Mohamed Farahat

Biography

Mr. Mohamed Farahat is an Egyptian lawyer admitted before the Egyptian Courts of Appeal and Administrative Judiciary. Mr. Farahat is Member of UNCSTD Working Group on Data Governance, Freedom Online Coalition Advisory Network (FOC-AN). He is a Member of UNESCO’s AI Ethics Experts Without Borders (AIEB) network, and Member of UNESCO’s Global Network of Experts on AI and the Rule of Law. Furthermore, he is a member of the Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) of the African Internet Governance Forum (AFIGF), a board member of the African Digital Rights Network and a board member of the Innovation for Change Network in the Middle East and North Africa. He was member of the United Nations High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence (HLAB). In addition to that he was the led expert/ consultant with UNESCO- Cairo office to prepare the Egypt’s report on the AI readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM Report). Mr. Farahat was member and Vice Chair of the Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Group of the Internet Governance Forum in North Africa (NAIGF.

Mr. Mohamed Farahat holds a Bachelor of Law, a Postgraduate Diploma in International Law, Postgraduate Diploma in Civil Society and Human Rights, a Postgraduate Diploma in Parliamentary Studies, a Postgraduate Diploma in interdisciplinary Philosophical Studies, Postgraduate Diploma in International Negotiations, Postgraduate Diploma in African Studies, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Migration and Refugee Studies.