 Maererano naMargot Badran, mupepeti uye mushanduri wenhoroondo yaHoda Shaarawi, Makore eHarem, chiito ichi chakaratidza kupera kwehurongwa hweharem muEgypt uye kutanga kwevakadzi vepamusoro-soro kupinda munharaunda yeruzhinji. Ikoku kwaizovamba rwisano pakati pavakadzi veboka rapamusoro kuti varege burqu ndokutenderera guta vasina chifukidziro. Vakadzi vakadai saShaarawi havana kungobvisa voga kunyika dzavo dzeharem, asi vakanyatsobatana nevarume vavo vezvematongerwe enyika muRevolution yeEgypt ya1919 yaitungamirirwa nevarumemukurwisana nechisimba cheBritain. Muna 1925, EFU yakavamba magazini yomutauro wechiFrench inonzi LEgyptienne, iyo yaikurukura nezvokufukura muMiddle East. Pakupedzisira, kufukidza chiso kwakaderera muEgypt, uye mukupera kwema1930 kwakanga kwapera. Panzvimbo pezvo, vakadzi vepakati nevakakwirira vaipfeka zvipfeko zvokuMadokero mumigwagwa uye pamusha. Kwakanga kusati kuri kutozosvikira kumutsidzirwa kwechiIslam kwama 1970 uye kuiswa kwokupfeka kwakapfava zvikuru uko hijab uye zvisingawanzoitiki, niqab, yakazvisimbisa imene. 