Shahida El-Baz Explained

Native Name:شهيدة الباز
Native Name Lang:ar
Birth Date:2 November 1938
Education:School of Oriental and African Studies (PhD)
Spouse:Archie Mafeje (1977-2007)
Workplaces:Arab and African Research Center
CODESRIA
Birth Name:Shahida Ahmed Khalil El-Baz

Shahida El-Baz (; (born 2 November 1938 - 21 October 2021)[1] was an Egyptian feminist who wrote many books on Arab women's issues.[2] [3] El-Baz was the General Director of the Arab and African Research Center in Cairo, Egypt.[4] [5] She was a member of the General Assembly establishing the Arab Society for Sociology, and Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) as well as the Executive Committee between 2008 and 2011.

Early life and education

El-Baz attended Helmeya Girls Secondary School and Cairo University.[6] She had her Ph.D. from the Department of Economics and Politics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK.[7] [8] She carried out her Ph.D. studies on the Development of Capitalism in the Gezira Scheme in Sudan.

Career

El-Baz was an expert in Development,[9] Civil Society,[10] Gender Issues,[11] Poverty, Children in Difficult Circumstances, and Globalization policies.[12] [13] El-Baz authored and researched various topics related to women's group formation in Egypt, democratisation processes, and the impact of economic sanctions and structural adjustment development programs on the socioeconomic status of Egyptians.

Achievement

El-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

El-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.[14] Mafeje married Shahida El-Baz in 1977. They had a daughter, Dana.[15] [16] [17] Mafeje had to convert to Islam before they were wedded because El-Baz was Muslim.

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.[18]

Notes and References

  1. 2021-12-08 . SHAHIDA AHMED KHALIL ELBAZ (1938–2021): Saluting a Life of Unflinching Commitment to Justice, Equality and Freedom . CODESRIA Bulletin . en . 5 . 10.57054/cb520211267 . 31 January 2024 . 0850-8712.
  2. Web site: 2009-11-29 . 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 . 2023-04-26 . اليوم السابع.
  3. Book: المرأة العربية والعولمة . 2003 . نور . مؤسسة نور لدراسات وأبحاث المرأة العربية. القاهرة . القاهرة . الباز . شهيدة.
  4. Web site: مديرة مركز البحوث العربية والإفريقية شهيدة الباز: حزب التجمع من أفضل الأحزاب المعارضة . 2023-04-26 . جريدة الأهالي المصرية . ar.
  5. Web site: الراحلة شهيدة الباز – الجمعية العربية لعلم الاجتماع . 2023-04-26 . ar.
  6. 2021-12-08 . SHAHIDA AHMED KHALIL ELBAZ (1938–2021): Saluting a Life of Unflinching Commitment to Justice, Equality and Freedom . CODESRIA Bulletin . en . 5 . 10.57054/cb520211267 . 31 January 2024 . 0850-8712.
  7. Web site: Shahida El Baz - CROP . 2023-04-24 . www.crop.org.
  8. Jaber . Nabila . 2001 . Chatty . Dawn . Rabo . Annika . Bargaining with Patriarchy: Gender, Voice and Spatial Development in the Middle East . Arab Studies Quarterly . 23 . 3 . 101–106 . 0271-3519 . 41858385.
  9. Web site: Libsys Opac . 2023-04-26 . library.mas.ps.
  10. Book: الباز, شهيدة . المنظمات الأهلية العربية على مشارف القرن الحادي والعشرين : محددات الواقع وآفاق المستقبل / شهيدة الباز . 1997 . لجنة المتابعة لمؤتمر التنظيمات الأهلية العربية. القاهرة . Arabic.
  11. Web site: DPL Search . 2023-04-26 . dpl.dubaiculture.gov.ae.
  12. Elbaz . Shahida . Shahida Globalization and Democracy .
  13. Web site: NGU Libraries catalog › Authority search › شهيدة الباز رئيسة التحرير (Personal Name) . 2023-04-26 . lib-catalog.ngu.edu.eg.
  14. Web site: ar:الراحلة شهيدة الباز – الجمعية العربية لعلم الاجتماع . The late Shahida El-Baz - Arab Sociological Society . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221229220802/http://www.arabsa.org/uncategorized/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%B4%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2/ . 2022-12-29 . 2022-12-29 . ar.
  15. Web site: Plaque will commemorate renaming of Senate Room . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221229165345/https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2008-08-19-plaque-will-commemorate-renaming-of-senate-room . 2022-12-29 . 2022-12-29 . www.news.uct.ac.za . en.
  16. Web site: Albaz . Shahida . 2013-12-11 . أخلاق المناضل . The morals of an activist . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20120303223653/http://www.shorouknews.com/ContentData.aspx?ID=216942 . 2012-03-03 . 2023-03-11 . Shorouknews . ar-eg.
  17. Archie Mafeje: An Intellectual Biography . June 2017 . PhD . en . Bongani . Nyoka . 2022-12-28 . 2022-12-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221228173345/https://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/23899 . live .
  18. Archie Mafeje: An Intellectual Biography . June 2017 . PhD . en . Bongani . Nyoka . 2022-12-28 . 2022-12-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221228173345/https://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/23899 . live .

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