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- First Lady of Egypt
(1970 -1981)
- M.A. and Ph.D. degrees, with honors, from Cairo University
- Organized Talla Society for the personal, social, and economic
empowerment of illiterate, impoverished Egyptian village women
- Founded Egypt's
Wafa 'Wal Amal, the first and largest rehabilitation center in the Middle East
- Founded Arab-African Women's League
- Author of A Woman of Egypt, her best-selling
autobiography
- Organized movement to reform Egypt's Civil Rights Laws
- Senior Fellow, The Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and
Development, University of Maryland, College Park
- Honorary President Women's International Center
- Recipient of national and international awards for public
service and humanitarian efforts for women and children
- Recipient of more than twenty honorary
doctorate degrees from national and international colleges and
universities
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