Karima Kamal ( Arabic: كريمة كمال; born 1949), also spelled Karimah, is an Egyptian journalist, author, and activist. She is a prominent feminist voice in the country's Coptic Christian minority. [1] [2]
Karima Kamal was born in 1949 into a Coptic family. [3] [4] [5] She studied journalism at Cairo University, graduating in 1971. [3] She later pursued graduate studies at the University of Chicago, an experience she would recall in her 1983 memoir Bint Misriyya fi Amreeka ("An Egyptian Girl in America"). [6] [7] [8]
Kamal was a longtime columnist and editorial consultant at the privately owned newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm. [3] [4] [5] [9] She also served as deputy editor in chief of Sabah al-Kheir magazine. [3] [10] She is now retired. [5]
In addition to her 1983 memoir, Kamal has published several other nonfiction books, notably Divorce Among Copts (2006) and Copts' Personal Status Law (2012). [3] [11]
Kamal is considered a feminist activist within the Egyptian Coptic community, criticizing efforts to limit Copts' ability to divorce and remarry. [1] [12] She served on interim President Adly Mansour's Supreme Press Council, and she previously served on the country's National Council for Women. [13] [14]
In 2017, Kamal received an Editorial Leadership Award from Women in News, part of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, at a summit in Durban, South Africa. [15]
Karima Kamal ( Arabic: كريمة كمال; born 1949), also spelled Karimah, is an Egyptian journalist, author, and activist. She is a prominent feminist voice in the country's Coptic Christian minority. [1] [2]
Karima Kamal was born in 1949 into a Coptic family. [3] [4] [5] She studied journalism at Cairo University, graduating in 1971. [3] She later pursued graduate studies at the University of Chicago, an experience she would recall in her 1983 memoir Bint Misriyya fi Amreeka ("An Egyptian Girl in America"). [6] [7] [8]
Kamal was a longtime columnist and editorial consultant at the privately owned newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm. [3] [4] [5] [9] She also served as deputy editor in chief of Sabah al-Kheir magazine. [3] [10] She is now retired. [5]
In addition to her 1983 memoir, Kamal has published several other nonfiction books, notably Divorce Among Copts (2006) and Copts' Personal Status Law (2012). [3] [11]
Kamal is considered a feminist activist within the Egyptian Coptic community, criticizing efforts to limit Copts' ability to divorce and remarry. [1] [12] She served on interim President Adly Mansour's Supreme Press Council, and she previously served on the country's National Council for Women. [13] [14]
In 2017, Kamal received an Editorial Leadership Award from Women in News, part of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, at a summit in Durban, South Africa. [15]