Mai El-Sadany

The World

Mai El-Sadany is the Legal and Judicial Director with TIMEP. She has previously worked at the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, among other organizations. Ms. El-Sadany’s published work has covered legal and constitutional issues in Egypt, human rights issues in Syria, transitional justice in the Middle East, and the split between Sudan and South Sudan. She holds a J.D. and certificate in refugees and humanitarian emergencies from the Georgetown University Law Center, and a B.A. in political science from Stanford University.


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Analysis: 9 years after Egypt’s revolution, freedom is still elusive

Global Politics

As the Egyptian government takes steps to consolidate control, Egyptians are still finding ways to resist.