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A lecture by prof dr fadwa el guindi distinguished professor at qatar university
Fadwa El Guindi, born in Egypt in 1941, is a professor of anthropology with a PhD in anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin (1972). At present she is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Qatar University in Doha, Qatar, as well as head of the department of social sciences.
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- A lecture by prof dr fadwa el guindi distinguished professor at qatar university
- Challenges Confronting Democracy Fadwa El Guindi Future of Democracy
- Writings
- References

El Guindi graduated from the American University in Cairo, with a BA in Political Science. She worked at the Social Research Centre and participated in the first full-scale ethnographic project to study the way of life of the Nubians of Egypt prior to their government-sponsored relocation due to the building of the Aswan Dam.

El Guindi serves on the editorial board for the journal Field Methods and on the advisory board for Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society.
In 1986, she made the film El Sebou': Egyptian Birth Ritual, which was sponsored by the Office of Folklife Programs at the Smithsonian Institution. She also guest-starred as Julian Bashir's mother, Amsha Bashir, in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Doctor Bashir, I Presume?", opposite Siddig El Fadil and Brian George.
Challenges Confronting Democracy | Fadwa El Guindi | Future of Democracy
Writings
El Guindi has written several books and articles in the field of anthropology: