Tag: Ferdous

Mahmoud Said, 1897-1964, EGYPTIAN PORTRAIT DE MME. BATANOUNI BEY, c. 1923 Oil on canvas 79.5 by 65cm.; 31 1/2 by 25 1/2 in. Private collection Ferdous, Mme Batanouni Bey, whose name means ‘Paradise’ in Arabic, was a lady of prominence in Alexandria, even serving as Queen Farida’s lady in waiting. A philanthropist by nature, she was one…