Dr. Nemat Shafik

This is the sixth in Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series includes personalities from entertainment, business, science, academia, and politics, among other areas. Arab America contributing writer, John Mason, highlights our sixth pathbreaker, Minouche Shafik, Egyptian born, Arab American, first woman president of Columbia University, Member of British Parliament, and world renown economist. Her curriculum vitae is nothing short of astounding.