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Mohamed Arafa, S.J.D. '13, Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications
06/14/2016
Mohamed Arafa, S.J.D. ’13, who teaches as an adjunct professor at IU McKinney, has been speaking and teaching in Brazil during Spring 2016.
He presented “International Terrorism and Judicial Applications: Egypt as a Case Study” at The University Center of Brasília Law Center in Brasilia, Brasil, On June 7.
Arafa’s topic was “Aspects on Commercial and Business Law under Islamic (Sharie‘a) Law: Iran as a Case Study” for a talk at Ministério Da Fazenda in Brasilia, Brazil, on May 19.
He spoke on the subject “Brazilian Terrorism Law and The Experience of the Counter-terrorism Laws in Arab, European, and American Legal Systems” at Andarda OAB/DF in Brasília, Brazil, on May 17.
Arafa was invited to meet on May 14 with Justice Luís Roberto Barroso, Minister of the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court, to discuss the Arab Spring and the Brazilian political situation. The photo was taken at the Brasilia Federal Supreme Court. From left are David Rance, a doctor of juridical science student from Canada who is working with Arafa; Judge Barroso, and Arafa.
On April 6, his topic was “Consumer Law in Egypt and under Islamic Law" at PROCON Consumer Law Firm, NovoHamburgo, in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Arafa has recently published, “Legitimacy versus Illegitimacy—Transparency, Integrity of Financial Markets and Corporate Governance: Whither Corruption?” 3 Kuwait Int’l L. J. of Sharie‘a Studies & Research 12 (Fall 2015/2016) and “Attempted Criminal Offences in Egyptian Criminal Law: Study and Analysis on How to Apply the General Legal Principles of Therapeutic Jurisprudence (TJ) in Criminal Law Particularly to Attempted Criminal Crimes,” in 2 Revista Cidadania E Direitos Humanos 1 (Spring 2016: Brazil)
Arafa was a visiting professor at the University of Brasilia School of Law in Spring 2016. He taught a class on Islamic law and Arab Spring. He will return there in September to teach a class on Comparative Middle Eastern Law, and also teach a one-week intensive class. He will teach in Croatia in July on transitional justice mechanisms in the Middle Eastern region after the Arab Spring and under Islamic law.
Arafa will teach a class on Comparative Middle Eastern Law and Islamic law when he returns to IU McKinney in Spring 2017.
