Nahed Rashad

Nahed was born in the city of Helwan in 1917. Her father is Dr. Shawqi Bakir, who worked as a professor at the College of Science.{{Cite book |last=Tawfiq |first=Ashraf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rVuHDwAAQBAJ&dq=%D8%AF%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1+%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A+%D8%A8%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1&pg=PT43 |title=الحرس الحديدي...الملف السوري للملك فاروق |year=2019 |language=Ar |trans-title=The iron guard... the mysterious file of King Farouk}}{{Cite book |last=Mehlawy |first=Hanafi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zqriAAAAMAAJ&q=%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF+%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF+%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%AA+%D9%81%D9%8A+%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86 |title=ناهد والملك فاروق |date=1994 |language=Ar |trans-title=Nahed and King Farouk|page=255|publisher=مكتبة الدار العربية الكتاب |isbn=978-977-5366-14-6 }} Her mother and aunt have been the ladies-in-waiting of Melek Tourhan since 1915.{{sfn|October|p=66|1996}} Nahed Rashad often played with Sultan Hussein's daughters in the royal palace. In 1938, Nahed married Yousef Rashad, the son of a former governor and a royal naval physician.{{Cite book |last=Mehlawy |first=Hanafi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zqriAAAAMAAJ&q=%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF+%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF+%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%AA+%D9%81%D9%8A+%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86 |title=ناهد والملك فاروق |date=1994 |language=Ar |trans-title=Nahed and King Farouk|page=55|publisher=مكتبة الدار العربية الكتاب |isbn=978-977-5366-14-6 }} They had one daughter and two sons: Alia, Shawqi and Mahmoud.{{Cite journal |last=Yousef |year=2005 |title=King Farouk |journal=روز اليوسف |issue=3999–4003|page=85}}

In 1945 King Farouk made Nahed the lady-in-waiting of Princess Fawzia.{{Cite book |last=Mahfouz |first=El-sayed |title=نورسيس |publication-date=2021 |page=86 |language=Ar}}{{Cite book |last=Hashim |first=Farouk |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X-w8DwAAQBAJ&dq=%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF+%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF+%D9%88%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A9+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9+%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A9&pg=PT170 |title=فريدة..ملكة مصر |year=1993 |publisher=دار الشروق |isbn=978-977-09-2791-5 |language=Ar |trans-title=Farida..queen of Egypt}} He later promoted Nahed to the rank of Chief lady-in-waiting.{{Cite book |last=Kamel |first=Rashad |title=المرأة التى هزت عرش مصر!: ناهد رشاد |year=1994 |pages=7 |language=Ar |trans-title=The woman who shook the throne of Egypt!: Nahed Rashad}}{{Cite book |last=Jad |first=Sayed |title=الحرس الحديدى : كيف كان الملك فاروق يتخلص من خصومه |pages=11 |language=Ar |trans-title=The Iron Guard: How King Farouk got rid of his opponents}} Nahed accompanied princess Fawzia in all of the events and parties she attended.{{Cite book |last=Tawfiq |first=Ashraf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=65R2DwAAQBAJ&dq=%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%AA+%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF+%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9+%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A9&pg=PT122 |title=نساء الملك فاروق.. العرش الذي ضاع بسبب الهوى |publication-date=2018 |language=Ar}} Nahed also became the lady-in-waiting for Princess Faiza.{{Cite book |last=البندراي |first=إفتكار |title=نكبة توطين الهكسوس (النكبة المصرية) ج1 |language=Ar |trans-title= The Hyksos Settlement Catastrophe (The Egyptian Catastrophe) Part 1}}{{Cite book |last=Kamel |first=Rashad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aJlyAAAAMAAJ&q=%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF+%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF+%D9%88%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A9+%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A9 |title=المرأة التى هزت عرش مصر!: ناهد رشاد |date=1994 |pages=25 |language=Ar |trans-title=The woman who shook the throne of Egypt!: Nahed Rashad}} After the marriage of Fawzia to Ismail chirine, Nahed Rashad remained as a lady-in-waiting in the palace for no queen.{{Cite book |last=Tawfiq |first=Ashraf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=65R2DwAAQBAJ&dq=%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%AA+%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF+%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9+%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A9&pg=PT122 |title=الحرس الحديدي.. الملف الغامض للملك فاروق |date=6 November 2018 |language=Ar}}{{Cite book |last=Tawfiq |first=Ashraf |title=مشاهير وفضائح |publication-date=2018 |pages=1942 |language=Ar |trans-title=Famous people and Scandals}} During that time she acted as an assistant to king Farouk.{{Cite book |last=Mahmoud |first=Fawzy |title=نساء X السياسة |pages=45 |language=Ar |trans-title=Women X politics}}Uktūbar - Volume 32, Issues 1624-1627 - Page 19

