1870-1804
She was an adventurer explorer. She was born ‘in a tent near the ruins of Nineveh’, that is near Telkef. She had an affluent family that supported her in her study. She called for women’s education and emancipation at that time. She traveled to Baghdad, Hilla, and Mosul in the prime of her youth. and then in ArY she travelled to several Arab countries: Syria, Palestine, and finally settled for one year in the palace of Prince Al-Shihabi in Lebanon as a housemaid to his wife. And then she moved to Italy to enter the nunnery. But later she left the monastery and traveled to France and England, and she met many important figures in Europe, including princes, kings and nobles. She worked in the education sector to provide her livelihood. She died in Paris and her body was transferred to Telkef according to her will. She had exciting memoirs that were published in English in London in A: under the title Babylonian Princess Memoirs’ (in two volumes), in which she spoke about the customs and traditions of Iraq and the nature of society at that time. The writer Amal Porter recently translated and published these memoirs in Arabic.
