Professor Mohamed 'Arafa, S.J.D. '13, Presents at Pomona College
04/24/2017
Professor Mohamed ‘Arafa, S.J.D. ’13, traveled to Claremont, California, where he delivered two presentations at Pomona College.
The first lecture, titled “Terrorist Attacks in Egypt and France: The Liberal Emmanuel Macron Or The Far Right Marine Le Pen?” was presented April 24. Professor ‘Arafa also was a guest speaker during a U.S. Foreign Policy Class for a discussion of “Tunisia: Where Is It Going? A comparative analysis of the legal and political status quo in Tunisia and Egypt” on April 25.
In addition, his recent article, titled “Legitimacy versus Illegitimacy—Transparency, Integrity of Financial Markets and Corporate Governance: Whither Corruption?” which was published at 3 Kuwait Int’l L. J. of Sharie‘a Studies & Research 12 was just featured by the Kuwait newspaper Al-Qabas. Professor ‘Arafa presented this article at the Kuwait International Law School’s annual conference.
The moot court team (pictured at left) that Professor ‘Arafa trained at Alexandria University Faculty of Law during Fall 2016 in Egypt won second place for Best Written Memorandum, and second for Oral Argument in the Shalakany Commercial Arbitration moot court arranged by the Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration.
Professor ‘Arafa is scheduled to speak and teach during Summer 2017 in the United Kingdom at the University of Northumbria Law School in Newcastle, at the University of Bologna in Italy, and the University of Rijeka in Croatia. In addition, he will teach Comparative Middle Eastern Law online this summer at IU McKinney.
‘Arafa is teaching at IU McKinney as an adjunct professor during the Spring 2017 semester. He is teaching courses in Islamic Law, and Comparative Middle Eastern Legal and Political Studies. He is an assistant professor of criminal law and criminal justice at Alexandria University Faculty of Law in Egypt.
