Saʿīd, Amīnah al-

Saʿīd, Amīnah al-

▪ Egyptian journalist and writer
born 1914, Cairo, Egypt
died August 13, 1995, Cairo

      Egyptian journalist and writer who was one of Egypt's leading feminists and was a founder (1954) and editor (1954–69) of Ḥawwaʾ (“Eve”), the first women's magazine to be published in Egypt.

      At age 14, Saʿīd joined the youth section of the Egyptian Feminist Union, and in 1931 she became one of the first women to attend the Egyptian University (now Cairo University). After graduating in 1935, she joined the staff of the journal Al-Muṣawwar and began writing columns, work that she continued until shortly before her death. In 1973 she became that publication's editor, and three years later she became chair of the publishing group that produced it, a position she held until 1985. Saʿīd also served in such capacities as secretary-general of the Pan-Arab League Women's Union (1958–69) and vice president of the Egyptian Union of Journalists (1959–70). She also was Egypt's representative at a number of international conferences. Among the awards she received were the First Order of the Republic (1975), the Universal Star (1979), and the National Arts Award (1982).

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