The founder of Nazra for Feminist Studies, she took part in the protests of the Egyptian revolution of 2011 and worked to help those who were sexually assaulted at the time.
She is currently subject to a travel ban and asset freeze by the Egyptian government for allegedly violating foreign funding laws.
[2] Hassan founded Nazra for Feminist Studies, a women's rights organization, in 2007 and serves as its executive director.
Nazra took an active part in the protests at Tahrir Square during the Egyptian revolution of 2011 and helped to provide a coordinated response to the sexual assaults that occurred there.
[1] Hassan received the Global Fund for Women’s inaugural Charlotte Bunch Human Rights Award in 2013.
She received a summons from Egyptian police whilst speaking at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New York City in March 2016.
[3] She was charged under a law banning the supply of foreign funding or aid (of any kind) to Egyptian non-governmental organisations and faces a life sentence.