Background
Safiya was born in 1876. She was the daughter of Mustafa Fahmi Pasha, former prime minister who was of Turkish origin.
Safiya was born in 1876. She was the daughter of Mustafa Fahmi Pasha, former prime minister who was of Turkish origin.
Zaghloul was the Egyptian revolutionary and Prime Minister of Egypt from 26 January 1924 to 24 November 1924. After the exile of her spouse in 1919, she became a central figure of the Wafd Party, and her home a center for the party. She organized a demonstration of 500 women.
After the death of her spouse in 1927, she was central in the appointment of a new party leader.
In fact, she was the leader of the Women"s Wafd. She was known as Umm al-Misriyyin (The Mother of the Egyptians) and her home in Cairo was called as "Bayt al-Umma" (the House of the Nation).
She was among the early leaders of the Wafd Party. She retired from political life after the party split of 1937.