became pilots. With the coming of the Second World War, no other women pilots trained up to 1945, until Dina-Carole El Sawy became a pilot for EgyptAir. Later life After the flying accident, Elnadi, went to obtain medical treatment in Switzerland and remained there for many years. In 1989, she was invited back to Cairo to participate in the 54th anniversary of civil aviation in the country, where she received the Order of Merit of the Egyptian Organization of Aerospace Education. In 1996, a documentary film, Take Off From the Sand, was produced telling her story. In her 80s, she moved to Toronto, Canada to live with her nephew and his family for several years before moving to Cairo in her late 80s. She never married and died in Cairo in 2002. Legacy In 2014, a Google Doodle celebrated her 107th birthday. In 2017, a Google Doodle honoured her on International Women's Day. References Egyptian aviators 1907 births 2002 deaths People from Cairo Women aviators Egyptian expatriates in Switzerland