Amīnah al-Saʿīd

Amīnah al-Saʿīd also known as Amīnah Saʻīd (1914–1995; Arabic: أمينة السعيد) was an Egyptian journalist and women's rights activist. She founded Egypt's first women's magazine and was the first woman magazine editor in the Middle East. Quotes If we look at women as a group which represents half the Arab nation, we cannot help but admit that this group is the weakest area of our social body. Amīnah al-Saʿīd argues that the condition of women is a measure of the health and progress of society, emphasizing that social development is impossible while half the population remains disadvantaged. Women have been subject, more than men, to the pressures of ignorance, poverty, and general backwardness. Amīnah al-Saʿīd argues that the condition of women is a measure of the health and progress of society, emphasizing that social development is impossible while half the population remains disadvantaged. Whenever I visit a foreign country for the first time, I compare the status of women there with the status of our women, and from this I derive a comparison of the place of the modern Egyptian woman in the pageant of world civilization. Amīnah al-Saʿīd reflects on her travels abroad, explaining that she judged social progress by comparing the status of women in different countries. Whenever I go to the region of our Arab brothers and sisters, I find afflicted women. They fervently desire to follow our example and would benefit greatly if we took them by the hand in their striving to achieve a better life. She argues that Egyptian women had a responsibility to support women's advancement throughout the Arab world. If we truly wish to preserve our leadership in our greater nation, it is not right to confine our efforts to ourselves. She calls for Egypt to extend its efforts for women's advancement beyond its own borders and contribute to the broader development of women across the Arab world. External links Category:Women journalists from Egypt Category:Women activists from Egypt Category:Editors from Egypt Category:Women's rights activists Category:1914 births Category:1995 deaths Category:Women born in the 1910s