Fathimath Saeed

Fathimath Saeed (17 March 1916 – c. 1990), often referred to as The white rain lily garden of the Maldivian poetry, was a Maldivian poet and writer who served as the inaugural first lady of the Maldives from January 1953 to August 1953, as the wife of president Mohamed Amin Didi. While also serving as the first lady, she served as the spouse of the prime minister of the Maldives from April 1951 to August 1953.

Fathimath Saeed was born in Fura Malé. She was the daughter of the then–attorney general Hussain Salahuddine, the greatest poet and writer in the Maldivian history. At a very young age, she married Mohamed Amin Didi, the grandson of then–prime minister Ibrahim Dhoshimeynaa Kilegefaan. Their first two sons did not survive—one was stillborn, and the other died at six days old. Their third child, daughter Ameena was the only one who lived throughout Saeed's lifespan. Although her husband married two other women, Saeed remained as the most important of his wives. She became a widow in 1954 when Amin died from injuries sustained during an assassination attempt by a mob and to overthrow his government.

In her poetic career, Saeed was known as one of the greatest women poets in the Maldives, and was given the nickname "Dhivehi lhenverikamuge gulshanuge narugismaa" (The white rain lily garden of the Maldivian poetry).