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Aisha Rateb Quotes

1928–2013 Egypt

Aisha Rateb (February 1928 – 4 May 2013) was an Egyptian lawyer, politician, and Egypt's first female ambassador. She also was a professor of international law at Cairo University.

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I express my pleasure over Al Gebali’s appointment. It is like seeing the results of what I started.

No more than secretaries toeing the line and being assigned tasks instead of acting like ministers capable of initiating policies.

To get my rights. I joined Huda Shaarawy’s association and other associations that were fighting for women’s rights. I was then only 21 but to no avail.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Aisha Rateb (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.