Kamar Mostafa Abdou

Background

Abdou, Kamar Mostafa was born on April 7, 1929 in Benha, Kalubiya, Egypt. Daughter of Mostafa Mohamed Abdou and Aziza Yassin Alkady.

Education

Bachelor, Ein Shams U., Cairo, 1951; diploma, Ein Shams U., Cairo, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, Ein Shams U., Cairo, 1976; Master of Arts, Brown U., 1965.

Career

Language instructor, Ministry of Education, 1951-1962; inspector of languages, Ministry of Education, 1962-1963; instructor, Brown U., Providence, 1964-1965; senior language professor, American U. Cairo, 1966-1973; professor, director, American U. Cairo, 1979-1993; director, Institute for Private Education, Kuwait, since 1993. Member Institute transactions and Interpreters, London, 1988. Consultant Ford Foundation, 1965-1966.

Curriculum, language consultant Portland State University, 1969-1970. Speaker Eastern American Teachers Language assosiation, New York, 1964, ASCD, California, 1973, World Conference for Curriculum and Instruction, England, 1974, Borgeba Institute, Tunis, 1978, Adult/Continuing Education Conference, Kuwait, 1981, International transactions Conference, Vienna, 1984, Arabic Language/transactions Conference, California, 1987, Arabic Lang.Tchrs. Conference, Georgia, 1991.

Translator of more than 4,000 documents andcerts. for Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, embassies and foreign companies, 1970-1993. Curriculum and language consultant University of California, Berkeley.

Achievements

• Kamar Mostafa Abdou has been listed as a noteworthy Language educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Concise Arabic-English Lexicon of Verbs in Context

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Membership

Member education committee National Democratic Party, Cairo, 1990, member women's committee, 1990. Member Zonta International Club, Gizira Sporting and Social Club, State Association for Egyptian professors, Association Curriculum Instruction, Association for the Elimination of Illiteracy in Egypt, Association for African Linguists in Kenya, World Council for Curriculum and Instruction, Association for the Advancement of Women in Egypt.

Connections

Married Yassin Ahmed AboEl Seoud. Children: Khaled Yassin, Dalal Yassin.

Father:

Mostafa Mohamed Abdou

Mother:

Aziza Yassin Alkady

Spouse:

Yassin Ahmed AboEl Seoud

child:

Dalal Yassin Abdou

child:

Khaled Yassin Abdou