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"The knwoledge I acquired at FEPS empowered my

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professional experience with depth and a sense of

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with her parents; she believes that she wouldn't be able to We had to seize the opportunity to discuss with Dr. Mona
achieve it all it weren't for them, Her husband is also another about working as the chairman of the Competition
family member that she is entirely grateful for their constant Protection Authority, thus, we asked her what are the
support, explaining that he motivated her during the toughest main challenges to achieving acceptable competition
times, for instance, whilst completing her masters and PHD. in the Egyptian market? In the beginning, she clarified
His siblings and children played a huge role in shaping her the overlap between her academic and professional life
into the icon she is today, with their constant support. was useful in achieving what she wanted, highlighting o
On the other hand, when it comes to college connections, she working in the Authority for Competition Protection and
regarded each and everybody around her as a bless in disguise, Antitrust Practices as a a very important, more of turning
sent from God. During each academic stage, she had people point on her career. She was then appointed as the
that took her and and guided her, facilitating the complex chairman of the Board of Directors for the period between
steps along her way; this was through the provided advices 2012, up until 2018. During this period she implemented
and opportunities from her professors and colleagues, or all the economic approaches she had studied, and she
simply through listening and learning from their experiences. faced numerous challenges. According to Dr. Mona, the
On the top of her head, she mentioned Dr. Alia Al-Mahdi, Dr. most unforgettable challenge was that of the introduction
Heba Nassar, Dr. Samiha Fawzy, Dr. Laila Al-Khawaja, as of the newly developed law of Competition Protection
those to whom she really appreciates their efforts with her and Authority; Dr. Mona and her team has worked hard on
owes them the utmost respect. raising awareness round competition protection, and they
still have a long way ahead of them.
Following up, when asked about the difference between This experience also allowed her to apply what she
switching from a student's seat to a professor's seat and its studied in economics on ground, as well as learning
effect on a personal level, Dr Mona explained that the main about the Egyptian market and its competition
difference lies within the accumulated experience gained in mechanisms, and create some e- corrections and
the field. She also believes that the a professor must always adjustments related to the status of competition protection
specify what he aims to reach and be, in order to build a frim in the market, and it allowed her to study any market and
personality according to it; and thus, a strong personality obtain and examine any data, alongside integrating
backed up with floods of knowledge, will combine in creating academic and professional aspects and transferring them
an icon in the field, and that is what any professor should to all parties in the market and in business and in social
work towards; a decent and remarkable autobiography. communication.

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