Aida Abdel Nasser (born 1949) is an Egyptian businesswoman known for her real estate dealings and she's the only sister and youngest sibling of nine to Gamal Abdel Nasser.
Aida Abdelnasser was born in 1949 to Abdel Nasser Hussein and his second wife, Enayat al-Sahn. Her mother came from a noble family in Alexandria that experienced financial decline after the 1930s depression. [1] She is the youngest of nine siblings and the only sister of President Gamal Abdel Nasser. She spent her childhood in the Kafr Abdu district of Alexandria before relocating to Cairo following her marriage.She graduated from the Lycée Français d'Alexandrie.
Following Egypt's defeat in the 1967 War, her brother President Nasser declined to attend her wedding ceremony as a gesture of national mourning. [2]
Abdelnasser married Abdelhamid Shaheen. Her mother in law was Hayam Hanem El Shawarby from the prominent el shawarby clan. Her father-in-law, Mohamed Abdelhamid Shaheen, was a wealthy businessman and member of parliament, and brother of Essa Abdelhamid Shaheen, who served as Minister of Industry. The Shaheen family was considered among the richest in Egypt during the 1970s. [3]
The couple had two daughters, Rania and Dina Abdelhamid Shaheen. In 2023, Abdelnasser and her daughter Dina were injured in a car accident in Cairo. [4]
Her sister-in-law, Zeinab Mohamed Shaheen, is married to the son of Abdelhamid Pasha Damaty, founder of the Domty cheese company.
According to her brother Tarek Abdel Nasser, the family refused a marriage proposal from prominent Egyptian diplomat and former Foreign Minister Amr Moussa, who had sought her hand in marriage. [5]
She is the aunt of Khalid Abdel Nasser and Mona Abdel Nasser, wife of Ashraf Marwan.
Abdelnasser gained media attention for her real estate transactions, particularly the sale of a 50-acre land plot in Sheikh Zayed City for a reported 2 billion Egyptian pounds (approximately $40 million at the time). [6] [7]
Her brother, Tariq Abdel Nasser, defended her in the land sale story, stating that she had reclaimed the desert land in 1982 before the establishment of 6 October City and the 26th of July Corridor. [8]
Her public profile is largely associated with her relationship to her brother, Gamal Abdel Nasser, and her high-value real estate dealings. Media have published photographs of her with historical figures including President Anwar El Sadat, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and her brother. [9]