Abdeen Palace
Princess Faiza was born in the Abdeen Palace, Cairo, on 8 November 1923. She was the third child of King Fouad and Nazli Sabri. Princess Faiza was the sister of King Farouk, Princess Fawzia, Princess Faika and Princess Fathia. Her maternal great-grandfather was Major-General Muhammad Sharif Pasha, prime minister and minister for foreign affairs, who was of Turkish origin.