Cairo
shahira mehrez, born 1943
The life story of Shahira Mehrez is interwoven around the main events that shaped Egypt in the second part of the 20th and the early 21st centuries. Born to a land-owning family, she lived through five wars, witnessed the last years of a patriarchal feudal society, survived the socialist revolution, the humiliating defeat of 1967 and the open-door policy. From 1972 onwards she joined the demonstrations demanding accountability, transparency and a better future for the underprivileged masses. Her multiple lives included chemistry, architecture, traditional crafts, and agriculture.
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Source: Provided to Lives Retold by Shahira Mehrez, author of this autobiographical life story, in 2019.