| Salma El-Sharkawy |
A Syrian writer, born in Damascus. He early became involved in political work, and his leftist tendencies played a major role in directing his social activity towards field work, as he participated in projects to educate the illiterate in villages before obtaining his secondary school certificate. He joined the Higher Teachers' College, studied there until 1942, and taught in primary schools in the early 1940s. Then he joined the University of Damascus and obtained a law degree in 1945. He worked as a lawyer from 1952 until his death and was interested in family issues and women’s rights in particular, which explains his presence as a member of most of the committees formed at that time to discuss and develop laws. He wrote many articles for newspapers and magazines on reforming the judiciary. He presented to the Arab Lawyers Conference held in Damascus in 1989 a booklet entitled "A Judiciary at the Level of the Future" and another booklet published by the Ministry of Justice entitled "Reforming the Judiciary, Development or Revolutionization." He has supervised the Bar Association magazine since 1962, and he has also issued and explained various legislative collections related to personal status. He has written several works, including the operetta Warda and the play The Absent One in 1971. He has poems in his books such as The Courageous Generation, The Grain and the Ear of Wheat, and The Evacuation Makers in Syria. He died in 1997.
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