Dr. Marwa Sharafeldin is an Egyptian scholar-activist. She has a PhD in Law from the University of Oxford and is the upcoming Visiting Fellow in Harvard Law School's Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World. Her work covers the intersection between Islamic law, international human rights law, and feminist activism. She co-founded and served on the Advisory Boards of several feminist organizations worldwide such as Musawah the Global Movement for Equality and Justice in the Muslim Family, the Global Fund for Women, the Young Arab Feminist Network, and the Network for Women’s Rights Organisations in Egypt. Besides her own scholarship and activism, she is a technical expert for the publication of several international reports such as the UN's flagship Progress of the World's Women Report and the UN's Gender Justice and Law Arab Region Report. She believes in the power of art for social transformation, and is a story collector, performer, and writer.
