Rabab El-Mahdi

Organizations: Universities
Professions: Educator

PERSONAL INFORMATION


Associate Professor of Political Sciences

Rabab El-Mahdi

CONTACT INFORMATION / WORK


American University in Cairo

Political Science

Egypt

relmahdi@aucegypt.edu

Education


PhD, Comparative Politics, McGill University, Canada, 2005.

MA, Political Science, American University in Cairo, Egypt, 1998.

BA, Political Science, AUC, Egypt, 1996.

languages


Arabic

English

Spanish

COMPETENCES


Comparative political economy

Social movements and resistance

Women's movements

Development

 

WORK HISTORY


Associate Professor, Political Science, American University in Cairo, Egypt. 2005 - Present.

Fellow and Visiting Professor at Yale and Columbia Universities.

Consultant for multiple international agencies.

Country Program Advisor, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) 2004-2005.

Honorary office and memberships


Co-founder and member of a number of political groups and social initiatives.

 

Productions and Works


She has more than 40 op-eds in local and international newspapers and magazines. In terms of academic publications, she has more than 12 publications between book chapters, books, edited volumes and academic journal articles.

She has been a featured speaker many times in media.