El Nasr Girls' College (EGC) ( Arabic : كلية النصر للبنات ) is a school in Shatby , Alexandria , Egypt . It was established in 1935, and was originally known as English Girls College .
21-478: Reina Sofia (Queen Sophia) may refer to: Queen Sofía of Spain Mount Reina Sofía Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía , Madrid Spanish frigate Reina Sofía Tenerife South Airport , or Tenerife South–Reina Sofía Airport See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Reina Sofia Topics referred to by
42-807: A Shabbat service at the Beth Yaacov synagogue in Madrid in June 1976, marking the first time in modern Spanish history that a member of the Spanish royal family had visited a Jewish house of worship. She is executive president of the Queen Sofía Foundation, which in 1993, sent funds for relief in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is honorary president of the Royal Board on Education and Care of Handicapped Persons of Spain, as well as
63-516: Is a member of the Spanish royal family who was Queen of Spain from 1975 to 2014 as the wife of King Juan Carlos I until his abdication . She is the eldest child of King Paul of Greece and his wife, Queen Frederica . Sofía married then Infante Juan Carlos of Spain in 1962 and became queen of Spain upon her husband's accession in 1975. On 19 June 2014, Juan Carlos abdicated in favour of their son Felipe VI . Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark
84-609: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Queen Sof%C3%ADa of Spain King Juan Carlos I Queen Sofía Children of the late Duchess of Badajoz : The Duchess of Soria and Hernani The Duke of Soria and Hernani The Dowager Duchess of Calabria Queen Anne-Marie Marina, consort of Prince Michael Doña Sofía (Sophia Margaret Victoria Frederica of Greece and Denmark, in Greek : Σοφία ; 2 November 1938)
105-720: The 1960 Summer Olympics . Sofía met her paternal third cousin, the then Infante Juan Carlos of Spain on a cruise in the Greek Islands in 1954; they met again at the wedding of the Duke of Kent , her paternal second cousin, at York Minster in June 1961. Sofía and Juan Carlos married on 14 May 1962, at the Catholic Cathedral of Saint Dionysius in Athens. Sofía converted from Greek Orthodoxy to Catholicism to become more palatable to Catholic Spain, and thus relinquished her rights to
126-772: The National Library , National Museum and the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines , which had the oldest extant university charter in Asia and housed the world's largest collection of suyat scripts. She also met with Spanish nationals residing in the Philippines, and attended a reception at the Spanish Embassy. She also attended a state dinner in her honour at Malacañan Palace hosted by President Benigno Aquino III , and thanked
147-743: The San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts and of the Spanish Royal Academy of History . She has received honorary doctorates from the Universities of Rosario ( Bogotá ), Valladolid , Cambridge , Oxford , Georgetown , Evora , St. Mary's University ( Texas ), and New York . Sofía has been honorary president of the Spanish Unicef Committee since 1971. She has been working closely with Dr. Muhammad Yunus on his Grameen Bank , which offers microcredits to women across
168-499: The Greek throne. Sofía was in Greece on a private visit to her brother, King Constantine II , when the 1967 Greek military coup took place. Except for a brief stay for the funeral of her mother in 1981, Queen Sofía would not visit Greece until 1998. In 1969, Spanish dictator Francisco Franco named Juan Carlos his successor under the official title "Prince of Spain". Juan Carlos acceded to
189-801: The Queen of Sheba by Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia in 1973 upon her and her husband King Juan Carlos's visit to the capital Addis Ababa. Sofía was appointed to the Grand Cross of The Royal and Distinguished Order of Charles III on 10 May 1962 and to The Royal Order of Queen Maria Luisa on 14 May 1962. The Queen of Spain was appointed to the Collar of the Royal and Distinguished Order of Charles III as dame on 31 October 1983. Since then, Queen Sofía has received different appointments and decorations by more than 40 foreign states. El Nasr Girls%27 College The college
210-758: The Queen's presence. As Queen, Sofía never publicly commented on political issues. However, in October 2008, Pilar Urbano 's book La Reina muy de cerca ("The Queen up close") sparked strong controversy as it contained alleged statements by the Queen on issues debated in Spanish society. She criticized the military intervention in Afghanistan, where Spanish troops were taking part at the time, defended religious education in schools, and expressed her conviction that gender violence publicity would encourage new cases to occur. She also rejected abortion and euthanasia as well as same-sex marriage . The Royal Household commented that
