Karima Kamal (Arabic: كريمة كمال; born 1949), also spelled Karimah, is an Egyptian journalist, author, and activist. She is a prominent feminist voice in the country's Coptic Christian minority.[1][2]
Biography
Karima Kamal was born in 1949 into a Coptic family.[3][4][5] She studied journalism at Cairo University, graduating in 1971.[3] She later pursued graduate studies at the University of Chicago, an experience she would recall in her 1983 memoir Bint Misriyya fi Amreeka ("An Egyptian Girl in America").[6][7][8]
Kamal was a longtime columnist and editorial consultant at the privately owned newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm.[3][4][5][9] She also served as deputy editor in chief of Sabah al-Kheir magazine.[3][10] She is now retired.[5]
In addition to her 1983 memoir, Kamal has published several other nonfiction books, notably Divorce Among Copts (2006) and Copts' Personal Status Law (2012).[3][11]
Kamal is considered a feminist activist within the Egyptian Coptic community, criticizing efforts to limit Copts' ability to divorce and remarry.[1][12] She served on interim President Adly Mansour's Supreme Press Council, and she previously served on the country's National Council for Women.[13][14]
