Munira Thabit

thumb|Munira Thabit Munira Thabit (or Mounira Thabet) (Arabic: منيرة ثابت) (1967–1902) was an Egyptian journalist and writer, known as one of the first journalists to demand equality for men and women. She was the first woman to enroll in the French Law School of Cairo and the first to earn a license en droit (the French undergraduate law degree) enabling her to practice law before the Egyptian Mixed Court. Despite her distinction as the first woman lawyer in Egypt, the barriers to practicing law as a woman, led her to pursue a writing career. Quotes Give women their rights in intellectual life, in the world of politics, and in social activities! Munira Thabit was calling for Egyptian women to enjoy equal participation in education, political life, and society. She argued that women should have the same civic and intellectual opportunities as men. Women are entitled to all political rights just as men are. Munira Thabit was calling for Egyptian women to enjoy equal participation in education, political life, and society. She argued that women should have the same civic and intellectual opportunities as men. We Egyptian women demand respect for the provisions of the Constitution … and insist on equality with men in the enjoyment of political rights streetstory It is an accusation I do not deny, and an honour I do not claim Egyptian Organization for Journalists and Media External links Category:Women journalists from Egypt Category:Lawyers from Egypt Category:Women in law Category:1902 births Category:1967 deaths Category:Women born in the 1900s