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
Kazem was born in Sultanate of 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
Foreign honours
Finland
Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1967)[6]
Malaysia:
Honorary Recipient of the Order of the Crown of the Realm (1965)[7]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Vierailu etusijalla Kairon lehdistössä". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 27 January 1967. p. 13. ISSN 0355-2047.
- ^ "Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1965" (PDF).
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