Pioneers of the women's renaissance in the Arab world. Huda Shaarawi as a model ) 1879-1947 ) . Historical study

Abstract

          The Arab Renaissance، beginning with Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign in Egypt in 1798 and continuing through the early beginnings of World War I in 1914، had a significant impact on shaping the initial nucleus of social and cultural life in Egypt. This، in turn، helped spark the emergence of Egyptian women's liberation movements starting in 1919. As this era represented a cultural renaissance and intellectual openness resulting from sending scientific missions to Europe، they were influenced by the thought of Western Enlightenment philosophers، and as a result، writers and thinkers emerged who contributed to advancing women's liberation in many areas، including education، work، and lifting the veil.

          Hence، our study came to shed light on one of the pioneers of the women's renaissance in Egypt، namely Huda Shaarawi، whose name was associated with and appeared in the field of the development of the Arab women's struggle in general، and in Egypt in particular، through her contribution to the emergence of a female class that had been hidden behind walls and veils، and which appeared in a tangible way since she mobilized women to carry out demonstrations and popular movements against the British occupation during the 1919 revolution.

  The study، in general، aims to get to know Huda Shaarawi، her lineage and education، and then to go into the reasons and causes of her feminist perspective. In addition to that، there is a requirement that stipulates how feminist thought was harvested within her country، i.e. her activity in the Egyptian Feminist Union، arriving at her position on the principle of education and her conception of the concept of the veil، and finally how her feminist activity was manifested outside her country، i.e. in Western and Arab countries through her activity in the field of her attendance at international women’s conferences to shed light on the conditions of women and their general rights in their societies.