Mona Abaza

Mona Abaza was a Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, and Egyptology at the American University in Cairo.

Abaza received her B.A in Political Science from the American University in Cairo, Egypt (1982), her M.A in Sociology from the University of Durham, UK (1986) and her Ph.D from the University of Bielefeld (1990). She was a visiting Professor of Islamology in the Department of Theology at Lund University. Abaza is the former Chair of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Egyptology and Psychology at the American University in Cairo (2007-2009).