Professor 'Arafa, S.J.D. '13, to Teach in Egypt, Brazil, during Fall 2017
08/15/2017
Professor Mohamed ‘Arafa, S.J.D. ’13, will join the British University in Cairo School of Law as a visiting assistant professor this Fall and will be the director of Training and Research Center of Comparative Law, and the editor-in-chief of the International and Comparative Law Journal.
Professor ‘Arafa also will travel to Brazil, where he will spend September teaching intensive seminars and classes on Comparative Middle Eastern Law, Islamic Law, Human Rights, Terrorism, and Transitional Justice at Fundacao Escolas Superior do Minsiterio Publico do Distrito Federal e Territorios, University of Brasília School of Law, and Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul. In addition, he will present a talk on September 15 at Núcleo de Investigações Constitucionais at the Federal University of Paraná/Brazil, on the topic, “Terrorism in the Middle East, Islamic Law, and Islamophobia.”
Professor ‘Arafa also has written a chapter, titled, “Terrorism under the umbrella of International Criminal Law: legislating terror in Egypt under a draconian counter?terrorism law, ex aequo et bono," http://crime-in-crisis.com/en/?cat=10 which has been published on the website, Crime in Crisis. http://crime-in-crisis.com/en/ The work will be printed and distributed to selected institutions, including the Library of Congress, the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, the Radzinowicz Library at the University of Cambridge, and the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford.
‘Arafa is an assistant professor of criminal law and criminal justice at Alexandria University Faculty of Law in Egypt, and taught an online class as an adjunct professor for IU McKinney students during Summer 2017 on Comparative Middle Eastern Law.
