Maha Bali

Egypt

Maha Bali is an open, connected educator whose work focuses on socially just care. She is a Professor of Practice at the Center for Learning and Teaching at the American University in Cairo. She has a PhD in Education from the University of Sheffield, UK. She is co-founder of virtuallyconnecting.org (a grassroots movement that challenges academic gatekeeping at conferences) and co-facilitator of Equity Unbound (an equity-focused, open, connected intercultural learning curriculum, which has also branched into academic community activities Continuity with Care, Socially Just Academia, a collaboration with OneHE: Community-building Resources and MYFest, an innovative 3-month professional learning journey. She writes and speaks frequently about social justice, critical pedagogy, and open and online education. She blogs regularly at her personal website and tweets @bali_maha. She is one of the LSE (London School of Economics) Higher Education blog fellows, 2024.

OEAwards Recognition

• Recipient of the Educator Award, 2023 Open Education Awards for Excellence from Open Education Global