Professor 'Arafa, S.J.D., '13, Accepted to Post-Doctoral Research Program
04/04/2018
Professor Mohamed 'Arafa, S.J.D. '13, has been accepted to a post-doctoral research program at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná in Curitiba, Brazil. He will work for three months on a research project, titled, "Combating Corruption Instruments in Egyptian Law, Brazilian Law, and Islamic Law." He will work with two other professors, looking at new legal techniques or statutes based on a comparative explanation with collaboration and coordination between Brazilian law, Egyptian law, and Islamic law rules regarding the governments means to eliminate or to fight against corruption.
Professor 'Arafa is currently teaching at various law schools in Brazil as a visiting assistant professor. Among his topics are:
- "Introduction to Islamic and Middle Eastern Law: Understanding Contemporary Issues" at the University of Brasília School of Law, and the University Center of Brasília
- "Human Rights in a Plural World: Comparative Middle Eastern and Islamic Perspectives” and "Minorities Rights in Islamic Law" at Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná Law School
- "Family Law and Women's Rights in Islam," "Civil Liberties: Freedom of Expression and Thought in the Middle East," and "Corporate Social Responsibility and the Fight Against Corruption: A New Normative Perspective" at the University Center of Curitiba
- "Islamic Criminal Law and Procedure," "Transitional Justice and Terrorism," and "Freedom of Religion in Islam and the Middle East: An Analysis of the Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court's Jurisprudence" at the Autonomous University Center of Brazil
- "Terrorism and the National Security Interests under Trumps' America: Whither the USA and Islamophobia?" and "Universalism and Relativism of Human Rights: The Debate in Islam" at the Federal University of Piauí School of Law and at Teresina University School of Law
- "Contemporary Foreign Policy in the Middle East: Legal and Political Implications" at Pontifical Catholic University Rio Grande do Sul and at Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos
He recently published "Criminal Complicity, Accomplice Criminal Liability to the Criminal Offences: A Comparative Analysis between the Egyptian Criminal Law System and the Criminal Law System of the United States" at 67 Revistas Jurídicas Síntese Revista de Estudos Criminais (Pontifical Catholic University Criminal Studies Law Journal) (Spring 2018)
Finally, Professor 'Arafa took part in the Global Business Forum entitled "Latin America: Connect – Collaborate – Grow in Dubai" and was a discussant for a panel with the topic, "Islamic Finance/Business Law and The Way Ahead in the Middle East," and was acknowledged as a contributor at The LexisNexis Middle East Author Reception in Dubai.
'Arafa will join the faculty at Cornell Law School in Fall 2018 as a Visiting Scholar and Professor via the Clark Initiative for Law and Development in the Middle East. He will teach the online class "Comparative Middle Eastern Law" as an adjunct professor at IU McKinney during Summer 2018. He is an assistant professor of criminal law and criminal justice at Alexandria University Faculty of Law in Egypt (on sabbatical).
