In 1976, President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat, sent a proposal to Queen Nazli and Princess Fathia that passports would be provided to Queen Nazli and Princess Fathia to give them right of return to Egypt. Eventually she settled in the US, due to her painful illness. Queen Nazli refused to return to Egypt and was wearing a cross (reference Queen Nazli by an Egyptian magazine Akher Sa'a = Last Hour) . She died on 29 May 1978 at the age of 83 in Los Angeles, California.