Munib Jalal Shahid (Arabic: منيب جلال شهيد, romanized: Munīb Jalāl Shahīd; 1908–1973) was Chairman of Hematology and Oncology at the Faculty of Medicine of the American University of Beirut.
[1][2] He built the hematology laboratory at the Faculty of Medicine, a development that increased research output significantly.
[3] 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.
[5][6] 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.