More Rare Pictures of Libya's former Queen

Last year I posted a rare picture of the former Queen of Libya, Queen Fatima El-Sharif, for that was the first time ever that I saw the Queen, it is a shame that in countries such as Libya they would completely erase parts of our history just because it does not suit somebody, here in Europe many countries used to be kingdoms then they revolted and replaced their kingdoms with republics but they never hide their history, they teach it as it was, with its bad and good, yet in our country they only mention the Sinusi family in a bad disgraceful way when the truth is completely different, no one is perfect but compared to what Libya has at the moment, many can only say please bring on the good old days.

Having the Internet is such a blessing sometimes, it gives us the chance to research information that we do not have or we are not allowed to know anything about. During one of these searches I found some pictures of King Idris & Queen Fatima during a visit to Egypt in 1964, again as with the first picture I published, I saw an elegant lady that by far exceeded in her elegance Egypt's first lady and her daughters, who just could not keep their eyes off the Libyan Queen.

A good friend of mine told me that Queen Fatima was always very down to earth that when ever she came to an event, there would be a luxurious seat set up for her and that she always refused to sit there and chose to sit with the people instead, I bet not many can do that these days!

Here I leave you with some pictures that I am sure many of you have not seen before:

Queen Fatima on the left with the wife and daughters of president Jamal Abdul-Nasser

The following picture was sent to me by a friend and as far as I know it is the most recent picture of Queen Fatima and was taken in the mid 1990s during a Haj trip, may Allah give her long life and the best of health inshaAllah: