Mabarrat Muhammad ῾Ali, the Muhammad ῾Ali Benevolent Society, is an Egyptian charitable women's organization established in
Cairo in 1909.
The origins of the organization were in a
health clinic established and financed by Princess
Ayn-al-Hayat Rifaat
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, house = Muhammad Ali
, father = Prince Ahmad Rifaat Pasha
, mother = Dilbar Jihan Qadin
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, birth_place = Cairo, Egypt
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at
Abdeen, a poor Cairo neighbourhood. The Princess stipulated that the organization's president should always be a princess of the family, and that all committee members should be women.
The society was codirected by two aristocratic women, the Muslim
Hidaya Afifi Barakat
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(1899-1969) and the Christian
Mary Khalil
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(1889-1979). It survived the
1952 Revolution, when many independent organizations were closed down. The society's hospitals were eventually nationalized in 1964, by which time they had treated around 13 million women.
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Women's organisations based in Egypt
Non-profit organisations based in Egypt
Defunct organisations based in Egypt
Organizations established in 1909
Organizations disestablished in 1964