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Noha Aboueldahab
Georgetown University Qatar
Occupation
Researcher
Contact
Northwestern University M/S1801Q
2020 Ridge Avenue
Evanston IL 60208
United States
ABOUT
Noha Aboueldahab is Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Doha Center, where she researches transitional justice in the Arab region. Her book, Transitional Justice and the Prosecution of Political Leaders in the Arab Region: A comparative study of Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Yemen (Hart: 2017), challenges mainstream transitional justice practice and scholarship using original material from almost 50 in-depth interviews she conducted in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Yemen between 2011 and 2017. She has worked for several UN agencies and NGOs in New York, Lebanon and Qatar. Aboueldahab holds a PhD from Durham Law School. She has been interviewed by various media outlets, including Al Jazeera, BBC, Bloomberg, CNN, MSNBC, Sky News, and the Washington Post.
Discipline
Law
Sub Areas
Human Rights
Middle East/Near East Studies
Comparative
Arab Studies
Conflict Resolution
Geographic Areas of Interest
Egypt
Tunisia
All Middle East
Libya
Yemen
Specialties
The Prosecution Of Political Leaders Arab Region
Transitional Justice
International Criminal Justice
Languages
Arabic (native)
English (native)
French (advanced)
Education
PhD | 2015 | Law | Durham Law School
MA | 2006 | Law and Social Science | SOAS, University of London
BA | 2003 | International Relations & Peace and Conflict Studi | University of Toronto & Sciences Po Paris
Abstracts
The Use and Abuse of Criminal Prosecutions: How the Arab Spring is shaping transitional justice