[1] From a Coptic Wafdist family prominent in Egyptian politics, Mona Makram-Ebeid was inspired and learnt much from her uncle as a child, the politician Makram Ebeid.
[1] She joined the Wafd Party in 1983, but from 1990 to 1995 was appointed by President Mubarak as a member of the People's Assembly of Egypt.
She is an Advisor to the UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, and is a Distinguished Lecturer in the Political Science Department at the American University in Cairo.
She has been a member of the National Council for Human Rights since 2012 and an Advisor to the Minister of Labour and Immigration responsible for Egyptians abroad since 2011.
She was a member of the World Bank’s Council of Advisors for the Middle East & North Africa Region.