She attended a convent school in Versailles and eventually studied at the Saint Germain des Pres Institute in Paris.
When her foster mother committed suicide, Nabarawi was claimed by Muhammad Murad and Fatma Hanim, her biological parents.
Huda Shaarawi, a friend of her foster mother, eventually took an interest in Nabarawi during her early teens and helped her become a strong willed women's activist.
[2] A major act of defiance in Saiza Nabarawi's or Siza Nabrawi's life occurred when she struggled against veils and headscarves which were imposed on many women.
In 1923, on her return from the 9th Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance in Rome, she and Sha'rawi removed their veils and headscarves at a public train station.