Princess Faiza of Egypt explained

Princess Faiza
Father:Fuad I
Mother:Nazli Sabri
Birth Date:8 November 1923
Birth Place:Abdeen Palace, Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt
Death Place:Westwood, Los Angeles, United States
Place Of Burial:Westwood Village Memorial Park
House:Muhammad Ali

Princess Faiza (; 8 November 1923 – 6 June 1994) was an Egyptian princess and a member of the Muhammad Ali dynasty.

Early life

Princess Faiza was born in the Abdeen Palace, Cairo, on 8 November 1923.[1] [2] She was the third child of King Fuad I and Nazli Sabri.[3] Princess Faiza was the sister of King Farouk, Princess Fawzia, Princess Faika and Princess Fathia.[2] Her maternal great-grandfather was Major-General Muhammad Sharif Pasha, prime minister and minister for foreign affairs, who was of Turkish origin.[4]

Marriage and activities

Princess Faiza did not want to marry a member of the Middle East royal family. Instead, she married her Turkish cousin Bulent Rauf, who was thirty-four years old, in Cairo on 17 May 1945.[5] [6] Their marriage was arranged through familial relations.[5] He was a Western educated man and the grandson of Ismail Pasha. King Farouk did not support their marriage, but reluctantly endorsed it. Princess Faiza and her husband lived in the Zohria Palace on Gezira Island on the Nile after their marriage.[1] [7]

Princess Faiza was instrumental in Princess Fawzia's long period of convalescence in Egypt after divorcing from the Shah of Iran in 1948.[8] Faiza was one of the leading figures of the Red Crescent Society in Egypt during the reign of King Farouk. King Farouk put her and her husband under house arrest due to his suspicion.[1] She and her husband launched a homemade film about a military coup six weeks before the events of 1952.[9] They had no issue, and divorced in 1962.[5]

Later life and death

After the abdication of King Farouk following the 1952 Revolution in Egypt, Princess Faiza moved to Istanbul in 1954.[1] Then, she and her husband went to Spain and France.[5] Next, she went to the US and settled in Beverly Hills, leaving her husband in Paris.[10] [5]

Princess Faiza died on 9 June 1994 at the age of 70 in Westwood, Los Angeles.[11] [12]

Notes and References

  1. News: Richard Hornsby. Obituary: Princess Faiza Rauf. 5 February 2013. The Independent. 16 July 1994.
  2. Book: M. Epstein. The Statesman's Year-Book. Palgrave Macmillan. 1926. 978-0-230-27058-9. 811. London.
  3. Web site: Queen Nazli. 5 February 2013. Delta.
  4. Book: Arthur Goldschmidt. 2000. Biographical dictionary of modern Egypt. Lynne Rienner Publishers. 191. 1-55587-229-8. registration. Boulder, CO; London.
  5. Book: Suha Taji-Farouki. Beshara and Ibn 'Arabi: A Movement of Sufi Spirituality in the Modern World. 2010. 75. Anqa Publishing. 978-1-905937-26-4. London.
  6. Web site: Bulent Rauf. Beshara Publications. 5 February 2013.
  7. Dan Morrison. Lost for Decades, a Beguiling Curio from Egypt's Royal Past. National Geographic. 24 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130625001547/http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/06/24/lost-for-decades-a-beguiling-curio-from-egypts-royal-past/. dead. 25 June 2013.
  8. News: Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt. 16 July 2013. 5 July 2013. The Telegraph.
  9. News: Brian Wright. Documentary Sheds Light on the Egyptian Royal Family. 16 July 2013. Cairo West Mag.
  10. Book: Scotty Bowers. Lionel Friedberg. 978-0-8021-2007-6. Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars. registration. 2012. Grove Press. New York. 180.
  11. Web site: Queen Nazli of Egypt. Egy. 5 February 2013.
  12. News: Princess Faiza Fouad Rauf. 5 February 2013. Los Angeles Times. 15 July 1994.

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