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Vol.1, Issue 48, October 2022

Interview with Dr. Fatma El-Zanaty

Dr. Ramy Magdy, Jumana Khaled, Mai Mamdouh, Hana Bishr

Dr. Fatma El-Zanati, former head of the Statistics Translated by: Mai mamduh
Department, Faculty of Economics and Political
Science, Cairo University. Why have you chosen Statistics department? And
what impact does the department have on its

Firstly, we would like to know how your students?
relationship with the Faculty of Economics and
Political Science, Cairo University began. When I first joined college, I didn’t know that this
department existed. All I was thinking about was to
Honestly, I was indecisive in choosing between the join either the economics or political science
Faculty of Economics and Political Science and the departments; according to my future experience in
Faculty of Engineering, but because I was in the college. I loved math and hated memorizing all the
scientific division I was with the second choice information in the two other departments. So I was
(Engineering). Two of my siblings had chosen the attracted to the statistics department because it’s
Faculty of Engineering before, so I asked them but suitable for me.
they advised me not to join it. Therefore I moved to
the other alternative which is The Faculty of According to your long experience in population
Economics and Political Science. and health surveys, how did the results of those
surveys affect the decisions and politics of our
How were the student activities on campus, and the country?
relationship between students and professors?

I participated in the first population health survey in
Although my class was about seventy students in the
Statistics department, which is a huge number for the Egypt in 1988. It was a series of surveys in different
department. However, it didn't matter what your countries in a specific time frame. I participated as a
department was. There was a chemistry between all manager assistant then I became the manager. The
the students regardless their department. We were all good thing in these surveys is that even if they come
joining the student activities. Our relationships with from different countries, they play a huge role in
our professors were really harmonious. All students decision making, as they include various indicators
knew their professors and vice versa. But that measure the development in the health and
unfortunately that doesn’t happen now. population facilities. For example, these indicators

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