Safia Farhat (صفية فرحات; née, Foudhaili; 1924 – 7 February 2004) was a pioneer of visual arts in Tunisia, as well as an academic and a women's rights activist.
[3] Born in Radès in 1924, she was educated in France and Tunisia, including at the Tunis Institute of Fine Arts.
She was a crucial part in creating collaborations between artists and artisans from the state-run craft industry during the period of Tunisian Socialism.
She served as director of the Tunis Institute of Fine Arts beginning in 1966,[5] heading its new School of Architecture.
[6] Farhat was associated with Association des peintres et amateurs de'art en Tunisie (president); Zin (co-founder, decoration company; and Centre des Arts Vivants in Rades (founder; 1981) with her husband Ammar Farhat, which they donated to the Tunisian state.