Evening star., 1925-09-13
Nc ted Woman Leader
Of Egypt Will Spend
Winter in Washington
Nine. Hoda Sharawi, Pa
triot's s Widow. Guest of
Scn-in-Law and Daughter
At Legation.

Nine. Hoda Sharawi, widow of
Egypt's renowned patriot leader, Ally
Sharawi Pasha, arrived in this coun-
try about lWo weeks ago and has
been the guest OF her son-in-law, NJ
Mahmoud Samy. the envoy from the
land OF the Nlle, and OF her daughter,
Nine. Samy, at the Egyptian legation.
But as this notable feminist leader
intends to spend the entire Winter in
Washington, she has secured an ex-
tensive suite of rooms in the Ward.
man Park Hotel and soon will begin
an exhaustive course of study. which
viii embrace all branches where the
interests of women have been scien.
tlhcaliy treated. Nine. Sharawi's
brother. Mohammed Sharawi Bey, who
accompanied her on the long journey
Ifom Egypt. and who had intended
10 study in this country, has changed
ms planS and ststled yesterday from
New York 20 resume his studies in
the College OF Law in Cairo.
The distinguished visitor is the
daughter and the widow of two of
the iofWard-lookinS public men whose
earnest, perseverfnE labors so largely
contributed to the present independ-
ent status of Egypt among the ma.
ions. Her father, the late Sultan
faSha. was of the ancient native aris.
toclacy, we'll educated and in position
10 keep before his countrymen the
glorious past of Egypt as an incentive
10 those who hoped to revive 1t. He
never held official position during the
ioh plltlsh occupation, and naturally
kept aloof from court functions. Con.
trary to the prevailing custom aronp
lhe opulent denizens of Cairo, he
sent his daughter to France ia he
educated. rather than to England. and
thus Nine. Sharawi is a fervent and
convincing orator in her native
tongue. the Arabic. and in French
put she does not attempt the use of
English In public addresses, though
she gets on very well in general con.
verSation
Inc late Ally Sharawi was an astute
poitlcal leader, and was among the
vital forces which brought about the
oioodless conquest through which the
brltlsh army withdrew from the main
portion of the Nileland and has oc.
cupied a military zone because Of eco.
homlc reasons only, and for a stated
number of years. King Fuad returned
70 the throne which his forefather.
Mohammed Ali, had ascended in 1863
ana ne and his extensive circle of ktns-
people rose from khedivial rank into
royal status on March Is. 1922. Aly
Sharawi, who had contributed so vi.
tally to this triumph of the patriotic
cause, barely lived TO see Fuad on the
throne of his fathers, when he was
called by death. His widow had been
from the day of her marriage an able
and sympathetic aid. and she deter.
mined to devote her life to the princf-
pies which had governed her hus-
bands policies. The necessity of OBJ
taining the cooperation of women in
the government of a modern, pro-
gressive nation had been plain to the
late Ally Sharawi, and had been among
the most cherished reforms which he
proposed
Nine. Sharawi 10 years ago became
member OF the International Coun-
ell of Women. and she has attended
many of the quinquiennials held on
the continent. She would have at
tended the conclave held in Washing
ton the past Spring, but, that con-
templating coming here in September,
she did not wish to make two such
long Journeys so close together. She
also is the head and directing force
of all feminine activities in Cairo and
in rural parts of Egypt. The gov
ernment of Egypt is a constitutional
monarchy. hereditary in the line of
Mohammed Ali. and founded on broad