June 10, 2024 Supporting International Advocacy to Advance the Legal Rights of Women

The Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World submits joint report on women's legal equality in Kuwait.

formal portrait photo of Lorenz Dante in dark gray suit and link pink tie

June 06, 2024 , Announcing the 2024 Dean’s Writing Prize Recipient

Lorenz Dantes awarded Harvard Law School's 2024 Writing Prize of the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World

March 21, 2024 , Prospects and Obstacles of Strategic Human Rights Litigation Globally: A Spotlight on Egypt

Egyptian legal historian Nader Andrawos and Omar Abdel-Ghaffar, 'JD 25, joined us recently for a discussion on strategic litigation in Egyptian courts. The discussion focused on experiences and discourses of human rights court advocacy within a highly circumscribed and volatile political context.

Nujeen Mustafa reading from her book.

November 20, 2023 From War to Freedom in a Wheelchair: A Syrian Refugee’s Story of Survival

On October 24, 2023, Nujeen spoke about her memoir at Harvard Law School. Nujeen’s book talk humanized the war in Syria and highlighted the importance of viewing human rights through an intersectional lens.