Shrouk El-Attar
Egyptian LGBTQI activist and design engineer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shrouk El-Attar (Arabic: شروق العطار) is an electronics design engineer who was born in Egypt and has been living in the United Kingdom as a refugee since 2007. She is an activist for refugee rights in the UK, and for LGBT rights in her native Egypt.[1]
Shrouk El-Attar | |
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Born | 1991 or 1992 (age 31–32) Alexandria, Egypt |
Citizenship | Egypt |
Education | Cathays High School |
Alma mater | Cardiff University |
Occupation(s) | Engineer, Belly Dancer, LGBT rights activist |
El-Attar performs as a belly dancer in an act called "Dancing Queer", to raise funds for legal defense fees for LGBT people in Egypt, and to help with relocation for those persecuted and at risk because of their gender or sexuality.[2]
El-Attar was one of the women chosen by the BBC in 2018 as one of the 100 Most Influential Women in the World,[3] and was selected by the Institution of Engineering and Technology as a 2021 Young Woman Engineer of the Year.[4]