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Mohamed Farahat is an Egyptian based legal practitioner, trainer, political, and legal researcher. Mr. Farahat is a member of bord of directors - Innovation for Change Middle East and North Africa MENA Hub, Management Advisory Group (MAG) vice chairman and member at North Africa Internet Governance (NAIGF), member of African Digital Rights Network (ADRN), North Africa Representative at E-Governance and Internet Governance Foundation for Africa (EGIGFA), and African ICT Foundation’s Focal Point Representative for Egypt. He was a member of the steering committee of Internet Rights and Principles Coalition (IRPC). Mr. Farahat was guest speaker, organizer, and attendee of about 30 conferences and workshops on national, regional and global level that covered topics related to digital rights, refugees’ issues and statelessness. He was research fellow and later as digital rights consultant with International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA). Mr. Farahat was Researcher and Analyst, collaborative research project- and co-author in report on internet law surveillance in Africa -The Institute of Development Studies (IDS)- at the University of Sussex Digital Rights Landscape Reports, research leader with African Digital Rights Hub (ADRH) in project about data protection in Africa, and Co-author with Paradigm Initiative about digital rights report in Africa. Academically, Mr. Farahat holds a degree in Law from Cairo University and several post-graduate diplomas in international law, Human Rights and civil society, International Negotiation, African Studies-politics division, Parliamentary Studies. Currently, he is a master’s degree researcher in African Studies and MA student –Migration and refugees’ studies –American university in Cairo-AUC.