10 most prominent women in Egyptian parliament

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For the first time in the history of Egypt, 87 of the parliamentary seats are occupied by women.

According to the final results, the Egyptian woman won remarkably in the run-off to the provinces of the second phase in the parliamentary elections.

Here are the biographies of 10 prominent women who were elected as members of the Egyptian parliament in 2015.

Amena Nasir was born in 1948 and was the first person in the Asyut village of Moosha to pursuing education after the compulsory years.

Nasir excelled in her scientific career as she joined the department of philosophy, psychology and sociology, and earned a master's degree for her thesis "Abu Faraj Ibn al Jawzee" as well as a doctorate degree for her thesis "Ibn Abd al-Wahhab."

She was appointed dean of the Faculty of Islamic and Arabic studies at Al-Azhar University in Alexandria and was a visiting professor at Leiden University in the Netherlands.

The 47-year-old holds a bachelor's degree in Commerce and Business Administration from Ain Shams University as well as a law degree from Cairo University.

She was the secretary of the Network of Arab Liberals Fund and a member of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights. She also served as vice president of the Governing Council of the Youth Association for Social Assistance.

She managed to qualify the Democratic Front Party to obtain the status of observer from the International Organization for Liberalism.

Over the years, she has run campaigns for parliament, the Council of State and local councils, and gained considerable experience in the management of electoral campaigns.

At the age of nine, Hiba Hajras suffered from Rheumatoid arthritis, which affects the nerves, and which affected her movement and all her joints.

She obtained a doctorate in social policies for people with disabilities from the British University of Leeds. She is very active in supporting the rights of people with disabilities and an active member in many networks and committees concerned with their affairs such as the Inclusive Education Network and the Support Network for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

For 10 consecutive years, she represented women with disabilities in the Council of the Arab Organization for the Disabled, and was among the women with disabilities who participated in the drafting of Article 7, tackling women with disabilities, in the International Convention of the United Nations on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Also, she was chosen by the United Nations Development Program to participate in the development of the national strategy for people with disabilities in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Sahar Houari is the daughter of the international referee Izzat al-Hawari and the sister of a member of the former Football Association Management Council.

She is credited with the introduction of the women's football game to Egypt officially during the 90s.

After the Egyptian team won in the final round of the African Youth Championship that was held in Algeria in 2013, Houari stirred controversy as she, being the head of the crew, went onto the pitch to celebrate with the players.

She greeted coach Rabie Yassin who gave her a kiss on the head in a strange scene interpreted by Sheikh Rabie with the following words: "I do not shake ladies’ hands, but as she stretched out her hands to greet me, I was worried to disappoint her with not shaking her hands, so I kissed her head out of respect, considering her as my sister."

Nashwa El Deeb earned a bachelors in Arabic language and Islamic sciences from the Faculty of Sciences at the Cairo University in 1988, and a graduate diploma in journalism from the Faculty of Mass Communication at Cairo University in 1993.

El Deeb worked for the Arab Affairs of the Arab Democratic Nasserist Party. In 2005, she became the first woman to contest the parliamentary elections for the Nasserist Party. She also ran in the parliamentary elections for the Nasserist Party in 2010.

She supported the stances of the judges for the independence of the judiciary as well as calls for the rights of workers. Furthermore, she chaired the Council of the foundation called “All in One for Citizenship and Development” that aims to further citizenship and a culture of dialogue. She also worked as an administrator for the projects of the Association for Economic Liberalization.

Suzy Adly Nashed remarkable contributions to the economic literature include "A Comparative Study on Money Laundering Through Secret Bank Accounts,” “An Introduction to Monetary and Banking Economics, and Public Finance,” “The Basics of Economics,” “The Brief in the Public Finances,” “The Phenomenon of Tax Evasion,” “Tax Legislation,” “Lectures on Political Economy” and “Introduction to Monetary and Banking Economy."

She has worked in politics and ran a successful campaign for the Council of State in 2012.

Laila Ahmed Abou Ismail's father Ahmed Abu Ismail is a delegation leader and a former finance minister, as well as a close friend of Al-Nahhas Pasha.

She was chosen as the minister of women and the population in the shadow government delegation, at the end of the era of deposed-President Hosni Mubarak and in the reign of the Muslim Brotherhood, to uncover corruption, enlighten people's democratic rights and put forward solutions to Egypt's accumulated problems.

She has organized and covered the expenses of literacy classes for dozens of people in the Western Province village of Samanoud.

In 1979, she graduated with distinction and honors with a bachelors degree in pharmacy from the University of Mansoura, before she received a master's degree in 1985 and a doctorate in 1990.

She has held many academic positions, including supervisor of the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Mansoura, vice president for Graduate Studies and Research, dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, and then vice dean for Graduate Studies and Research.

She has participated in numerous conferences and scientific seminars and workshops in the fields of medicine and pharmacy in Egypt, along with significant experience in scientific research.

Born in Mahalla al-Kubra in 1954, Neamat Qamar left high school and went to work in the Spinning and Weaving Company of Egypt in 1970, and ran in the union committee elections of the company in 1979.

She ought to protect the textile workers from firing in cases of disability or disease, especially of cases of work-related injuries. She demanded a raise of the collective incentives as well as a raise in the allowance for meals and vacations, and she finally demanded the control of quality standards so that the worker did not take sole responsibility for production problems. She had great sucess at these campaigns.

She managed to restore some workers who were dismissed for arbitrary reasons such as the intransigence of the presidents or sanctions without examining the reasons.

In 1992, Mena Jaballah earned a bachelors degree in law from Ain Shams University with honors.

After graduation, Jaballah worked as a lawyer and joined the Free Egyptians Party as one of the founders of the party after Naguib Sawiris called for its establishment.

She was nominated by the Liberal Egyptian Party for the elections of the Egyptian Bloc for east of Cairo-based system, of which she is a member of the Political Bureau. Earlier, she became a member of the Committee of the early warning of Prime Ministry.

This article was originally posted in Arabic on YallaFeed.