Tawhida Abdel-Rahman

Tawhida Abdel-Rahman
توحيدة عبد الرحمن محمد مصطفى
Born(1906-11-30)30 November 1906
Minya, Khedivate of Egypt
Died10 September 1974(1974-09-10) (aged 67)
Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt
EducationSuyufiyya Girls' School
RelativesMufidah Abdul Rahman (sister)

Tawhida Abdel-Rahman (30 November 1906 – 10 September 1974) was an Egyptian medical doctor, who became the first female doctor employed by the Egyptian Government Health Ministry.

Biography

Abdel-Rahman was born to a wealthy family on 30 November 1906 in Minya, Khedivate of Egypt. Her father was Abdel Rahman efendi Muhammad, a calligrapher and owner of a printing house.[1] Her younger asister was Mufidah Abdul Rahman, one of Egypt's first female lawyers.

Abdel-Rahman was educated at Suyufiyya Girls' School.[2] In 1922, Abdel-Rahman was among the six winners of a scholarship competition to be permitted to study medicine in the United Kingdom.[1][3] After returning from England to Egypt in 1933, Abdel-Rahman was appointed to the Kitchener Charitable Hospital in Shubra, Cairo. making her the first female doctor employed by the Egyptian Government Health Ministry.[2][4]

Abdel-Rahman married married Mahmoud Mohamed Abdel-Latif and they had seven children together.[4] She died in 1974 in Heliopolis, Cairo.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b Clavé, Yannick; Attali, Gérald; Beucher, Benoît; Bouanga, Ayda; Clavé, Sarah; Crézégut, Anthony; Maurel, Chloé; Moreau, Odile; Muller, Bryan (9 August 2022). Les sociétés africaines et le monde : une histoire connectée (1900-1980): Question à l'Agrégation d’histoire. Session 2023 (in French). Editions Ellipses. ISBN 978-2-340-07510-8.
  2. ^ a b "Story of 1st female doctor working in Egyptian government". Egypt Today. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  3. ^ Hafiz, Chems-eddine (28 February 2025). Portraits de femmes remarquables: Les héroïnes de l’Islam (in French). Éditions Frémeaux & Associés. ISBN 978-2-38283-246-2.
  4. ^ a b c "Dr. Tawhida Abdel-Rahman – First Female Doctor Working in the Government, Egyptian Health Ministry 1933". Egypt Today. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  5. ^ "سيرة د. توحيدة عبدالرحمن". bent-min-misr.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2 October 2025.
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