Mariana Croft de Moura has worked in London as well as Cairo and Luxor in Egypt as Project Coordinator for FUNTASIA Education, a non-profit organisation promoting education and social development. At the Hertie School, Mariana focused her studies on conflict analysis and the practice of negotiation and mediation in international conflict situations. During her semester abroad at the American University in Cairo, she specialised in contemporary security issues in the Middle East and international refugee law. Her current research lies at the intersection of humanitarian negotiations, international humanitarian law and the impact of counterterrorism legislation on humanitarian access. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts from Universidade de Lisboa and has been studying Arabic since 2017.
Master's thesis title:
Negotiating Humanitarian access in conflict zones: The cases of Syria and Yeme
