The Egyptian women are still able to dazzle the world, especially when they become the first in the field of science and manufacturing. But there is rather one of the most important pioneers of industrialization systems in the world now . An Egyptian lady keeps dazzling the Canadian society, which rejected her in the late 1960s but now races to honor her with the highest honors. She is leading the fourth industrial revolution in the world now, so it is correct to call her the Iron Woman! Her life's journey from Egypt to Canada was not easy at all. Her name is Huda Abdel-Qader El-Gammal (Huda El-Maraghi), here is her short history of life from the beginning.
She bears the title (Al-Maraghi), one of the most prominent sheikhs of Al-Azhar who twice took over the Sheikhdom of Al-Azhar . The grandfather of her husband was a leading figure in Egypt and the Islamic world and the most important person who formed its laws and its legislative, jurisprudential and patriotic path.
He was Sheikh Muhammad Mustafa Al-Maraghi who stood against the wishes of King Farouk I as he specifically refused to issue a fatwa prohibiting the marriage of his ex-wife, Queen Farida, to another person.
The then Grand Imam of Al Azhar formulated famous phrase, as for porce, I do not like, and for the prohibition, and I cannot prohibit what God has permitted.
This is the grandfather of her husband, Professor Wagih Al-Maraghi, one of Egypt's prominent scientists also in Canada. He is a professor of industrial engineering at the University of Windsor, Canada, and a member of the Canadian Council for Engineering Accreditation.
He is one of the 10 most important industrial engineering professors in the world who designed the Canadian express train as well, whose family name is borne by Dr. Huda according to the traditions of the noble families.
It is really a very respectable family as it follows the path of science and creativity across time. From the name to the deed, the same manifestations of strength and determination are manifested from the grandfather to the self-willed Dr. Huda El Maraghi, who chose to join the most difficult field at the Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanics in the 60s, which was a strange specialty for girls.
But it was her ambition and dream, as she has been passionate, since her childhood, about deconstructing and discovering what things are from within and reforming.
She was also stubborn when she stood against injustice and scientifically oppressed her.
She began with the Canadians a long journey to challenge their negligence and rejection of her scientific degrees obtained from Cairo University despite being the first in her class at the Faculty of Engineering.
The Canadians refused her papers and told her that she was not recognized, but she tried and did not give up and proved the merit of her degrees and knowledge.
So she reserved for herself the first title in everything until it reached the highest positions and won the highest honors in Canada, the last of which was the highest civil honor in Canada from its Governor General (Julie Pape) for her contributions in the field of manufacturing and mechanical engineering inside and outside the country.
There is a quick review of her scientific and practical career from Cairo to Canada: She was the first in her class in Cairo engineering. She was appointed as a teaching assistant, but she traveled with her husband to Canada to obtain master doctorate degrees and continued until she became the first woman to obtain a professorship in industrial engineering in the history of Canada.
Then she was the first female dean of the Canadian College of Engineering in Canada. She was the first woman appointed as an advisor to the Canadian Defense Minister.
Canada's McMaster University has included her name among the elite and famous graduates. The first female engineer whose name is mentioned in the book of Northern Lights of the Distinguished Canadian Woman, i.e. she was ranked among the best Canadian women in history.
She is the first woman to be elected as a Fellow of the International Academy of Production Research in Paris, France. She is a Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.
Dr.Huda Al-Maraghi established a city for automated manufacturing systems at the University of Windsor, located on the border with the largest city in the US state of Michigan, "Detroit". It is the first city in the world specialized in the automotive industry and has the largest factory for flexible industrial engineering, which prompted Ford Motor Company to appoint a consultant engineering to benefit from its renewable research in robot technology.
Honorary Order of Canada.
The Chrysler Automobiles Company has also contracted Dr. El-Maraghi to modernize its factories. In 2016, she received the Order of (Ontario), the Order of the Republic of Canada, from the first class.
The Governor of Canada granted her this week, based on the recommendation of the Advisory Board, the Honorary Order of Canada.
Dr. Huda El-Maraghi was the only Egyptian woman in Canada - among 114 other candidates - to receive this medal, since it was officially approved there in 1967, a medal that recognizes outstanding achievement and dedication to community service and the nation.
Amid this momentum in her life, El Maraghi did not forget her motherland, as she and her husband, Wagih Al Maraghi, cooperated with the Ministry of Trade and Industry in transferring their experiences in smart manufacturing systems through their research and educational centers in Canada.
Al-Maraghis are studying the possibility of establishing such centers in Egypt and providing financial support to these centers in order to create cadres based on sustainable development and its implementation. Nabila Makram, State Minister of Immigration and Egyptian Expatriates Affairs, said that a Dr. Huda El-Maraghi, supported her country in all areas of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, by cooperating with the concerned authorities that working on Egyptian projects through a series of conferences and the Egypt Can Foundation.
Therefore, she and her husband, Dr. Wagih Al-Maraghi, will participate in the activities and seminars of the “Egypt Can Industry "to benefit from their knowledge and experience in the field of industrial investment and the localization of industry in Egypt.
Contributed by Ahmed Moamar
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