[1] In addition, her interest in Betawi society made her actively doing research and writing the topic about that.
Shahab comes from the Ba 'Alawi sada family of Hadhrami surnamed Aal Shihāb-Uddīn, her father named Zaki bin Ali bin Ahmad Shahab, while his mother also comes from the family of Ba Alawi named Lulu Al Hadad.
[3] After graduating high school, she intends to continue her studies at the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia.
[5] Then, the Master of Arts degree she took at the Australian National University in 1982 with a thesis entitled The Position of Betawi Women.
[6] While, her Ph.D degree she got at SOAS, University of London in 1994 with a dissertation entitled Creation of Ethnic Tradition Betawi of Jakarta.