Aida Fahmy
Egyptian political ctivist and unionist
About Aida Fahmy
Lived 1917 – 2005 (aged 87–88).
Aida Riad Fahmy El-Qashlawi (March 31, 1917 or 1918 - 2005; ) was an Egyptian women's rights and trade union activist.
Life Fahmy was born on 31 March in 1917 or 1918 in Cairo. She joined the Shell Oil Company Employees Union - Anglo-Egyptian Oil Wells, which was later to become El-Nasr Petroleum Company. She eventually rose to secretary-general of the organization.
In 1957 Fahmy made an unsuccessful bid for the Parliament of Egypt. She represented Egypt at the first Petroleum Conference held at the Arab League in 1959. and as a member of the official delegation to the Afro-Asian Solidarity Conference in 1958.
Fahmy died in 2005.
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Who was Aida Fahmy?
Egyptian political ctivist and unionist (1918-2005)
When was Aida Fahmy born?
Aida Fahmy was born on 31 March 1917.
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Aida Fahmy died in 2005.
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