Yasmine Zaki Shahab

As a form of appreciation from the Provincial Government of Jakarta to Yasmine Zaki Shahab for his attention to Betawi culture, in 2013 she was selected as the recipient of the awards of humanist category at the 2013 Cultural Award.

Yasmine Zaki Shahab is an anthropology lecturer at the University of Indonesia. From 1998 to 2001, Shahab taught the course of Introduction to Anthropology. In the same period she also taught subjects of Population Anthropology, Tourism Anthropology, then Theory of Anthropology I and II. In addition to teaching at the Undergraduate Program of Anthropology Department, she also taught at the University of Indonesia extension program, which she teach was Introduction to Anthropology.

In the postgraduate program, she also taught the Population Anthropology course from 1998 to 2000. In addition, she also taught at the University of Indonesia Tourism Diploma Program.

Yasmine Zaki Shahab was married to Saleh Umar and has two children, Mariam Katlea (born 1978) and Husein Haikel (born 1983).

Shahab graduated with a bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Arts, University of Indonesia in 1975 with a thesis entitled Masalah Integrasi Minoritas Arab di Jakarta (The Problem of Integration of Arab Minorities in Jakarta). Then, the Master of Arts degree she took at the Australian National University in 1982 with a thesis entitled The Position of Betawi Women. 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.

Professor Yasmine Zaki Shahab, S.S., M.A., Ph.D. (Arabic: ياسمين زكي شهاب, romanized: Yāsmīn Zakī Šahāb; Arabic pronunciation: [ja:smi:n zakiː ʃahaːb]; born 1 December 1948) is an Indonesian anthropologist. In addition, her interest in Betawi society made her actively doing research and writing the topic about that. To date, Shahab is still active in some matters relating to Betawi culture.