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Sarah El-Rashidi graduated from Cambridge University with a Masters in International Relations, which encompassed a thesis focused on the Muslim Brotherhood. El-Rashidi is a human rights activist and founder of an NGO. Her first professional post was at the UN’s World Health Organization in Cairo. She began her journalistic career in 2011, appearing on TV and radio, directing and producing documentaries and publishing a portfolio of articles and photographs. Sarah is now pursuing her PhD at Oxford University.
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![Nour party spokesman Nader Bakkar (L), chats with a party member next to Younes Makhyoun (R), the head of the party, during a news conference about constitution in Cairo December 5, 2013. The Islamist party that backed the army's ouster of President Mohamed Mursi urged Egyptians to vote in favor of a new constitution in an upcoming referendum, saying that would spare the country more turmoil. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION) - RTX164ZM](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/05/RTX164ZM.jpg/RTX164ZM.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=kmStJ4-Y)
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![A woman casts her vote during the second round of parliamentary run-off elections at Shubra in El-Kalubia, on the outskirts of Cairo January 10, 2012. Islamists aimed to cement control over Egypt's lower house of parliament as a final phase of voting began on Tuesday, while a secular party's plan to boycott elections for the upper chamber threatened to weaken the liberal bloc. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR2W3HV](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/04/RTR2W3HV.jpg/RTR2W3HV.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=M-SFLmvB)
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