Zeinab Zulficar (born Zeinab Saeed ; 20 September 1895 - 18 March 1990) was the first lady-in-waiting of

Nazli Sabri Nazli Sabri (; 25 June 1894 – 29 May 1978) was the first queen consort in the Kingdom of Egypt from 1919 to 1936. She was the second wife of King Fuad I. Early life Nazli was born on 25 June 1894 to an Egyptians, Egyptian father and a mother o ...

and the mother of

Queen Farida Farida (born Safinaz Zulficar 5 September 1921 – 16 October 1988) was the queen of Egypt for nearly eleven years as the first wife of King Farouk. She was the first queen of Egypt since Cleopatra to have left seclusion and played a public r ...

Biography

Born on 20 September 1895 to a prominent family. Her father was Mohamed Saeed Pasha, who served as the prime minister and her mother was Adila Hanim Mazloum. Her brother was the painter Mahmoud Sa'id. Zeinab attended Collège Notre-Dame de Sion in

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. She lived in the palace of her father, Muhammad Saeed Pasha, which was next to the palace of

, and she quickly became friends with Nazli. When Nazli Sabri married King Fuad, she appointed Zeinab Saeed as her first lady-in-waiting and gave her the title of «Lady of honour of the royal court». In 1920, Zenaib married Yousef Zulficar, an Egyptian judge and diplomat. They had 3 children: Farida, Mohamed and Cherif. In 1937, Zeinab and her daughter Farida accompanied the Egyptian royal family in their tour around Europe. During this tour, her daughter Farida and

Farouk Farooq (also transliterated as Farouk, Faruqi, Farook, Faruk, Faroeq, Faruq, or Farouq, Farooqi, Faruque or Farooqui; ) is a common Arabic given and family name. ''Al-Fārūq'' literally means "the one who distinguishes between right and wrong." ...

got to know each other and married in 1938. After the

1952 revolution The Egyptian revolution of 1952, also known as the 1952 coup d'état () and the 23 July Revolution (), was a period of profound political, economic, and societal change in Egypt. On 23 July 1952, the revolution began with the toppling of King ...

, Zeinab lived with her daughter Farida in Cairo. She later died on 18 March 1990 and was buried in

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