Naglaa Mahmoud

This article is about the Egyptian first lady. For the human rights activist, see Nahla Mahmoud.

Naglaa Ali Mahmoud (Arabic: نجلاء علي محمود, IPA: [ˈnæɡlæ ˈʕæli mæħˈmuːd] or [næɡˈlæːʔ -]; 4 July 1962) is the widow of the fifth President of Egypt, Mohamed Morsi and was First Lady of Egypt from 2012 to 2013.^[1][2]

Naglaa Mahmoud
نجلاء محمود
First Lady of Egypt
In role 30 June 2012 – 3 July 2013
President	Mohamed Morsi
Preceded by	Suzanne Mubarak
Succeeded by	Entissar Amer
Personal details
Born	Naglaa Ali Mahmoud (1962-07-04) 4 July 1962 (age 63) Ain Shams, Egypt
Spouse	Mohamed Morsi ​ ​ (m. 1979; died 2019)​
Children	5, including Abdullah

Naglaa rejected the title of First Lady, preferring to be called "First Servant", the "president's wife", or "Umm Ahmed", a traditional honorific (kunya) which means mother of Ahmed, her oldest son.^[1][3]

Personal life

Naglaa married former president of Egypt Mohamed Morsi in 1979 when she was a seventeen-year-old student.^[4] Naglaa and Morsi have five children, including Abdullah and six grandchildren.^[4]