Marriage
In 1894, Amin married the daughter of a Turkish Administer by the name of Ibrahim Pasha Khitab, joining him to an Egyptian aristocratic family. His wife was raised by a British nanny. Therefore, he felt it was necessary for his daughters to be raised by a British nanny as well. Amin’s advocacy of resisting women’s wearing of the niqab was said to have to have perpetuated within his own family. A daughter, Fahima, upon visiting her uncle in a frock and hat, was said to have caused the uncle to buy his niece a niqab. Upon returning home, Amin, was said to have taken off the niqab and given it away. Although, he could not change his wife from her wearing of it, his plan was to teach the younger generation of females, like his daughter, to not wear of it again.
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