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Barbara Lethem Ibrahim (born March 21, 1949) is the founding director of the John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement at the
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. Internationally recognized as a prominent sociologist of the
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History

Ibrahim has published widely in the areas of gender and health, Arab philanthropy, women's employment and youth studies. Prior to founding the Gerhart Center in 2006, Ibrahim was regional director for West Asia and North Africa at the
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in Egypt. She had previously served as the Middle East program officer for urban poverty and
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programs for the
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. Ibrahim serves on numerous international boards, speaks widely on the current youth generation in Egypt and the Arab region, and is a Core Group Member of the
Arab Families Working Group Suad Joseph (; born 6 September 1943) received her doctorate in anthropology from Columbia University in 1975. Dr. Joseph is Professor of Anthropology and Women and Gender Studies at the University of California, Davis and in 2009 was President o ...
. Ibrahim earned a
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in Sociology from
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, an
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in sociology from the
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in 1975, and a Ph.D. in sociology from
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in 1980. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Association of Middle East Women’s Studies in 2003, and was inducted into the International Educators' Hall of Fame in 1999.


Personal life

She is married to
Saad Eddin Ibrahim Saad Eddin Ibrahim (, ) (31 December 1938 – 29 September 2023) was an Egyptian sociologist and author. He was one of Egypt's leading human rights and democracy activists and a strong critic of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Biograp ...
, an Egyptian American sociologist and one of Egypt's leading
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and democracy activists.


Selected publications

*Ibrahim, Barbara L. and Leah Hunt-Hendrix. 2011. "Youth, Service and Pathways to Democracy in Contemporary Egypt." Paper presented at the annual meeting for the
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, Amman, Jordan, April 16–17. *Ibrahim, Barbara L. and Dina Sherif, eds. 2008. ''From Charity to Social Change: Trends in Arab Philanthropy''. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press. (Arabic version 2010) *Ibrahim, Barbara L. 2006. “Strengthening Philanthropy and Civic Engagement in the Arab World: A Mission for the John D. Gerhart Center.” Voices in Philanthropy and Civic Engagement, Working Paper #1, American University in Cairo, October 2006. *Ibrahim, Barbara L., Martha Brady, and Rania Salem. 2004. "Negotiating Leadership Roles: Young Women’s Experience in Rural Egypt," in “Women and Development: Rethinking Policy and Reconceptualizing Practice,” special issue ''Women’s Studies Quarterly''. *Ibrahim, Barbara L., Barbara S. Mensch, Susan M. Lee, and Omaima El-Gibaly. 2003. "Gender-role Attitudes among Egyptian Adolescents." ''Studies in Family Planning'' 34 no.1 (March): pages 8-18. *Ibrahim, Barbara L. and Diane Singerman. 2003. "The Costs of Marriage in Egypt: A Hidden Variable in
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Demography." In ''The New Arab Family'' edited by Nicholas S. Hopkins. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press. And in ''Cairo Papers in Social Science'' 24(1-2): pages 80-116. *Ibrahim, Barbara L., Omaima El-Gibaly, Barbara Mensch, and Wesley Clark. 2002. “Decline in Female Circumcision in Egypt: Evidence and Interpretation.” ''Social Science and Medicine'' 54 no. 2 (January). *Ibrahim, Barbara L. Sahar El-Tawila, Cynthia Loyd, Barbara Mensch et al. 2000. "The School Environment in Egypt: A Situation Analysis of Public Preparatory Schools." Cairo: The Population Council. (In English and Arabic). *Ibrahim, Barbara L., Sahar el Tawila et al. 1999. "Transitions to Adulthood: A National Survey of Egyptian Adolescents." Cairo: The Population Council. (In English and Arabic). *Ibrahim, Barbara L. and Hind Wassef. 1999. "Caught Between Two Worlds: Youth in the Egyptian Hinterland." In ''Alienation or Integration: Arab Youth Between Family, the State and the Street''. Richmond, Surrey: Curazon Press.


See also

* Youth Studies *
Gender Studies Gender studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to analysing gender identity and gendered representation. Gender studies originated in the field of women's studies, concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. The field n ...
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Feminism Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideology, ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social gender equality, equality of the sexes. Feminism holds the position that modern soci ...
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Sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...
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Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
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Human rights Human rights are universally recognized Morality, moral principles or Social norm, norms that establish standards of human behavior and are often protected by both Municipal law, national and international laws. These rights are considered ...


References


External links

*Arab Families Working Group bio page: https://web.archive.org/web/20100610120327/http://sjoseph.ucdavis.edu/afwg/main/Core%20Group%20Members%20pages/Ibrahim%20Page1.htm *Interview with CNN: https://web.archive.org/web/20111220053300/http://inthearena.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/04/barbara-ibrahim-removing-mubarak-is-the-quickest-way-to-restore-calm-and-order/ *Lecture at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC): http://www.cpac.ca/forms/index.asp?dsp=template&act=view3&pagetype=vod&lang=e&clipID=3074 *Lecture: "The Evolution of Philanthropy in the Arab World": http://www.irsm.ca/geh/ev-145793-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Ibrahim, Barbara Lethem 1949 births Living people DePauw University alumni Indiana University Bloomington alumni Feminist studies scholars American University of Beirut alumni