Hafsa Halawa

Hafsa Halawa has experience with the National Democratic Institute, the UN Development Program Regional Office for Arab States, the UN Office for South-South Cooperation, and the EU Delegation to Egypt. Most recently, she served as the regional program manager for the Middle East and North Africa at the Swedish International Development Agency, working in the democracy and human rights sector. Her research focuses are on political developments and democratisation across the Middle East and North Africa, drawing on her development experience to complement a focus on civil society and judicial and electoral reform. 

Halawa is based between Cairo and London.