Marwa Sharafeldin

Dr Marwa Sharafeldin is an Egyptian scholar activist. She is currently a Visiting Fellow in Harvard Law School's Program for Law and Society in the Muslim World. She has a PhD in Law from the University of Oxford and is the Senior Advisor in Musawah. Her work covers the intersection between Islamic law, international human rights law, and feminist activism. She has been published in a number of academic books and media platforms covering those topics. She co-founded and/or 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. She contributed to publications 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.