Editing Women's suffrage (section)

====Syria====

Women's suffrage was introduced in Syria in 1953.

While the women's suffrage reform was supported by the women's magazine ''[[Nur al-Fayha|Nur al-Faya]]'' of [[Nazik al-Abid]] and ''[[Al-'Arus|al-Arus]]'' of Mary Ajami, there was no organized suffrage movement in Syria, and the majority was convinced that women preserved their virtue by staying away from politics.<ref name="auto8">Meininghaus, E. (2016). Creating Consent in Ba‘thist Syria: Women and Welfare in a Totalitarian State. Storbritannien: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 57</ref>

In 1920, the feminist [[Mary Ajami]] presented a petition to the Syrian Congress of 1920 during the [[Faisal of Syria|Faisal]]-Government, but the subject was postphoned and forgotten after the fall of the Faisal regime.<ref name="auto8"/> 
When the petition of women's suffrage was discussed in the Syrian Congress in 1920, [[Sheikh|Shaykh]] Abd al-Qadir al-Kaylani stated that to given women the right to vote would be the same thing as abolish sex segregation and allow women to appear unveiled.<ref>Thompson, E. (2000). Colonial Citizens: Republican Rights, Paternal Privilege, and Gender in French Syria and Lebanon. USA: Columbia University Press. p. 128</ref>

In the 1930s and 1940s, the [[Arab Women's Union of Damascus]] presented a women's suffrage petition to President [[Hashim al-Atassi]] and to President [[Shukri al-Quwatli]], as well as directly to the Parliament.<ref>Meininghaus, E. (2016). Creating Consent in Ba‘thist Syria: Women and Welfare in a Totalitarian State. Storbritannien: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 65</ref>
When the influential feminist [[Adila Bayhum]] gave her support to [[Husni al-Za'im]], he promised her to introduce women's suffrage when he came to power in 1949, and the reform was finally introduced in 1953.<ref>Moubayed, S. M. (2006). Steel & Silk: Men and Women who Shaped Syria 1900-2000. USA: Cune. pp. 430-432</ref>