Princess Faiza of Egypt

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

Princess Faiza
Princess of Egypt
Princess Faiza Fuad of Egypt
Born8 November 1923
Abdeen Palace, Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt
Died6 June 1994(1994-06-06) (aged 70)
Westwood, Los Angeles, United States
Burial
Westwood Village Memorial Park
Spouse
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(m. 1945; div. 1962)​
HouseMuhammad Ali Dynasty
FatherFuad I
MotherNazli Sabri

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][4] Her maternal great-grandfather was Major-General Muhammad Sharif Pasha, prime minister and minister for foreign affairs, who was of Turkish origin.[5]

Marriage and activities

Princess Faiza did not want to marry a member of the Middle East royal family.[6] Instead, she married her Turkish cousin Bulent Rauf, who was thirty-four years old, in Cairo on 17 May 1945.[7][8] Their marriage was arranged through familial relations.[7] He was a Western educated man and the grandson of Ismail Pasha.[6] King Farouk did not support their marriage, but reluctantly endorsed it.[6] Princess Faiza and her husband lived in the Zohria Palace on Gezira Island on the Nile after their marriage.[1][9]

Princess Faiza was instrumental in Princess Fawzia's long period of convalescence in Egypt after divorcing from the Shah of Iran in 1948.[10] Faiza was one of the leading figures of the Red Crescent Society in Egypt during the reign of King Farouk.[11] 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.[12] They had no issue, and divorced in 1962.[7]

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.[7] Next, she went to the US and settled in Beverly Hills, leaving her husband in Paris.[6][7]

Princess Faiza died on 9 June 1994 at the age of 70 in Westwood, Los Angeles.[4][11]

Honours

Ancestry

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

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