Laila Soueif | |
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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.