Associate Professor of African politics at Cairo University- Faculty of African post-graduate Studies. She holds a PhD in African Studies from the University of Edinburgh- UK. In addition to teaching African Politics at Cairo University, she also taught at the Center of African Studies at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. Her research interests focus on peace and conflict in Africa, peace processes and post-conflict politics in Africa. She contributed articles and book chapters in peer reviewed journals and edited books. Rania is a member of the editorial board of the African Journal on Terrorism issued by the African Union Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism.