Basma Abd El Aziz

Bachelor, Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ein-Shams University, December 2000.
Master, Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ein-Shams University, 2005.
Diploma, sociology, institute of Arab research and studies, 2010
Head of patients’ rights department in the General Secretariat of Mental Health, Ministry of Health.
E-mail: basabiss(at)yahoo.com

“Torture in Egypt”: Scientific article in: Henrik Marcussen: Torture (journal on rehabilitation of torture victims and prevention of torture). Volume 17, No.1, 2007, ISSN 1018-8185, pp48-52. http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=4749
Articles in some Egyptian newspapers (opinion page): Al Shorouk newspaper (impressions) starting from 2010 till now, and Al Badeel newspaper (social and political articles) in 2008.

Egyptian Legislations affecting the psychological well-being of individuals: Arab Resource Collective (Beirut), 2009.
The Patriarchal authority in the life of Egyptians: a study published in Fosoul, a periodical cultural magazine, 2012.
Circles of violence in women’s life: a study that would be published this year 2012.

“Memoire of oppression”; a psychological and political study about torture that deals with both victims and perpetrators, published by Dar El Tanweer, June 2014.
“Temptation of absolute power”; a psycho-social and historical study, concerning the directions of violence within the relationship between citizens and the Egyptian security institutes, 3 editions, published by Sefsafa, January 2011.
“What’s behind torture”, a chapter of the MS translated into arabic, studying the behavior of torturers, the system creating them, and the way they are trained, published by Merit, 2007.

“May god make it easy” (Ashan Rabbena Yesahhel): group of short stories, published by: Merit, 2007.
“The boy who disappeared” (al walad allazy ekhtafa): group of short stories, published by: The General administration of cultural palaces, 2009.
“The Queue” (al Tabour): novel, published by Dar el-Tanweer, 2013.
Researches (all during studying the diploma of sociology)
Reflection of modernization on the Egyptian architecture, (2010).
Protest movements: a comparison between urban and rural areas in the Egyptian society, (2010).
The language and the meaning: studying the gap in between what we say and what we actually mean, (2009).
Democracy and the maturation of the collective conscience, (2009).

Award of of Ahmad Bahaa El Dine friends’ Association for young researchers (best sociological research) 2009.
Prize of Sawiris Foundation for Egyptian literature (young writers), the best published group of short stories in 2008.
Prize of General Administration of Cultural palaces (best unpublished group of short stories) 2008.
Prize of Ramatan (Taha Hussein), for best single short stories 2004.
Prize of Egyptian Writers Association, for best short stories 2003.

Performed caricature for El Ahaly newspaper between 1996 and 2000, El Badil newspaper in 2008.
Performed caricatures for Sawaseya, a periodical publication edited by Cairo institute for human rights studies (CIHRS) in 2000.
Performed caricature for three books, published by the CIHRS about human rights in 2007, titled: 1- The Egyptian Elections. 2- The Right for physical integrity and safety. 3- The University independence.
Performed illustrating drawings for “Going out to the light” (al khoroug ila el nour), a book published by ACT center, 2011.

Private exhibitions: held about 7 private exhibition, first one in Cairo atelier (painting) 2002, then Cairo atelier (sculpture) 2006, Cairo atelier (painting) 2007, Nagui Hall for fine arts (painting) 2008, The International Center for cultural development (photography and sculpture) 2009. Lastly in Mahmoud Mokhtar museum (photography and sculpture) 2010, and Cairo atelier (painting and sculpture) 2010.

Group exhibitions: shared in many group exhibition since 1997, last ones were: The Small Art Works Salon in Mahmoud Mokhtar museum (painting) 2010, salon of cairo atelier (painting) 2010, previously: Port Said Biennale (sculpture) 2009, The General Exhibition (painting) 2008, Contemporary sculpture exhibition in Saad Zaghloul museum 2008.

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