom she had married in 1944. The couple had five children, two girls and three boys.
Tahia Abdel Nasser | |
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 Tahia Abdel Nasser (center) with the first lady of Yugoslavia, Jovanka Broz (right), in 1955 | |
| First Lady of Egypt | |
| In role June 23, 1956 – September 28, 1970 | |
| President | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
| Preceded by | Aisha Labib |
| Succeeded by | Jehan Sadat |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tahia Kazem March 1, 1920 Cairo, Sultanate of Egypt |
| Died | March 25, 1992 (aged 72) Cairo, Egypt |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 5, including Khalid |
Early and personal life edit
Kazem was born in Egypt to an Iranian father and an Egyptian mother.[2][3][4] Nasser received the approval of her father before their marriage in 1944.[5]
Honour edit
Foreign honours edit
Finland
Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1967)[6]
Malaysia:
Honorary Recipient of the Order of the Crown of the Realm (1965)[7]
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References edit
- ^ a b Raafat, Samir (2007-03-14). "The changing role of the first ladies". Al-Ahram. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ^ Sullivan, Earl L. (1986). Women in Egyptian Public Life. Syracuse University Press. p. 84. ISBN 978-0815623540.
Her father was a successful tea merchant who had migrated from Iran when he was eighteen years old. Her mother was Egyptian, born in Tanta.
- ^ Stephens, Robert Henry (1971). Nasser: A Political Biography. p. 61. ISBN 978-0713901818.
Kazem was the son of a successful tea merchant of Iranian nationality and a friend of Nasser's uncle, Khalil Hussein.
- ^ Lacouture, Jean (1973). Nasser: a biography by Jean Lacouture. p. 49. ISBN 978-0394466255.
A few months later he was to meet a girl of Iranian origin, Tahia Kazem, through the interposition of Abdel Hakim Amer, a friend of her brother, a Cairene rug merchant." He would marry her.
- ^ Raafat, Samir (March 2005). "Egypt's First Ladies: Women Whose Husbands Ruled The Realm" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-07. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ^ "Vierailu etusijalla Kairon lehdistössä". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 27 January 1967. p. 13. ISSN 0355-2047.
- ^ "Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1965" (PDF).
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