Farah Afify

farah afify

Farah Afify is a first-generation immigrant born in Egypt and raised in and near Detroit, Michigan. At Harvard, she concentrated in Social Studies with a secondary in Ethnicity, Migration, and Rights, using her studies to examine questions in and work toward institutionalizing critical Muslim-American studies at Harvard. Farah graduated summa cum laude, and was elected class marshal of Phi Beta Kappa in her junior spring. Her senior thesis, an analysis of Islamic thought among members of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s and 1970s, received numerous departmental and university awards, including the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize for excellence in research and writing. Outside of class, Farah worked toward envisioning social change and community power. In addition to serving as President of the Phillips Brooks House Association, she joined numerous advocacy campaigns for labor and immigrant rights and spent three summers teaching and mentoring Black and brown youth in Boston as a part of the Summer Urban Program. At the University of Cambridge, Farah will pursue an MPhil in Classical Islamic History and Culture as the John Eliot Scholar at Jesus College. While there, she will continue thinking about social justice, particularly as it intersects with her Muslim faith, both in class and outside.