Dr. Monica Hanna is Dean at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport in Alexandria, and a world-renowned Egyptologist. She set up the Egypt Heritage Taskforce in the wake of the Arab Spring, and was recognised in 2014 for her work by SAFE (Saving Antiquities For Everyone). In 2020 she was part of a group opposing the relocation of sphinxes by the Egyptian authorities to Tahrir Square. More recently she continues to speak out against 'colonialist cosplay' in Egypt.