Tahia Kazem

Tahia Kazem (Arabic: تحية كاظم; 1 March 1920[1] – 25 March 1992) was the First Lady of Egypt from 23 June 1956 to 28 September 1970.[1] She married future President Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1944. The couple had five children, two girls and three boys.

Tahia Kazem
First Lady of Egypt
In role
June 23, 1956 – September 28, 1970
PresidentGamal Abdel Nasser
Preceded byAisha Labib
Succeeded byJehan Sadat
Personal details
Born(1920-03-01)March 1, 1920
Cairo, Sultanate of Egypt
DiedMarch 25, 1992(1992-03-25) (aged 72)
Cairo, Egypt
NationalityEgyptian
Political partyIndependent
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1944; died 1970)​
Children5, including Khalid
Tahia Kazem with the first lady of Yugoslavia, Jovanka Broz

Early life

Kazem was born in Egypt to an Iranian father and an Egyptian mother.[2][3][4] She was reportedly descended from Iranian Shias that emigrated to Egypt in the nineteenth century.[5][6] Nasser received the approval of her father before their marriage in 1944.[7]

Honour

Foreign honours

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. "Egypt's Shia pay the price of regional struggle". egyptindependent.com.
  6. "The Shiite Scare in Egypt". almonitor.com.
  7. 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.
  8. "Vierailu etusijalla Kairon lehdistössä". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 27 January 1967. p. 13. ISSN 0355-2047.
  9. "Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1965" (PDF).


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