Founds feminist magazine L’Égyptienne

Around 1925, Huda Sha’arawi launched the feminist magazine L’Égyptienne (The Egyptian Woman), which soon became the official organ of the Egyptian Feminist Union.[12][13] Edited by her close collaborator Ceza Nabarawi, the periodical was published primarily in French, with associated Arabic content, targeting both local elites and international audiences.

L’Égyptienne was the first overtly feminist magazine produced by and for Egyptian women with a sustained, national and international circulation.[12] It addressed topics such as women’s education, legal reform, suffrage, and international peace, and it reported on feminist conferences abroad. By using French, the journal engaged European feminists and diplomats, while also showcasing Egyptian women as modern, articulate political actors.

The magazine played a central role in shaping the public discourse of the EFU. It amplified campaigns to raise the minimum marriage age, reform personal status laws, and open higher education to women.[1][13] It also chronicled women’s everyday struggles and achievements, constructing a collective narrative of Egyptian womanhood that broke with the stereotype of passive seclusion.

Appearing in the mid‑1920s—when mass media and national politics were rapidly evolving—L’Égyptienne gave women a platform at a time when mainstream newspapers largely excluded them. It helped inscribe Egyptian feminism into international debates between the wars and remains an important historical source for scholars of gender and nationalism in the Middle East.