sentences:  El Guindi was born in Egypt.After graduating in 1960 with a BA in political science from the American University in Cairo, she obtained a PhD in anthropology in 1972 from the University of Texas at Austin.El Guindi held positions as assistant professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1972–1981 and adjunct professor at the University of Southern California from 1982 to 2004.