Naglaa Mahmoud, wife of Egypt’s newly elected President Mohammed Mursi does not want to be called “first lady” like her predecessors and prefers instead to be referred to as the servant of Egypt, Al Arabiya reports.

“Islam does not distinguish between one woman and another. We are all Egyptians and we have to unite for our nation,” she told the Muslim Brotherhood’s official website Ikhwan Online.

Mahmoud said she prefers to be called “Um Ahmed” (mother of Ahmed) in reference to her oldest son or the “hajja,” the designation of women who have completed the Muslim pilgrimage in Mecca.

“And if I need to have a title now then let be ‘Egypt’s first servant.’”

Mahmoud’s veil has been the subject of intense debate in Egypt as she will be the first lady in modern times to wear a veil.