When the Iron guard started recruiting women, Nahed Rashad became the supervisor over them.{{Cite book |last=Bakr |first=Yasser |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fxsOEAAAQBAJ&dq=%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF+%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF+%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A9+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%B3+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A&pg=RA1-PT405 |title=حرب المعلومات |date=2 January 2017 |pages=469–470 |language=Ar |trans-title=War of informations}} She became an important member of the Iron guard and had high influence over it.{{Cite book |last=Ashraf |first=Tawfiq |url= |title=فاروق الأول .. والأخير: هوانم القصر الملكي |isbn=9789775967107 |pages=140–142 |language=Ar |trans-title=Farouk the First...and the Last: Ladies of the Royal Palace}}{{Cite book |last=Kamel |first=Rashad |title=الملكة نازلي: غرام وانتقام |page=209 |language=Ar |trans-title=Queen Nazli: Love and Revenge}}

Nahed Rashad volunteered in the 1948 Palestine war.Attar, Ahmed. مصر بين الملك و الصعاليك في الإسلام و الوطنية،1936-1992 [Egypt between the King and the Vagabonds in Islam and Nationalism, 1936-1992] (in Arabic). p. 144.{{Cite book |last=Ashraf |first=Tawfiq |url= |title=فاروق الأول .. والأخير: هوانم القصر الملكي |isbn=9789775967107 |page=58 |language=Ar |trans-title=Farouk the First...and the Last: Ladies of the Royal Palace}} She received the major rank in the Egyptian military.حكايات سبتمبر ٢٤: على هامش عهود فاروق وعبد الناصر والسادات - Page 274{{Cite book |last=Abd-El-Al |first=Muhammad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gubNEAAAQBAJ&q=%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF+%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF&pg=PA139 |title=هوامش على دفتر أحوال مصر (قراءة في أرشيف الصحافة المصرية) ... |pages=139 |publisher=د.محمد فتحي عبد العال |isbn=979-8-223-46802-8 |language=Ar |trans-title=Margins on the Egyptian State of Affairs Notebook (Reading in the Egyptian Press Archives)...}} Al-Musawar magazine published her photo in military uniform on September 24, 1948, under the title: “The Egyptian Woman in the Battlefield.” During her time as a volunteer in Palestine war, she started recruiting new members in the Iron Guard.{{Cite book |last=Ashraf |first=Tawfiq |url= |title=فاروق الأول .. والأخير: هوانم القصر الملكي |isbn=9789775967107 |page=144 |language=Ar |trans-title=Farouk the First...and the Last: Ladies of the Royal Palace}}

After 1952 revolution, Nahed Rashad lived a simple life in Hurghada, where she was a housewife and enjoyed cooking fish. After Dr. Youssef Rashad's death in 1971, she moved to an apartment in Dokki, and her eldest son Mahmoud Rashad lived with her.{{Cite web |last=As-Safir |title=قضية.نادية الجندي في |url=https://archive.assafir.com/ssr/797366.html |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=archive.assafir.com |language=Arabic}}

Nahed contacted Hediya Hanem Barakat, daughter of Bahey El Din Barakat Pasha, the owner of the first home for the elderly in Egypt. She moved there in the early eighties. Nahed later died in 1985.

• The book "El Maraa alty Hazt Arsh Misr" (The woman who shook the throne of Egypt) by Rashed Kamel, spoke about the details of the life of Nahed Rashad.
• The book "Nahed wa El melik Farouk" (Nahed and King Farouk) by Hanafi El-Mehalawy spoke about the life and Controversy surrounding Nahed Rashad.

• The film titled "Emraa Hazt Arsh Misr" (A Woman Who Shook the Throne of Egypt) in 1995 was based on her. Nahed Rashad was played by the actress Nadia El Gendy.
• Kariokka series in 2012, about the life story of the artist Tahia Kariokka, starring Wafaa Amer. Nahed Rashad role was played by the actress Rasha Sami.
• The series "'Awraq Miseria" (Egyptian Papers), Part 2, 2002, Nahed Rashad role was played by the actress Ghada Abdel Razek.

• Princess Faika of Egypt
• Farida of Egypt

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• [https://faroukmisr.net/report74.htm Nahed Rashad on King Farouk site]

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