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Fathia Ghali (فتحية غالي), née Princess Fathia of Egypt (17 December 1930 – 10 December 1976), was the youngest daughter of King Fuad I of Egypt and his second wife Nazli Sabri. Her tragic story was selected by The New York Times in 2000 as one of the "riches to rags" sagas of the 20th century.

Childhood
Princess Fathia was born in 1930 to 62-year-old King Fuad I of Egypt and his 36-year-old wife Nazli Sabri. Through her father, Fathia was a direct male-line descendant of Muhammad Ali Pasha, the founder of modern Egypt. Through her mother, Fathia had French ancestry: her great-great-grandfather was Suleiman Pasha, an officer in the army of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Fathia's father King Fuad I died in 1936 when she was just five years old. At the time of his death, Fuad I left his family a huge fortune of $50 million, which in current dollars amounts to $.

Fuad I's death and the accession to the throne of his son Farouk ushered in rapid liberalization of the Egyptian court. According to Egyptian feminist Doria Shafik, "Nazli, the Queen Mother, feeling the sense of liberation from a tyrannical and oppressive husband, decided to take her revenge on life." Fathia, along with her mother Nazli, her brother Farouk and her sisters, embarked on a five-month royal tour of Europe in 1937, from 26 February to 24 July. According to a biographer of King Farouk, the tour "had been Queen Nazli's first opportunity for freedom since her husband had died."

Marriage
Riad Ghali

Life in exile
Riad Ghali

When her husband stopped support payments in 1972, Fathia turned to domestic work as "the only thing I could do at the time, having no college background."

Death
Fathia was shot dead by her husband Riad Ghali on 10 December 1976.