Female Pioneers from Ancient Egypt and the Middle East

Provides a unique review of the gender role of women in Ancient Egypt and the Middle East Outlines the prominence and influence of women in ancient and current societies Discusses the possible psychological impact of this knowledge on today's gender roles

Auteur

Dr. Ahmed A. Karim is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the Jacobs University in Bremen and head of the research group "Neuroplasticity and Learning" at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. With his research group he published over 90 scientific papers and received several national and international awards such as the 2013 Young Investigator Award of the European Brain and Behavioral Society and the nationwide lecturer of the year award in Germany in 2021. Together with the German Ministry for Migration and Integration he launched several projects to promote integration and health psychology of refugees and citizens with migration background in Germany.

Dr. Radwa Khalil is a research scientist at the Department of Psychology and Methods, Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany. Her research is interdisciplinary spanning neuroscience, psychology and history. In 2020 she received the DAAD Award form the German Academic Exchange Service for outstanding academic achievement as well as social and intercultural commitment.

Dr. Ahmed Moustafa is an associate professor in Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience at Marcs Institute for Brain, Behaviour, and Development & School of Psychology, Western Sydney University. Ahmed's h index is 44 and number of citation is 11310 (Google Scholar). Ahmed is trained in computer science, psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science. His early training took place at Cairo University in mathematics and computer science. Before joining Western Sydney University as a lab director, Ahmed spent 11 years in America studying psychology and neuroscience. Ahmed conducts research on computational and neuropsychological studies of addiction, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, PTSD, and depression. He has published over 200 papers in high-ranking journals including Science, PNAS, Journal of Neuroscience, Brain, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, Nature (Parkinson's disease), Neuron, among others. Ahmed has obtained grant funding from Australia, USA, Qatar, UAE, Turkey, and other countries. Ahmed has recently published seven books: (a) Computational models of brain and behavior; (b) Social Cognition in Psychosis, (c) computational Neuroscience Models of the Basal Ganglia, which provides several models of the basal ganglia, (d) Cognitive, Clinical, and Neural Aspects of Drug Addiction; (e) The Nature of Depression: An updated review; (f) Big data in psychiatry and neurology; and (g) Mental health effects of COVID-19.

Contenu
Gender Role and Contributions of Women to Astronomy and Medicine in Ancient Egypt.- Septimia Zenobia: The Inspring Queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria (240 c. 274 AD).- Female pioneers in Islamic Middle Ages: A theological and psychological Perspective.- Milestones of Egyptian Women' Progress in Education and Science from the 19th century to the present.- Female Pioneers in Physics from Egypt.- Nelly: The eternal Pyramid of Acting, Film, Theater and Television Musicals in Egypt and the Middle East.- Suhair al-Qalamawi: An Egyptian Educational Icon Who Drew the Image of the Arabic Cultural Renaissance Throughout the Twentieth Century.- The Pioneer Women: Rewriting the History of Gender in Sudan.- The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda between Rhetoric and Action in the MENA Region: A Case Study of Yemen and Libya.- Collective Trauma and the Muslim Women of the Christchurch Attack: An Observational and Media Study.- Muslim Women: identity, Islamophobia and the Rhythm of Islam.- It Does Matter: The Visibility of Women, with the Example of German Universities.