Dina Elfiki was a Human female of Egyptian descent in Starfleet in the late 24th century. She was a science officer with specialties in physics and astrometrics, and held two doctorates in astrophysics and theoretical mathematics. (TNG - Cold Equations novel: The Body Electric) Her first assignment out of Starfleet Academy was to one of the Earth Outpost Stations along the Neutral Zone. (TNG novel: Armageddon's Arrow)