Wahbi was born in
Baghdad, Iraq, in 1901, where her father was a merchant. She was married to the
Kurdish linguist and politician Colonel
Tawfiq Wahbi. In 1937, Wahbi was one of the founders of the Society for Combating Social Illness. In the 1940s, she served as president of women's branch of the Child Protection (or Welfare) Society. In 1945, she inaugurated the first feminist union in Iraq, the al-Ittihad al-Nisai (Iraqi Women's Union), as a licensed body. She campaigned against women being trapped in unwanted
polygamous marriages. Wahbi was editor in chief of the Iraqi Women's Union magazine. She also wrote for the monthly publication
Nisa i al-İraqi. Wahbi died in Baghdad in 1980. == References ==