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Munib Shahid (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]

Background and family

Munib Shahid was born in 1908 in Acre, Palestine to a prominent Baháʼí lineage. His parents were Mírzá Jalal, an Afnán, and Rúḥá Khánum. His paternal grandfather was Mírzá Muhammad-Hasan, titled "King of the Martyrs," while his maternal grandparents were ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, the successor to the Baháʼí founder-prophet Baháʼu'lláh, and Munirih Khánum. As a prominent member of the Baháʼí Faith, Munib Shahid worked diligently to promote his faith. As a medical student at the American University of Beirut, his friends included such prominent Baháʼís as future Hand of the Cause of God Abu'l-Qásim Faizi. After graduating from medical school, Munib Shahid would continue to promote the Baháʼí Faith, and in 1937 he visited Baháʼí communities in Europe.[5]

In 1944, Munib Shahid married Serene Husseini, the daughter of Jamal al-Husayni. Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith and Munib's cousin through ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's eldest daughter Ḍíyáʼíyyih Khánum, labeled this marriage a "treacherous act" and excommunicated Munib Shahid as a Covenant-breaker. Shoghi Effendi sent the following cable to the Baháʼí world in November 1944:

Monib Shahid, grandson of both ʻAbdu'l-Bahá and the King of Martyrs, married according to the Moslem rites the daughter of a political exile who is nephew of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. This treacherous act of alliance with enemies of the Faith merits condemnation of entire Baháʼí world."[6] (Baháʼí News, No. 172)

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.

Munib Shahid died in 1973.[citation needed]

Selected publications

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

  1. ^ Mishalany, H (April 1973). "Professor Munib Shahid, 1908-1973". Le Journal Medical Libanais, The Lebanese Medical Journal. 26 (4): 323.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center: Deep Roots, Endless Skies". MainGate. V (4). Summer 2007. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  4. ^ "University Prizes and Awards". p. 5. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  5. ^ Effendi, Shoghi (1980). The Baha'i World 1936-1938 (Volume VII). Baha'i Publishing Trust. p. 110.
  6. ^ "Messages from the Guardian". Baháʼí News. No. 172. December 1944. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  7. ^ Shahid, Serene (1999). Jerusalem Memories (PDF). Beirut, Lebanon: Naufal.
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