Saba Habachy

Sir Saba Habachy(Cairo-1897 - Cambridge England-1996),(Arabic:سابا حبشى) a former Egyptian official, oil industry consultant and international lawyer.

Born in Egypt, Dr. Habachy received a doctorate at the University of Paris. He taught criminal law at the University of Cairo and served as a judge and as Egypt's Minister of Commerce and Industry. In 1952, he moved to New York.

During World War II, he was pro-Allies, provided supplies to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and was most likely on the German general Erwin Rommel's hit list. After the war, as a government minister, he wanted to bring in the West and help industrialize Egypt. When king Farouk was deposed after the Egyptian revolution of 1952, he was remembered by the new government as being pro-West.

Dr. Habachy is survived by his wife, Beatrice Gabrawy; two daughters, Susan and Nimet, and a son, Nazeeh, all of Manhattan; two stepsons, Seti Boctor of Toronto and Saba Boctor of Los Angeles; a stepdaughter, Beatrice Antoun of Cambridge, and two granddaughters.

His first wife, Gamila Gindy, died in 1977.

Books

Islamic Law in the Modern World

References

• The New York Times
• Sir Saba Habachy (1897 - 1996) - Find A Grave Memorial