Mona Salah El-Din Zulficar is an Egyptian lawyer and
human rights activist. She was included in the Forbes 2023 list of the "100 most powerful businesswomen in the Arab region".[1][2][3]
She participates in drafting new laws and developing existing laws related to economic legislation; Zulficar is an active advocate for human rights and women, both locally and internationally, and is campaigning for a new family law, to modernize the legal environment in
Egypt, to keep pace with the social changes related to the situation of women, and to provide an open, liberal vision for the future.[4][5][6][7]
Early life
Mona Salah El-Din Zulficar was born in
Abbassia neighborhood of Cairo to the well-off
Zulfikar family. Her father
Salah Zulfikar (1926-1993) who was a police officer at the time, became a famous film actor and producer, and her mother Nafisa Bahgat was a socialite. She had one brother,
Ahmed Zulfikar (1952-2010) who was an engineer and businessman.
Positions held
Founder and chair of the executive committee, Zulfikar & Partners Law firm, 2009 to date.
Partner and chairperson of the Board of Directors - Shalakany Law Firm, 2006–2009.