Sherif Mansour

Sherif Mansour is an Egyptian-American democracy and human rights advocate. Most recently, he served as Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists. Before joining CPJ, he worked with Freedom House, in Washington, D.C., where he managed advocacy training for activists from the Middle East and North Africa. In 2010, Mansour co-founded the Egyptian Association for Change, a Washington-based nonprofit group that mobilizes Egyptians in the US to support democracy and human rights in Egypt. He has monitored the Egyptian elections for the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies and has worked as a freelance journalist. In 2004, he was honored by the Al-Kalema Center for Human Rights for his work in defending freedom of expression in Egypt. His writings have been published in the Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsweek, LA Times, Foreign Policy, among others and he has appeared live on multiple television outlets, including CNN, BBC, France 24, and Al Jazeera English. Mansour has been recognized for his work by the Diplomatic Courier as a top foreign policy professional and was awarded a Tufts Alumni Award for his human rights work. He has a master’s in international relations from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, and a bachelor’s in education from Cairo’s Al-Azhar University. He speaks Arabic fluently.