231-590: The Spanish Foundation for Aid for Drug Addicts. Additionally, she has served as the patroness of the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute since 2003. Sofía takes special interest in programs against drug addiction, travelling to conferences in both Spain and abroad. The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía is named after her, as is Reina Sofía Airport in Tenerife . Sofía is an Honorary Member of
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#1732881446768252-454: The book "puts in Her Majesty's mouth alleged claims that [...] do not correspond exactly to the opinions expressed by Her Majesty". While the two major parties - Socialists and People's Party - refused to comment, her opinions were subjected to heavy criticism by Republican parties like IU and ERC and LGBT activists. In May 2012, Sofía was reportedly refused permission to attend
273-530: The celebrations for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II by the Spanish government, citing tensions over fishing rights at Gibraltar . In July 2012, Sofía visited the Philippines for a fourth time. She inspected several development projects around the former Spanish colony that her country's government is funding via the Agencia Española de Cooperacion Internacional para el Desarollo (AECID). She visited
294-522: The main Boulevard "Abu Keir Avenue". The Minister of Education donated a big section to the faculty of science, which stands there today. It followed the British system of education for a very select group of girls. It was run on the lines of an English public school. Students studied for Oxford and Cambridge examinations, and played British games. Until 1956 the staff were all British, but they were expelled as
315-614: The president for promoting the Spanish language in the Philippine educational system. Following her husband's abdication as King in 2014, Sofía has focused on her sponsoring activities, spending her time between La Zarzuela and, in the summer months, the Marivent Palace in Palma de Mallorca . She regularly accompanies her son and his family at events. Queen Sophia was awarded the Order of
336-419: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Reina Sofia . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reina_Sofia&oldid=1155818846 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
357-551: The throne in 1975, upon the Franco's death. Juan Carlos, after his accession to the Spanish throne, returned with his family to the Zarzuela Palace. The couple has three children: Elena (born 20 December 1963); Cristina (born 13 June 1965); and Felipe (born 30 January 1968). Besides accompanying her husband on official visits and occasions, Sofía also has solo engagements. In her first public appearance as Queen, Sofía attended
378-478: The world. Queen Sofía has travelled to Bangladesh , Chile , Colombia , El Salvador and Mexico to support the activities of the organization. Queen Sofía has also been a strong supporter of Somaly Mam 's Agir pour les Femmes en Situation Précaire , an NGO combatting child prostitution and slavery in Cambodia. In 1998, Mam was awarded the prestigious Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation in
399-903: Was born on 2 November 1938, at Tatoi Palace in Acharnes , Athens, Greece, the eldest child of King Paul and his wife, Queen Frederica . Sofía is a member of the Greek branch of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg dynasty. Her brother was the deposed King Constantine II and her sister is Princess Irene . As her family was forced into exile during the Second World War , she spent part of her childhood in Egypt , where she took her early education in El Nasr Girls' College in Alexandria , and South Africa, where her sister Irene
420-583: Was born. They returned to Greece in 1946. She finished her education at the prestigious Schloss Salem boarding school in Southern Germany, and then studied childcare, music and archeology in Athens . She also studied at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge , a constituent college of the University of Cambridge . She was a reserve member, alongside her brother Constantine, of Greece's gold medal-winning sailing team in
441-569: Was founded in 1935 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of George V during the time when Egypt was under Protectorate status. The buildings were designed by the English architect George Grey Wornum in a “Spanish – Arabic style of architecture” to accommodate a maximum of 1000 pupils. The buildings stood in over 20 feddans of land donated by the Governorate of Alexandria. The school site went up to
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