She descended from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty.[1][2] She was also known as Fawzia Chirine (or Shirin), having married to Colonel Ismail Chirine, an Egyptian diplomat of Circassian origin, in 1949. After the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, her royal titles were no longer recognized by the Egyptian government. Until her death in 2013, she was the oldest member of the deposed Muhammad Ali Dynasty residing in Egypt.