Mona Zulficar
Egyptian lawyer and human rights activist
Mona Salah El-Din Zulficar is an Egyptian lawyer and human rights activist. She was included in the Forbes 2025 list of the "100 most powerful businesswomen in the Arab region".2
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About
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, 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 of the country.
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Companies
- EFG HoldingChair10
Early life and education
- Date not recordedCairo University3
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.
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Career
Occupation: human rights defender, politician, businessperson, lawyer.6
- Since 2004Chairperson, EFG Holding4
- Date not recordedChair, EFG Holding5
Personal life
Zulficar is married and has one daughter, Dr. Ingy Badawy; a lawyer.
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- 1WikidataMona Zulficar on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaMona Zulficar on Wikipedia
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- 10WikidataEFG Holding, Chair
- 11Wikimedia CommonsMona Zulficar photo by القناة الأولى المصرية, CC BY 3.0