Laila Soueif

Laila Soueif
Soueif with her daughter Mona Seif
Born	1956 (age 67–68)
Nationality	Egyptian
Alma mater	Cairo University
Occupation(s)	human and women's rights activist, and mathematician
Title	Professor of mathematics, Cairo University
Spouse	Ahmed Seif El-Islam (died 2014)
Children	Alaa Abd El-Fattah Mona Seif Sanaa Seif
Relatives	Ahdaf Soueif (sister)

Laila Soueif (Arabic: ليلى سويف; born 1956) is an Egyptian human and women's rights activist, a mathematician and professor at Cairo University. Al Jazeera has called her "an Egyptian revolutionary".^[1] She is the widow of fellow activist Ahmed Seif El-Islam, and all three of their children are noted activists: Alaa Abd El-Fattah, Sanaa Seif, and Mona Seif. Her sister is the novelist Ahdaf Soueif.