Farīdah, Queen of Egypt, 1921-1988

Farida (born Safinaz Zulficar Arabic: صافيناز ذو الفقار 5 September 1921 – 16 October 1988) was the queen of Egypt for nearly eleven years as the first wife of King Farouk. She was the first queen of Egypt since Cleopatra to have left seclusion and played a public representational role, attending public functions and acting as honorary patron of various charities and public foundations and programs in accordance with the modern image the monarchy wished to represent at the time. The marriage was dissolved by divorce in 1948.