Munib Shahid
Munib Shahid | |
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منيب شهيد | |
Born | 1908 |
Died | 1973 (aged 64–65) |
Other names | M. Shahid, M J Shahid |
Occupation | Hematologist |
Munib Jalal Shahid (Arabic: منيب جلال شهيد, romanized: Munīb Jalāl Shahīd; 1908–1973) was Chairman of Hematology and Oncology at the Faculty of Medicine of the American University of Beirut.[1][2] He built the hematology laboratory at the Faculty of Medicine, a development that increased research output significantly.[3] The Dr. Munib Shahid Award is presented annually at the American University of Beirut to the fourth year medical student demonstrating the best performance in internal medicine and a mature character.[4]
Munib Shahid was born in 1908 in Acre, Palestine to a prominent Baháʼí lineage. He was the great-grandson of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder-prophet of the Baháʼí Faith. His parents were Jalal, an Afnán, and Rúḥá, a daughter of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá. His paternal grandfather was Muhammad-Hasan, titled "King of the Martyrs".[citation needed] In 1944, he married Serene Husseini according to the Muslim rites. She was related to the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem[which?], an enemy of the Baháʼís. Shoghi Effendi, Munib's cousin and then head of the Baháʼí Faith, labeled this marriage a "treacherous act" and excommunicated Munib Shahid as a Covenant-breaker.[5][6]
Munib and Serene Husseini continued to live in Beirut, where he pursued his academic career, and she promoted cottage industries among Palestinian refugees. Serene Shahid wrote a critically acclaimed autobiography of her childhood, titled, Jerusalem Memories.[7] The couple had three daughters, including Leila Shahid.[8]
Selected publications
[edit]Among Shahid's publications were:[2]
- (with H.A. Yenikomshian) "Typhoid Fever in Inocculated and Noninocculated Persons," Journe'es Medicales Libanais de Beyrouth (May 1938) 241–247.
- "The Use of Nitrogen Mustard in Neoplastic Diseases of the Bone Marrow," Rev. Med. Liban. I (1961?): 45–51.
- (with E. Stephan) "Perarterite noueuse-Maladie de Kussmaul." Rev. Med. Moy. Or. VI (1949): 295–303.
- "ACTH et cortisone en hematologie." Rev. Med. Moy. Or. XI (1954): 279–291.
- "Quelques considerations sur le favisme au Liban." Rev. Med. Moy. Or. (1960): 83–86.
- (with N.A. Abu-Haydar) "Sickle Cell Disease in Lebanon and Syria." Acta Haemat., Basel XXVII (1962):268-273.
- (with G.I. Abu-Haydar and N.A. Abu-Haydar) "Thalassemia Hemoglobin E. Disease. A Case Report from Quatar." Persian Gulf, Man., CLV (1963):129.
- "Hemoglobinopathies in Lebanon and Arab Countries." Proc. IXth Congr. European Soc. Haemat., II (1963):496-500.
- "Iron Absorption in Thalassemia." Abstr. IXth Congr. Int. Soc. Haemat. (Stockholm, 1964.)
Notes
[edit]- ^ Mishalany, H (April 1973). "Professor Munib Shahid, 1908-1973". Le Journal Médical Libanais. 26 (4): 323. PMID 4594344.
- ^ a b Nassar, Mounir (Munir) (May 7, 2014). Clinical Medicine Research History at the American University of Beirut, Faculty of Medicine 1920-1974. Bloomington, Indiana: WestBow Press. pp. 61–62. ISBN 978-1-4908-3279-1.
- ^ "Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center: Deep Roots, Endless Skies". MainGate. V (4). Summer 2007. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ^ "University Prizes and Awards". p. 5. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ^ "Messages from the Guardian". Baháʼí News. No. 172. December 1944. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
- ^ Baháʼí News, No. 172
- ^ Shahid, Serene (1999). Jerusalem Memories (PDF). Beirut, Lebanon: Naufal.
- ^ Al-Kulliyah. 1973.