آلاء بدر

Alaa BADR is an MA candidate in Political theory at SciencesPo Paris University where she is researching Self-Criticism in Arab Political thought. She received her B.A. in Political Science with a regional focus on the Middle East from SciencesPo Paris, Menton Campus, in 2015. She spent a year at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London studying Islamic philosophy and Qur’anic translation. Throughout her studies, she has carried out different research projects including immigration in Berlin, Post-Communist space in Prague & Theatre scene in Athens. In this sense, she is a firm believer in the importance of intercultural understanding and in dialogue as a way of communication that’s why she helped co-found YAUMEA (Youth, Art & Unity in the MENA region); an association which promotes voices of the youth, often unheard, through a series of dialogues, research and art projects.