Shrouk El-Attar | |
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| Born | 1991 or 1992 (age 32–33) Alexandria, Egypt |
| Citizenship | Egypt |
| Education | Cathays High School |
| Alma mater | Cardiff University |
| Occupation(s) | Engineer, Belly Dancer, LGBT rights activist |
Shrouk El-Attar (Arabic: شروق العطار) is an electronics engineering consultant and a PCB design expert who was born in Egypt and has been living in the United Kingdom as a refugee since 2007. She is an activist for refugee rights in the UK, and for LGBT rights in her native Egypt.[1]
El-Attar performs as a belly dancer in an act called "Dancing Queer[2]", to raise funds for legal defense fees for LGBT people in Egypt, and to help with relocation for those persecuted and at risk because of their gender or sexuality.[3]
El-Attar was one of the women chosen by the BBC in 2018 as one of the 100 Most Influential Women in the World,[4] and was selected by the Institution of Engineering and Technology as a 2021 Young Woman Engineer of the Year.[5] In 2024, she was recognized as one of the Top 5 Electronics Engineering Entrepreneurs in the UK[6] by Electronics Weekly magazine and one of the Top 24 British Role Models in Science, Technology, Mathematics, and Engineering (STEM).[7]