Amīnah al-Saʿīd also known as Amīnah Saʻīd (1914–1995; ar, أمينة السعيد) was an Egyptian journalist and

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activist. She founded Egypt's first

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and was the first woman magazine editor in the Middle East.

Biography

Saʿīd was born on 20 January 1914 in Cairo, Egypt. She joined the youth wing of the

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at the age of 14. She was among the first women to attend

Fuad I University Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...

in 1931. She earned a degree in English literature in 1935. Saʿīd was opposed to

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and played tennis in public without a veil. She joined the news magazine ''

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'' as a columnist. Saʿīd founded ''

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'' in 1954. She was among the earliest full-time female journalists in the country. From 1958 to 1969 she was secretary general of the Pan-Arab League Women's Union. She became editor of ''Al-Musawar'' in 1973. From 1976 to 1985 she chaired the magazine's publishing group. Saʿīd died of cancer at age 81 on 13 August 1995 in Cairo.

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Biography

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