Velia Abdel-Huda
| Princess Velia | |
|---|---|
| Born | Velia Abdel-Huda 26 January 1916 Cairo, Sultanate of Egypt |
| Died | 29 November 2012 |
| Spouses | Prince Osman-Oglu |
| House | Osmanoğlu |
| Father | Tawfik Abu Al-Huda |
Princess Velia Osman-Oglu, born as Velia Abdel-Huda, and more commonly referred to as Princess Lulie (26 January 1916 – 29 November 2012) was a British
Muslim woman to study at the University of Oxford.[1]
Early life
Abdel-Huda was born in
She was educated at
Muslim woman to study at the University of Oxford.[1]
During the
Palestinian cause and began a lifelong friendship with Freya Stark.[2] Abdel-Huda remained fervently pro-Palestinian freedom throughout her life, and considered the Palestinian people betrayed by the British.[2]
Once the war was over, she studied
Personal life
In 1963 Abdel-Huda married her cousin, Prince Osman-Oglu. She also had a thirty-year relationship with the British MP Sir John Foster.[2]
She was known for her sparkling dinner parties and her flamboyant personality.[2]
Abdel-Huda died on 29 November 2012 in London, aged 96.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e Sarin, Sophie (2013), Princess Lulie Flamboyant: Art historian and friend of Freya Stark and Anthony Blunt, The Independent, archived from the original on 11 August 2022, retrieved 20 September 2017,
Princess Velia Osman-Oglu of Turkey, known to all as Lulie, was the first Muslim woman to study at Oxford and to penetrate the British Establishment...She was born Velia Abdel-Huda in Cairo into a family of Turkish aristocrats and diplomats exiled in Egypt since the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
- ^ a b c d e f g h May, Alex (2013), Obituaries 2012: Princess Princess Lulie 26 January 1916 – 29 November 2012, Oxford Today, University of Oxford, retrieved 20 September 2017,
Velia Abdel-Huda, otherwise known as Princess Lulie, died on 29 November 2012, aged 96. She was born in Cairo into a distinguished Turkish family with long experience of service to the Ottoman emperors; her father was later Prime Minister of Transjordan.
- ^ McCarthy, Helen (2014), Women of the World: The Rise of the Female Diplomat, Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 183,
Lulie Abul Huda, an Oxford-educated princess of Turkish ancestry.