About me
I am a Lawyer on appeal with, Bachelor’s degree in law from Helwan University in 2001, previously I worked as a lawyer at the Office of the Legal Counsel Mohamed paberss, until 2012, and I have worked as a human rights lawyer since 2012
I worked as a Lawyer for the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information from 2012 to November 2018
I worked as a Director of the Legal Unit of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information from January 2018 to February 2019
I worked as a Lawyer and Legal Scholar for the Egyptian Commission for Rights
and Freedoms from March 2019 until March 2020.
I worked as a Director of the Criminal Justice Unit of the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms from April 2020 until October 2020.
I work as a Legal Adviser to the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms from November 2020 to now
I worked on a number of issues related to freedom of opinion and expression, issues of contempt for religions, issues of journalists and media professionals in Egypt, and issues related to the right to gather and demonstrate, from the first events of Mohamed Mahmoud until the events of September 2019. I also worked as an LGBTQ lawyer and represented the activist/Malak Al-Kashif, as well as providing legal support for women’s issues and legal support in the environmental rights file.
One of the blogger’s defence team, Wael Abbas.
One of the defence team of members of the journalists’ union “Khaled al-Balshi’s lawyer”
One of the defence teams in the Eid detainees case, Ambassador Masoum Marzouq and others.
One of defence team in the Al Amal case “Alaa Issam’s Lawyer.”
One of the defence teams in the case of the events of 20 September.
One of Amal Fathi’s defence team.
One of Ibrahim Metwally’s defence team.
One of the defence teams in the metro detainees’ case.
malak Al-Kashif’s lawyer in the State Council case.
I worked on many issues related to freedom of opinion and expression, and I got many trainings in the human rights field and I have a number of reports published on a number of human rights websites, and I worked as a trainer in monitoring trialsnow
I worked as a legal researcher and I have a number of reports and legal papers published on the websites of human rights organizations. I also worked as a lecturer and trainer, observing trials, and as a lecturer on international and domestic law in Egypt. To view it click here
experience
More than 11 years’ experience in civil society. I have received numerous training and workshops on human rights work, such as international litigation, international complaints, monitoring and documentation of violations.
I have the ability to draft legal research and reports, work as a lecturer and legal trainer.
Proficiency in English