CASTING OFF THE VEIL: THE LIFE OF HUDA SHAARAWI, EGYPT’S FIRST FEMINIST

Book ID/图书代码： 06545014B67311

English Summary/英文概要： Born into a wealthy and powerful Egyptian family, Huda Shaarawi was destined to lead a leisurely life in luxurious settings. She decided instead to acquire an education and to participate in the liberation of Egypt from the British occupation. Huda became famous overnight when she led a peaceful walk of veiled women across Cairo in 1919 to free the leaders of the Egyptian resistance who were detained by the British forces. She was then invited by the members of the Bureau of the IAWS (International Alliance for Women’s Suffrage) to participate in the international conference in Rome in 1923. Huda became the lifelong friend of Western and other feminist leaders at that conference. It was after this conference in Cairo when she and her two traveling companions removed their face veil upon leaving the train at the railway station and were spontaneously imitated by all the other women in what became a landmark gesture in Egyptian history. In 1923, Huda founded the Egyptian Feminist Union affiliated to the IAWS, and began publishing a French magazine, L’Egyptienne, to circulate information about Egypt’s plight and achievements under the occupation, and to promote peace between Eastern and Western countries. She soon became - and remained for many years - one of the Vice-Presidents of the International Organization of Women. Huda Shaarawi alternated political advocacy with social and cultural projects. She spoke on behalf of the Arab and African peoples in International Fora, founding two magazines in Arabic to circulate information in her area of the world. Huda founded schools, supported artists, medical dispensaries, and cottage industries, and participated in funding the establishment of the first entirely Egyptian Bank and its many affiliated projects. A promoter of progress, Huda stubbornly and tirelessly advocated peace, justice, and equality in an increasingly violent world.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 胡达·沙洛韦出生于一个有权有势的富裕埃及家庭，注定会享受在奢华的环境中享受闲适的生活。然而她却决定要接受教育，并参加到帮助埃及摆脱英国统治的解放运动之中。1919年，当胡达领导一群蒙着面纱的妇女在开罗进行了一场和平游行，旨在要求释放被英国军队拘禁的埃及反抗军将领后，她在一夕之间为人们所熟知。随后，她受到国际女性选举权联盟的邀请前去参加1923年在罗马召开的大会。在那一次的会议上，胡达和许多西方国家及其他地区的女权主义领袖成为了毕生的朋友。正是在这次会议结束后，她与两名同行的旅行女伴在到达开罗后，一下火车进入车站便揭开了她们的面纱，同时很快便被许多的女性所模仿，并从此成为了埃及历史上的一个标志性举动。1923年，胡达成立了附属于IAWS的埃及女性联盟机构，并开始出版一部法语杂志L’Egyptienne（《埃及女性》），以对埃及女性主义运动取得的成绩和信息进行宣传流通，并推动东西方国家间的和平进程。很快她便成为了国际女性组织的副主席，并担任了许多年。胡达·沙洛韦周游于政治建议与社会与文化项目之间。她总是代表在国际论坛上代表阿拉伯和非洲人民的利益，发行有2本阿拉伯语杂志，以传播其所在地区以及国际社会的最新消息。她不仅成立学校，支持艺术家、医药事业和农产业，同时也参与投资了第一家完全由埃及出资的埃及银行的成立，并投资了许多与其相关的项目。作为一名进步的积极宣扬者，胡达执着而不知疲倦的向这个日益暴力的世界中的人们宣扬着和平、正义和平等的美好理念。（DC）

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About the Author/作者介绍： 萨莉亚·沙洛韦·兰弗兰奇是一名自由翻译家，与各类机构均由合作：世界健康组织（WHO），亚历山大图书馆，联合国开发计划署(UNDP)以及埃及外交部等。她拥有英国文学与阿拉伯文学硕士学位，毕业于位于开罗的美利坚大学。

Sania Sharawi Lanfranchi is a freelance translator, working with organisations as: the World Heath Organisation (WHO), the Library of Alexandria, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She holds postgraduate degrees in both English Literature and Arabic Literature from the American University in Cairo.

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