![Original model for New York's Statue of Liberty was an Egyptian Arab Muslim woman in robe | World | News | Express.co.uk Original model for New York's Statue of Liberty was an Egyptian Arab Muslim woman in robe | World | News | Express.co.uk](https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/secondary/LibertyLiberty-816770.jpg)
Original model for New York's Statue of Liberty was an Egyptian Arab Muslim woman in robe | World | News | Express.co.uk
![Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia." Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. It would have stood at the entrance of the Suez Canal on the Mediterranean Side. Late 1860s. When declined by Egypt, the statue Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia." Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. It would have stood at the entrance of the Suez Canal on the Mediterranean Side. Late 1860s. When declined by Egypt, the statue](https://preview.redd.it/shyqaiy2ao251.jpg?auto=webp&s=4249750240248416427edd7bdc0d88b0e9c9e117)
Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia." Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. It would have stood at the entrance of the Suez Canal on the Mediterranean Side. Late 1860s. When declined by Egypt, the statue
![The sculptor's first sketch for 'Lady Liberty' was ortgmally intended to represent an Egypnan peasant, Frederic Auguste Bartholdt, the architect of the icon, origmally planned for his work to guard the newlyropened The sculptor's first sketch for 'Lady Liberty' was ortgmally intended to represent an Egypnan peasant, Frederic Auguste Bartholdt, the architect of the icon, origmally planned for his work to guard the newlyropened](https://imageproxy.ifunny.co/crop:x-20,resize:640x,quality:90x75/images/aea71c88af55c25265f3babdb2af894e7badb57d3c195ece8a8612a370828340_1.jpg)