Fayza Haikal

Fayiza Haikal (born 1938) is a Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo.

Education and career

Fayza’s father, an eminent politician and renowned scholar, wanted her to receive an international, secular education, so she attended, among others, the Lycée Français du Caire, the Faculty of Arts at Cairo University and Oxford University. She received her BA in Egyptology from Cairo University and her D.Phil in Egyptology from Oxford University in England, being the first Egyptian women to do so.

Sources

• https://www.aucegypt.edu/fac/fayza
• https://blog.britishmuseum.org/pioneering-women/