Heba Raouf Ezzat

Heba Raouf Ezzat (born 25 July 1965) is an Egyptian academic, writer and activist.

[2] Currently Raouf teaches political theory at the Alliance of Civilizations Institute, Ibn Haldun University.

She was invited to be an independent visiting scholar at the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU) Georgetown University in Washington in 2012.

She was also part of a movement calling for the release of political detainees ahead of the 2005 presidential elections in Egypt.

[10] Along with other pro-democracy intellectuals and activists, Raouf was forced to leave Egypt in the aftermath of the 2013 coup which led to the return of military rule in the country.