Shahida El-Baz (Arabic: شهيدة الباز; (born 2 November 1938 - 21 October 2021)[1] was an Egyptian feminist[2] who wrote many books on Arab women's issues.[3][4] El-Baz was the General Director of the Arab and African Research Center in Cairo, Egypt.[5][6] She was a member of the General Assembly establishing the Arab Society for Sociology,[6] and Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) as well as the Executive Committee between 2008 and 2011.[1]
Shahida El-Baz | |
|---|---|
شهيدة الباز | |
| Born | Shahida Ahmed Khalil El-Baz 2 November 1938 |
| Died | 21 October 2021 (aged 82) |
| Spouse | Archie Mafeje (1977-2007) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | School of Oriental and African Studies (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Arab and African Research Center CODESRIA |
Early life and education
editEl-Baz attended Helmeya Girls Secondary School and Cairo University.[7] She had her Ph.D. from the Department of Economics and Politics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK.[8][9] She carried out her Ph.D. studies on the Development of Capitalism in the Gezira Scheme in Sudan.[7]
Career
editEl-Baz was an expert in Development,[10] Civil Society,[11] Gender Issues,[12] Poverty, Children in Difficult Circumstances, and Globalization policies.[13][14] El-Baz authored and researched various topics related to women's group formation in Egypt,[15][16] democratisation processes, and the impact of economic sanctions and structural adjustment development programs on the socioeconomic status of Egyptians.[9][13]
Achievement
editEl-Baz was an International consultant, Political Economist, and expert in Development, Civil Society, Gender Issues, Poverty, Children in Difficult Circumstances, and Globalization policies.
She was the editor of the CODESRIA-AARC Journal Arab Selections.
Personal life
editEl-Baz met Archie Mafeje while he was the Chair of the Urban Development and Labour Studies Program at the International Institute of Social Studies in the Netherlands between 1972 and 1975.[17] Mafeje married Shahida El-Baz in 1977. They had a daughter, Dana.[18][19][20]: 51 Mafeje had to convert to Islam before they were wedded because El-Baz was Muslim.[20]: 59
El-Baz remembered that Mafeje was reading in his study on 6 October 1981, when Sadat was assassinated; while watching television news, El-Baz shouted, "Archie, Sadat has been shot!" After Mafeje asked "Is he dead?" and heard a reply in the affirmative, he opened a bottle of champagne to make a toast.[21]: 65
References
edit- ^ a b "SHAHIDA AHMED KHALIL ELBAZ (1938–2021): Saluting a Life of Unflinching Commitment to Justice, Equality and Freedom". CODESRIA Bulletin (5). 2021-12-08. doi:10.57054/cb520211267 (inactive 1 November 2024). ISSN 0850-8712.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link) - ^ د شهيدة الباز - المرأة فى المجتمع المصري, retrieved 2023-04-26
- ^ "ناشطات يرفضن عقوبة جلد النساء فى السودان .. شهيدة الباز : "انتهاك" لحقوق المرأة ..عزة كامل: ما حدث لسيلفا من الصعب حدوثه فى مصر .. بهيجة حسين : مهزلة". اليوم السابع. 2009-11-29. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ^ مؤسسة نور لدراسات وأبحاث المرأة العربية. القاهرة; الباز, شهيدة, eds. (2003). المرأة العربية والعولمة. القاهرة: نور.
- ^ "مديرة مركز البحوث العربية والإفريقية شهيدة الباز: حزب التجمع من أفضل الأحزاب المعارضة". جريدة الأهالي المصرية (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ^ a b "الراحلة شهيدة الباز – الجمعية العربية لعلم الاجتماع" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ^ a b "SHAHIDA AHMED KHALIL ELBAZ (1938–2021): Saluting a Life of Unflinching Commitment to Justice, Equality and Freedom". CODESRIA Bulletin (5). 2021-12-08. doi:10.57054/cb520211267 (inactive 1 November 2024). ISSN 0850-8712.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link) - ^ "Shahida El Baz - CROP". www.crop.org. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ^ a b Jaber, Nabila (2001). Chatty, Dawn; Rabo, Annika (eds.). "Bargaining with Patriarchy: Gender, Voice and Spatial Development in the Middle East". Arab Studies Quarterly. 23 (3): 101–106. ISSN 0271-3519. JSTOR 41858385.
- ^ "Libsys Opac". library.mas.ps. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ^ الباز, شهيدة (1997). المنظمات الأهلية العربية على مشارف القرن الحادي والعشرين : محددات الواقع وآفاق المستقبل / شهيدة الباز (in Arabic). لجنة المتابعة لمؤتمر التنظيمات الأهلية العربية. القاهرة.
- ^ "DPL | Search". dpl.dubaiculture.gov.ae. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ^ a b Elbaz, Shahida. "Shahida Globalization and Democracy".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "NGU Libraries catalog › Authority search › شهيدة الباز رئيسة التحرير (Personal Name)". lib-catalog.ngu.edu.eg. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ^ شهيدة الباز في تحقيق (لم يذع) لشفيع شلبي حول قانون الاسرة "بالصوت و الصورة", retrieved 2023-04-26
- ^ El-Baz, Shahida (2020), "The Impact of Social and Economic Factors on Women's Group Formation in Egypt", Organizing Women, pp. 147–171, doi:10.4324/9781003136026-7, ISBN 9781003136026, S2CID 225251085, retrieved 2023-05-12
- ^ الراحلة شهيدة الباز – الجمعية العربية لعلم الاجتماع [The late Shahida El-Baz - Arab Sociological Society] (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2022-12-29. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ^ "Plaque will commemorate renaming of Senate Room". www.news.uct.ac.za. Archived from the original on 2022-12-29. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ^ Albaz, Shahida (2013-12-11). "أخلاق المناضل" [The morals of an activist]. Shorouknews (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
- ^ a b Nyoka, Bongani (June 2017). Archie Mafeje: An Intellectual Biography (PhD thesis). Archived from the original on 2022-12-28. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
- ^ Nyoka, Bongani (June 2017). Archie Mafeje: An Intellectual Biography (PhD thesis). Archived from the original on 2022-12-28. Retrieved 2022-12-28.