When the authors carried out a survey among a number of Egyptian uni-
versity graduates, male and female, living in different towns in both the north
and south of the country, about a women’s movement or women’s demands
in the country, it became quite clear that no awareness of such matters existed
among them. The only thing they understood was that women could get
involved in some types of welfare work, as encouraged by the government
through the First Lady and also carried out by a number of mosque-based
organizations.