Sylvia Kedourie (; ; ; 19 December 1925 – 24 October 2016), known professionally as Sylvia G. Haim, was a British-Iraqi historian of the Middle East and editor.
Early life and education Sylvia G. Haim () was born in Baghdad, Mandatory Iraq on 19 December 1925 to Gourgi Abraham Haim and Seraphine Somekh-Basra. A member of the Iraqi–Jewish community, Kedourie attended a French-language Jewish girls school run by the Alliance Israélite Universelle. Kedourie later attended Shamash college, where she met her future husband the historian Elie Kedourie.
In 1947, Kedourie settled in Edinburgh to study for a Master's in philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. Kedourie later studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies, before completing her PhD at University of Edinburgh in 1953. Her doctoral work studying the intellectual legacy of Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi, led to the publication "Arab Nationalism, An Anthology" in 1962.
Career In 1964, Kedourie and her husband founded the Middle Eastern Studies journal. From 1964 to 1992, Kedourie worked as a editor for the journal whilst Elie Kedourie served as the editor-in-chief. Following her husband's death in 1992, Kedourie served as the journals editor-in-chief until her own death in 2016.
Personal life On 3 August 1950, Kedourie married Elie Kedourie at Bevis Marks Synagogue. The couple had two sons and one daughter.
On 24 October 2016 Kedourie died in London, aged 90.
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