Naima al-Said, was an Iraqi women's rights activist. She belonged to the pioneer generation of the first organized women's movement in Iraq. Naima al-Said was married to Prime Minister

Nuri al-Said Nuri Pasha al-Said Al-Qaraghuli CH (; December 1888 – 15 July 1958) was an Iraqi politician and statesman who served eight terms as Prime Minister of Iraq. He served in various key cabinet and governmental positions in Iraq during its Briti ...

. In 1923 she was one of the group of sixty elite women to became one of the co-founders of the first women's organization in Iraq, the Women's Awakening Club, and served as its vice president. The Women's Awakening Club campaigned against seclusion and for women's education and professional life. Naima al-Said stated: :"It is clear that a nation cannot achieve progress unless men and women cooperate, and women can not help men unless they are educated... Some people i the east mistakenly consider women to be incapable of undertaking any useful projects... I hope we can prove by the success of this Club the fallacy of such thinking."Al-Ali, N., Pratt, N. (2009). What Kind of Liberation? Women and the Occupation of Iraq. Ukraina: University of California Press. p.23

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