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CAIRO – A judicial trailblazer who overcame challenges within an unashamedly patriarchal society, Tahany Al-Gebali – Egypt’s first ever female supreme court judge – passed away from COVID-19 on the 9th January aged 72. Described as an “iron woman” by admirers, scorned by members of the Muslim Brotherhood, Tahany Al-Gebali leaves behind a legacy for Egyptian women to follow. Born in Tanta, in Egypt’s northern Gharbia province in 1950, Tahany graduated from Cairo University in 1973 in law. She then pursued a career as a lawyer for three decades before her appointment as the vice president of the…