Bio
Motaza khater is Chemistry Professor at Cairo University. She was born in Hehya , Sharkya and she is the only child of her parents who were extremely understanding and generous with their love, time and support. She has 4 half-brothers and 1 half-sister. She received her primary and secondary education in Egyptian public schools in Helwan where she developed her passion for chemistry at her early stages in secondary school. Her excellent early education and her parent’s fostered her interest and prepared her well for university.
At age of 22 she got married to Maher Abdel Rahman who was the Head of the legal department at Al-Shark Insurance Company and he passed away in 1981. She has three children and seven grandchildren. Her elder son, Maged is the Minster plenary Potentiary at the Egyptian Embassy in Ireland, her two daughters Manal and Manar were both graduated from the faculty of Economic and Political Science at Cairo University.
Despite her scientific specialisation she was by no means a single-minded and one-sided scientist. She become involved in many social and political activities.
Professor Motaza has published more than 65 publications, supervised more than 60 MScs and PHDs thesis and edited over 19 volumes of the Egyptian Journal of Analytical Chemistry; She also reviewed many scientific publications and refried several dissertations and she was a member of the promotion committee for professors and associate professors in non organic chemistry for several years.
Motaza came from a middle class background to rise to the heights of academia to demonstrate a shining model of how a woman could be successful in all aspects of life.