Salwa Hegazy

Salwa Hegazy
Salwa Hegazy
Born	Salwa Hegazy (1931-01-01)January 1, 1931 Cairo
Died	February 21, 1973(1973-02-21) (aged 42) Sinai
Nationality	Egyptian
Occupation(s)	TV host and Poet

Salwa Hegazy (1 January 1933 – 21 February 1973) was an Egyptian television presenter and poet. She presented a number of television programs and represented Egyptian Television in a number of international conferences. She died on board Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114, shot down by Israeli fighter jets.^[1]

Hegazy was born in Port Said and educated at the French-language Lycee School.

Hegazy had four children. She was among the 106 passengers killed when Israeli fighter jets shot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 on 21 February 1973. This plane was en route from Benghazi to Cairo, but a sandstorm caused it to stray from its course into Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, then under Israeli occupation.^[1] In 2003 the family filed a lawsuit against Israel, trying to bring Israeli officials to justice.^[1]

Hejazi started her media career with Riyadh Radio.^[1] In 1960 she moved to Egypt to be a presenter on Egyptian state television.^[2] There she presented programmes including A Recorded Tape, Reportage, Art and Life, and a children's show, The Sparrows, which gave her the nickname Mama Salwa. She also presented news bulletins in French.^[1]

Hejazy published four collections of poetry, including Shades and Lights in French, with an introduction by Ahmed Rami.^[1]