Background
Princess Faiza was born in the Abdeen Palace, Cairo, on 8 November 1923.
Princess Faiza was born in the Abdeen Palace, Cairo, on 8 November 1923.
She was the third child of King Fouad and Nazli Sabri. Princess Faiza was the sister of King Farouk, Princess Fawzia, Princess Faika and Princess Fathia. Her maternal great-grandfather was Major-General Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, who was of Turkish origin.
Their marriage was arranged through familial relations.
He was a Western educated man who was the grandson of Ismail Pasha. Princess Faiza was instrumental in Princess Fawzia’s long period of convalescence in Egypt after divorcing from the Shah of Iran in 1948.
Fazia was one of the leading figures of the Red Crescent Society in Egypt during the reign of King Farouk. After the abdication of King Farouk as a result of the 1952 revolution in Egypt, Princess Faiza moved to Istanbul in 1954.
She lived there until her death.
Princess Faiza died on 9 June 1994 at the age of 70 in Westwood, Los Los Angeles
Princess Faiza did not want to marry a member of the Middle East royal family.