Huda Shaarawi Huda Shaarawi is a woman that is known for advocating for Egyptian independence from Britain and also for the release of the male nationlist leaders. The impact from Huda Shaarawi actions are still prominent with many other women taking the lead to change the world. Huda Shaarawi was born under the real name Nour-Al-Huda Mohamed Sultan Shaarawi. She was born in the Upper Egyptian city of Minya, on June 23, 1879. Her family was very famous. Huda was educated at a very early age along with her brothers. They studied various subjects like grammar and calligraphy in many different languages. Separation from her husband gave her a lot of time to extend her education, also she gained a sense of independence. In her country and in that time , women in Egypt were confined to the house. Huda felt the system was backwards. She hated that women were treated as if they were children. Women wore their veils and kept quiet, this is what they did in her country. Sha’arawi resented how men were the ones who were able to work and do what they wanted to do when they felt like doing it. Huda felt that if she was to organize lectures for women on topics that would interest them, this would be the first step towards change. Huda opened a school for girls where she focused on teaching academic subjects rather than practical skills such as just being a wife. One day, Huda made a decision to stop wearing a veil in public after the death of her husband in 1922. After returning home from the International Woman Suffrage Alliance in Rome, she removed her veil and trampled it in public for the first time. She felt free. This was the most significant event in the history of Egyptian feminism. Many of the women were shocked at first ,but then they applauded and some of them removed their own veils. Huda became the first president of the Egyptian Feminist Union. 1909 Intellectual Association. 1914 traveled to Europe for the first time. She also led Egyptian women pickets at the opening of Parliament in January of 1924. Huda opened the doors for women in her country, also for women all over the world. Women in Egypt could not do many things so this was a way for women to have their voices heard. Changes started to happen; actual law reform , reform through new interpretation of laws. She laid the groundwork for Egyptian women to be liberated. This led to the Women’s Suffrage