Naima Ilyas al-Ayyubi

Naima Ilyas al-Ayyubi was the first female lawyer in Egypt.[1] In 1933 she became the first woman to complete a Bachelor’s Degree in the Faculty of Law at an Egyptian university (namely, Egyptian University).[2][1]

She was first in her class at the end of year exams in her first year at the Faculty of Law.[1] She graduated with honors.[1] After her graduation she went on to study for a Belgian doctorate.[3][1]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Rizk, Yunan Labib. "Al-Ahram Weekly | Chronicles | Lady lawyer". weekly.ahram.org.eg. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  2. ↑ "A Win for Women in Egypt's Courts". Atlanticcouncil.org. 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  3. ↑ Donald Malcolm Reid (4 July 2002). Cairo University and the Making of Modern Egypt. Cambridge University Press. pp. 108–. ISBN 978-0-521-89433-3.
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