Professor Mohamed 'Arafa, S.J.D. '13, Appointed to Post at International Center for Criminal Sciences in Brazil
11/09/2017
Professor Mohamed ‘Arafa, S.J.D. ’13, has been appointed Egypt’s Legal Advisor at the International Center for Criminal Sciences in Gramado, Brazil. The appointment was made in September.
In addition, ‘Arafa made the following presentations:
- “Islam in the Middle East and North America: Donald Trump, Justin Trudeau, and Emmanuel Macron, Quo Vadis?” at the University of Brasília Faculty of Law in Brasília, Brazil on September 21.
- “Trump, Terrorism, and The American Foreign Policy: Any Change after Obama” Fundação Escola Superior Website Como Chegar, Fundação Escola Superior do MPDFT, the Supreme Foundational School within the Ministry of Public Prosecution, FESMPDFT, in Brasília, Brazil, on September 21.
- “The Roots and Truth of Islamic Human Rights: Isn’t A Surprise?” as part of the Direitos Humanos no Islã. International Graduate Program at the Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, on September 18.
- “Terrorism in the Middle East, Islamic Law, Islamophobia, and Trump Muslim (Travel) Ban: Is It Matter?” as part of the Núcleo de Investigações Constitucionais at the The Federal University of Paraná, in Curitiba, Brazil, on September 15.
- “Islamophobia, Discrimination, and Violence: Whither the Middle East?” an interview with Direito Da Empresa E Dos Negocios Da: Law Journal of Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, in São Leopoldo, Brazil, on September 13.
- “Donald Trump, Islamophobia, and Terrorism in the United States of America and Brazil: What’s the Difference?” at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul Faculty of Law, in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on September 13.
- “Egypt 2014 Constitution Debate’ Amendments: A Gigantic Stab to Democracy,” at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul Faculty of Law, in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on September 12.
- “From Domestic Terrorism to International Terrorism and Vice Versa: Whither Islamophobia?” as part of the Graduate Program International Law Research at the Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, in São Leopoldo, Brazil, on September 12.
- “Plural Interpretation of the Sharie‘a Law: What’s Wrong and How the 2014 Egyptian Constitution Solved the Dilemma?” as part of the Graduate Program International Law Research at the Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos in São Leopoldo, Brazil, on September 11.
- ‘Arafa taught at the First Winter School on Islamic Legal Systems: Comparative Middle Eastern Law as part of the Seminário Jurídico Avançado: Internacionalization, Graduate Program at the University Center of Brasília in Brasília, Brazil, September 6-9.
- “Where Anti-Islamism and Anti-Semitism? The Current Discourse in Brasil,” at the The Brazilian Bar Association, the International Relations and the Freedom of Religion Commissions, in Brasília, Brazil, on September 4.
‘Arafa also published a piece in the Jurist in memory of the late Cherif Bassiouni, ’67. Bassiouni, an international human rights law pioneer, died on September 25.
Professor ‘Arafa also has the following upcoming talks:
- On November 17, he will be the keynote speaker with the topic, “Conditions of Arabs and Muslims in the USA under Trump’s Mandate: Does it Matter?” at AbuDhabi University on the Dubai Campus in the United Arab Emirates.
- He will be a guest speaker November 18-20 and present “Corporate Criminal Liability: Wither Corruption?” at the Hassan Almulla Law Firm, in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
- He will present seminars on November 28 and 29. The first on the topic, “Wither Arab Constitutionalism?” and the second on “Social and Economic Conditions in the Arab World after the Arab Spring” at the University of Milan in Milan, Italy.
- On December 14, his topic will be "Corruption in the Arab World and Latin America: The Egyptian and The Brazilian Experiences" at Pantheon-Sorbonne University (Paris I) in Paris, France.
‘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. He joined the British University in Cairo School of Law as a visiting assistant professor for the Fall 2017 semester, and is the director of Training and Research Center of Comparative Law, and the editor-in-chief of the International and Comparative Law Journal.
