She was predeceased by her loving husband Youssef Shenouda and her parents Habib and Monira Guirguis. She is survived by her brother Habib Guirguis of Richmond, Virginia, her nieces and nephews: Miriam Hall of Newburg, Oregon, Martha Leone of Reston, Virginia, Audrey Kattwinkel of Charlottesville, Virginia, Amy Ng of Leesburg, Virginia, David Guirguis of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Christopher Guirguis of Fort Lauderdale, and Stephanie Guirguis of Staunton, Virginia, and numerous great-nieces and great-nephews.
Born August 3, 1939, in Cairo, Egypt, she traveled extensively before coming to the United States in 1973. She obtained a general education certificate through St. Mary's School in Cairo, before attending the American University in Cairo, where she earned a bachelor's degree in literature with a minor in economics. She embarked on a rewarding and distinguished career beginning with the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organization in Cairo, and culminating at the World Bank. After traveling and working for various international organizations, she moved to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania with her husband Youssef in support of his work for the Organization of African Unity (OAU). They moved to the United States in 1973 when Youssef was transferred to the OAU Secretariat Mission to the United Nations.
Ms. Shenouda lived in New York until 1981, serving as the Press and Information Officer of the Egyptian Mission to the United Nations from 1977 to 1981. She joined the World Bank in 1981 as a translator, rising to the position of senior translator and then reviser until she was appointed as a unit chief in the language services division. She was appointed Section Chief of the Arabic Translation Program, a position in which she served from 1989 until her early retirement in 1996 due to health reasons.
Ms. Shenouda was a devout Christian, trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ for her salvation and seeking to love and obey him in all she did. She was a member of the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. She looked for opportunities to share the love of Christ with others, through conversation and the cultivation of relationships, as well as through financial contributions to carefully chosen charities and generous help to friends or family in need.
She was very close to her brother Habib, and she loved her nieces and nephews and their children dearly. She loved to spend time with them, to hear about the developments in their lives as they grew up, and to share her love and wisdom with them. She loved to prepare elaborate meals of wonderful Egyptian food, a practice she continued even as her failing health made it increasingly difficult. She loved to laugh with them, share stories, and hear about the details of their lives.
She will be greatly missed, but her family takes comfort in the sure knowledge that she is more alive than ever in the presence of her savior. Those she touched in her sojourn through this world will never forget her, and we rejoice that she has made her way to the better world for which she was made.
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