Malak Hefni Nassef
became famous with her work, Bahissat El Badia (the Searcher in the Desert) (1886-1918). She wielded her powerful pen in defence of women.s rights. She was a contemporary of Kassim Ameen, but her writings were considered as a development of Rifaa El Tahtawi.s ideas which she considered reformist, whereas Kassem Ameen supported them as being a call to women.s liberation. She was such a talented writer that Lotfi El Sayed described her works as being a true example of those women authors who have surpassed many of the men writers living during the same period. She was a consistent fighter for the right of girls to education.
