Mina Ibrahim

Dr. Mina Ibrahim is a Researcher at the Center for Conflict Research (ZfK) at Philipps University of Marburg, Germany. She is also the founder and director of Shubra’s Archive for Research & Development (SARD) in Cairo, Egypt, and serves as a project manager for the MENA Prison Forum and Institute for Foreign Relations (IFA) in Lebanon and Germany.

• PhD in Cultural Studies & Social Sciences (2022, Summa Cum Laude), Justus Liebig University & GCSC Giessen
• Master of Arts (2015, Cum Laude), Central European University (CEU), Hungary
• Bachelor of Arts (2014, Highest Honours), American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt

Her research explores minority dynamics, prison studies, urban sociology, and archives of conflict in the Middle East. Recent publications focus on Coptic Christian identity, sectarianism, and post-revolutionary Egypt. She has received prestigious fellowships from the DFG, Arab Council for Social Sciences, and Carnegie Endowment.

Dr. Ibrahim supervises graduate students and teaches courses on prison systems, ethnography, and Middle Eastern cultural studies. Her fieldwork bridges Germany, Egypt, and Lebanon, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to power, memory, and urban marginalization.