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Prof. Zahia Kaddoura

Deanship
  • Rank
    Professor
  • Degree
    PhD
  • Specialization
    History
  • Major
    History

Born in Beirut, 1920

 

Scientific Qualifications

  • PhD in History from Fouad I University in Egypt in 1951;
  • Bachelor in History from the American University of Beirut in 1943.

Professional Career

  • One of the founders of the Faculty of Letters & Human Sciences at the Lebanese University and headed the Department of History for years;
  • Dean of the Faculty of Letters & Human Sciences between 1971-1977;
  • Supervisor and rapporteur of dozens of PhD dissertations and diploma and master theses for students of the Department of History at the Lebanese University;
  • Head of the mission of the students of the Makassed Islamic Charitable Society in Cairo between 1945-1951;
  • President of the Lebanese Students Union in Cairo between 1947-1951;
  • President and founder of the Federation of Lebanese Women Universities between1952-1998;
  • Held several positions in some women associations between Lebanon and the Arab world;
  • Awarded the National Order of the Cedar, with the rank of Knight in 1992, the rank of Commander in 1999, and the Silver Medal of Merit in 2002;
  • Holds an honorary doctorate from Al Imam Al Ouzai College for Islamic Studies in 1983;
  • Author of several publications in history;

 

Passed away in 2002.