Her Story ... Feminist & Activist
X. The Larger Political Struggle
Milestones:
DS's political agenda unfolds
Supported by lawyer Loutfi al-Kholi
In Egypt, Doria took up the cause of eradicating, or at least alleviating, illiteracy in women and girls. Training centers were set up in Cairo and other major cities teaching women the basics of reading and writing as well as a skill or vocation to help supplement the household income.
Loutfi al-Kholi notes Doria’s evolving ideas and actions, “By the beginning of the early fifties she began to enter the political fight. She transformed Bint al-Nil into a movement that related the liberation of women to the larger political struggle. From here emerged the linkage of democracy to social justice, to social development. Doria began to have a more political agenda. By degrees she became convinced, for the first time, of the idea of protesting in the streets.”
