Munib Shahid

{{Short description|Palestinian hematologist (1908–1973)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Munib Shahid

| native_name = منيب شهيد

| other_names = M. Shahid, M J Shahid

| native_name_lang = Arabic

| birth_date = {{Birth year|1908}}

| birth_place = Acre, Palestine

| death_date = {{Death year and age|1973|1908}}

| death_place =

| occupation = Hematologist

}}

Munib Jalal Shahid ({{langx|ar|منيب جلال شهيد|Munīb Jalāl Shahīd}}; 1908–1973) was Chairman of Hematology and Oncology at the Faculty of Medicine of the American University of Beirut.{{cite journal |last= Mishalany |first= H |date= April 1973 |title= Professor Munib Shahid, 1908-1973 |journal= Le Journal Médical Libanais | volume= 26 |issue= 4 |page= 323 |pmid= 4594344 }}{{cite book |last= Nassar |first= Mounir (Munir) |date= May 7, 2014 |title= Clinical Medicine Research History at the American University of Beirut, Faculty of Medicine 1920-1974 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=RFWRAwAAQBAJ&q=Clinical+Medicine+Research+History+at+the+American+University+of+Beirut,+Faculty+of+Medicine+1920-1974&pg=PR11 |location= Bloomington, Indiana |publisher= WestBow Press |pages= 61–62 |isbn= 978-1-4908-3279-1}} He built the hematology laboratory at the Faculty of Medicine, a development that increased research output significantly.{{cite journal |date= Summer 2007 |title= Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center: Deep Roots, Endless Skies |url= http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webmgate/summer2007/article6.htm |journal= MainGate |volume= V |issue= 4 |access-date= November 3, 2016 }} The Dr. Munib Shahid Award is presented annually at the American University of Beirut to the fourth year medical student demonstrating the best performance in internal medicine and a mature character.{{cite web |url= http://docplayer.net/14778430-University-prizes-and-awards.html |title= University Prizes and Awards |access-date= November 3, 2016| page = 5 }}

Munib Shahid was born in 1908 in Acre, Palestine to a prominent Baháʼí lineage. He was the great-grandson of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder-prophet of the Baháʼí Faith. His parents were Jalal, an Afnán, and Rúḥá, a daughter of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá. His paternal grandfather was Muhammad-Hasan, titled "King of the Martyrs". In 1944, he married Serene Husseini according to the Muslim rites. She was related to the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, an enemy of the Baháʼís. Shoghi Effendi, Munib's cousin and then head of the Baháʼí Faith, labeled this marriage a "treacherous act" and excommunicated Munib Shahid as a Covenant-breaker.{{cite news | date=December 1944| title=Messages from the Guardian |url=https://bahai.works/Baha%27i_News/Issue_172 |newspaper=Baháʼí News|issue=172 |access-date=May 8, 2016 }}Baháʼí News, No. 172

Munib and Serene Husseini continued to live in Beirut, where he pursued his academic career, and she promoted cottage industries among Palestinian refugees. Serene Shahid wrote a critically acclaimed autobiography of her childhood, titled, Jerusalem Memories.{{cite book|last=Shahid|first=Serene|url=http://www.palestine-studies.org/sites/default/files/jq-articles/37-jerusalem_childhood_2.pdf|title=Jerusalem Memories|date=1999|publisher=Naufal|location=Beirut, Lebanon|author-link=Serene Husseini Shahid}} The couple had three daughters, including Leila Shahid.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y-3iAAAAMAAJ&q=leila+munib+shahid|title=Al-Kulliyah|date=1973|language=en}}