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Fawzia Fahim
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Fawzia Fahim with her husband Salah, London, 1976
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| Born | (1931-12-09) 9 December 1931 (age 92)
Al-Fayoum, Egypt
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| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Alma mater | Cairo University Ain Shams University Birmingham University |
| Known for | Egyptian health issues. Anti-tumor effects of venoms and iodoacetate |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry and Environmental Biology |
| Institutions | Ain Shams University |
| Doctoral students | Faten Zahran |
Fawzia Abbas Fahim (born 9 December 1931) is an Egyptian biochemist and environmental biologist known for her work on the anti-tumoral effects of snake venom and iodoacetate. She is currently Professor of Biochemistry at Ain Shams University, Egypt. Fahim has also made important contributions to infant and occupational health, and pollution issues in Egypt.
Fahim worked as a Demonstrator in the Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemistry at Cairo University, from 1957 to 1962. She received a governmental grant from the United Kingdom, October 1962 – June, 1965, where she attended Birmingham University. In 1966 she served as a lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry at Ain Shams University. In 1975 Fahim became an associate professor and in 1980 she became a full professor, the position she still holds.[citation needed]
Fahim was head of the Department of Biology and Natural Sciences, Institute of Environmental Studies and Research, at Ain Shams University from 1983 to 1989.[citation needed]
Fahim received her B.Sc. from Cairo University, Egypt, in 1954 and her Master of Science in chemistry from Cairo University in 1962.[citation needed] In 1965 she got her Ph.D. from Birmingham University, England. She is the author, or co-author, of over 80 scientific papers.
In 1959 Fahim married Salah El-Din Mohamed El-Mahdi, a professor of Design and Theory of Machines at the Faculty of Engineering, Ain-Shams University. He died in 1998. They had 3 children.
