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Professor of Political Science
Horeya Megahed
horeyamegahed@hotmail.com
Cairo University
Faculty of Economics and Political Science
Cairo
Egypt
+2-02-3572-8116
+2-02-3571-1020
PhD, Political Science, University of Indiana, 1966.
MA, Political Science, Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University, 1960.
BA, Political Science, Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University, 1957.
Arabic
English
French
African Studies
History of Islamic Political Thought
Political Science
Women and Development
Women's Political Participation
Political Science Department Chair, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, 1986-1992.
First Director of the Center for Political Studies and Research, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, October 1985-January 1986.
Director, Public Administration Department, Female Students' Section, King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia, 1973-1979.
Visiting Professor, American University in Cairo, 1968-1973.
Member, First Chamber of the Supreme Administrative Court- Chamber of Political Parties (Member at Large), December 2009-Present.
Vice President, International Feminist Union, 2002-Present.
Member of Parliament (People's Assembly), Appointed, 1990-1995.
Member and International Representative, The Hoda Sha'arawi Society.
Al-Islam Fi Ifriquia wa Waqi'a al-Masihiyya wa ad-Diyyana at-Taqlidiyya [Islam in Africa and the Realm of Christianity and Traditional Religions]. Cairo: Anglo-Egyptian Bookstore, 2002.
Al-Fikr al-siyasi min Aflatun ila Muhammad Abduh [Political Thought from Plato to Muhammad Abduh]. Cairo: Anglo-Egyptian Bookstore, 1986, 1992, 1999, 2008.
Mushkilat al-Hudud bayna Al-Sumal wa Ethiopia: Bayna al-Qaumia wa al-'amn wa Tawazon al-Quwwa [The Problem of the Somali-Ethiopian Border: Concerning Nationalism, Security, and the Balance of Power]. Cairo: Nahdat al-Sharq Bookstore, 1986.
First woman in Egypt to earn a master's degree and doctorate in political science.
First woman in Egypt to earn a PhD in political science from an American university.
The only woman to be chair of the political science department, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University.
Award for Distinction in the Social Sciences, Cairo University, 2003.
Certificate of Merit for her selection as "Woman of the Year" in 2002, Al-Hawa' magazine.
National Social Shield of Merit, Union of Social Professions, Egypt.
