s ▁party . ▁Mal ak ' s ▁father ▁encourag ed ▁her ▁to ▁learn ▁and ▁be ▁educated . ▁G row ing ▁up , ▁she ▁often ▁read ▁Arab ic ▁poetry ▁and ▁began ▁writing ▁in ▁her ▁free ▁time . ▁While ▁her ▁father ▁encourag ed ▁her ▁to ▁be ▁formally ▁educated , ▁he ▁also ▁raised ▁her ▁with ▁a ▁strong ▁connection ▁to ▁native ▁Egypt ian ▁culture , ▁teaching ▁her ▁the ▁Arab ic ▁language ▁and ▁Arab ic ▁culture ▁from ▁an ▁early ▁age . ▁ ▁Mal ak ▁was ▁among ▁the ▁first ▁gradu ating ▁class ▁from ▁the ▁Girls ’ ▁Section ▁of ▁the ▁‘ A bb as ▁Primary ▁School ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 1 , ▁and ▁she ▁continued ▁her ▁education ▁at ▁the ▁San i yy ah ▁Te acher ▁Training ▁College , ▁where ▁she ▁graduated ▁at ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁her ▁class ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 3 . ▁Mal ak ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁‘ A bb as ▁School ▁to ▁teach ▁for ▁two ▁years . ▁She ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁quit ▁when ▁she ▁married ▁Abd ▁al - S atar ▁al - Bas il ▁P asha ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 7 . ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁Egypt ian ▁law ▁forb id ▁women ▁from ▁teaching ▁while ▁married . ▁At ▁this ▁point , ▁Mal ak ▁moved ▁with ▁al - Bas il ▁to ▁al - F ay y um ▁in ▁the ▁desert , ▁and ▁she ▁began ▁writing ▁under ▁the ▁pseud onym ▁Bah ith at ▁al - B adi ya . ▁It ▁was ▁there ▁that ▁she ▁found ▁out ▁her ▁husband ▁already ▁had ▁a ▁wife ▁and ▁a ▁child . ▁The