Eugénie Le Brun

Eugénie Le Brun (née Rachid; 1832–1908) was a French-Egyptian feminist, intellectual and writer. Born in Egypt to a French mother and Egyptian father, married to Hussein Roshdy Pasha. Hosted Cairo's first women's salon in the 1890s, mentor to Huda Sha'arawi. Author of Les Répudiées (1908) and Harem et les Musulmanes (1902). Quotes It is not Islam that oppresses women, but social customs. I wish to show that the shari'a, correctly interpreted, is favorable to women. You are the flower of my salon. To Huda Sha'arawi The veil is not prescribed by religion, it is a tradition that has become tyrannical. To educate a woman is to educate a family. A woman who reads is no longer a slave to custom. External links