Aida Fahmy

Aida Riad Fahmy El-Qashlawi (1917/1918 – 2005) was an Egyptian trade unionist and women's rights activist. First Egyptian woman to join a trade union (Shell Oil Company Employees Union – Anglo-Egyptian Oil Wells, 1946) and first female member of the Supreme Advisory Council for Labor (1956). Quotes What I’m trying to do is something modern but with a reference to our heritage, Pharaonic, Coptic, or Islamic... A major aim for me is that when we do something, it relates to our identity. Attributed in press interviews discussing heritage in Egyptian design (context of Tamarai project, often quoted with Fahmy name) I always wanted to receive international recognition for my work, and I would submit my work to test the ground outside, and to see how it would be received. Anything can inspire me, even a trashcan. What’s important is to see – to look for it. The worker, whether man or woman, has the right to equal pay and dignified work. On collective bargaining for women workers External links