Tahia Abdel Nasser

Tahia Abdel Nasser
Tahia Abdel Nasser (center) with the first lady of Yugoslavia, Jovanka Broz (right), in 1955
First Lady of Egypt
In role
June 23, 1956 – September 28, 1970
PresidentGamal Abdel Nasser
Preceded byAisha Labib
Succeeded byJehan Sadat
Personal details
Born
Tahia Kazem

(1920-03-01)March 1, 1920
Cairo, Sultanate of Egypt
DiedMarch 25, 1992(1992-03-25) (aged 72)
Cairo, Egypt
Political partyIndependent
Spouse
(m. 1944; died 1970)
Children5, including Khalid

Tahia Abdel Nasser (Arabic: تحية عبد الناصر; née Kazem [كاظم]; 1 March 1920[1] – 25 March 1992) was the First Lady of Egypt from 23 June 1956 to 28 September 1970[1] as the wife of Gamal Abdel Nasser, whom she had married in 1944. The couple had five children, two girls and three boys.

Early and personal life

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Tahia with Nasser at their wedding, 1944

Kazem was born in Egypt to an Iranian father and an Egyptian mother.[2][3][4] Nasser received the approval of her father before their marriage in 1944.[5]

Honour

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Foreign honours

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References

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  1. ^ a b Raafat, Samir (2007-03-14). "The changing role of the first ladies". Al-Ahram. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  2. ^ Sullivan, Earl L. (1986). Women in Egyptian Public Life. Syracuse University Press. p. 84. ISBN 978-0815623540. Her father was a successful tea merchant who had migrated from Iran when he was eighteen years old. Her mother was Egyptian, born in Tanta.
  3. ^ Stephens, Robert Henry (1971). Nasser: A Political Biography. p. 61. ISBN 978-0713901818. Kazem was the son of a successful tea merchant of Iranian nationality and a friend of Nasser's uncle, Khalil Hussein.
  4. ^ Lacouture, Jean (1973). Nasser: a biography by Jean Lacouture. p. 49. ISBN 978-0394466255. A few months later he was to meet a girl of Iranian origin, Tahia Kazem, through the interposition of Abdel Hakim Amer, a friend of her brother, a Cairene rug merchant." He would marry her.
  5. ^ Raafat, Samir (March 2005). "Egypt's First Ladies: Women Whose Husbands Ruled The Realm" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-07. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  6. ^ "Vierailu etusijalla Kairon lehdistössä". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 27 January 1967. p. 13. ISSN 0355-2047.
  7. ^ "Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1965" (PDF).
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Honorary titles
Preceded by First Lady of Egypt
1956–1970
Succeeded by