Marwa Mamdouh-Salem

Over the course of a distinguished career spanning more than twenty years, Salem is a diplomat, university professor, and political researcher focusing on politics of sub-Saharan Africa and Eastern Europe. Lived, worked and studied in a multicultural environment in the Middle East, Africa & Europe.
Obtained a PhD from SOAS on Egypt's Africa Policies. At present, Salem is Adjunct Professor at the American University in Cairo.
She taught multiple IR courses at Future University in Egypt, and lectured at the AUC, Cairo University, African Journalists' Union et cetera. Participated in several international academic conferences presenting papers on multidisciplinary topics (e.g., Finnish Political Science Association, Russian Academy of Science, Europaeum University of Oxford, Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Academy, University of Ghana). Acted as consultant, member of steering committee and organizer of different international platforms (e.g., African Anti-Corruption Forum Cairo 2019/ High Level Reflection Group on Democratic Governance Johannesburg 2019).
Passionate about literature, Salem also translates books with the National Center for Translation, writes articles recording her thoughts, memoires and travels (e.g., Djibouti: Land of Minarets, Qat and Freedoms/ Memoires of a Lady Diplomat in the Horn of Africa/ 7 Days in the Kingdom of Siam/ This is my Leila).