Medhat Maher is the Director of the Center for Civilization Studies and Research in Cairo, Egypt. She holds a Master’s degree from Cairo University with a thesis titled “The Reality of Jurisprudence in the Political Heritage of Islam: Jurisprudential, Philosophical and Social Models.” Her doctoral thesis was titled “The Equation of Power, Interest, Ethics and Law in International Politics: Theory and Practice from Comparative Paradigms.” Dr. Maher is the author of numerous academic publications that relate her political and Sharia academic background to the pressing issues of the Muslim Ummah.