Laila Soueif

Laila Soueif
Soueif with her daughter Mona Seif
Born1956 (age 67–68)
NationalityEgyptian
Alma materCairo University
Occupation(s)human and women's rights activist, and mathematician
TitleProfessor of mathematics, Cairo University
SpouseAhmed Seif El-Islam (died 2014)
ChildrenAlaa Abd El-Fattah
Mona Seif
Sanaa Seif
RelativesAhdaf 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.

  1. ^ "An Egyptian revolutionary". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 12 November 2017.