Ragia Omran

[1][2][3][4][5][6] Ragia Omran is an Egyptian lawyer with almost twenty years of experience working on banking and financial transactions.

She is a founding member of the "Front to Defend Egypt’s Protesters" and of "No to Military Trials for Civilians", two groups that provide pro bono legal aid and support for families of detainees.

She was also a long-time volunteer at the Hisham Mubarak Law Center, which provides free legal aid for victims of torture and arbitrary detention.

In addition to her work as a corporate and human rights lawyer, Ragia Omran is an active member of several Egyptian civil society organisations.

From 2005 to 2008 she served as the chairperson of the New Woman Foundation and she is ,also a member of Shayfeencom, a non-partisan, non-profit organisation focused on election monitoring and transparency.