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August 30, 2012

Awaiting trial in Egypt, former summer fellow reflects on how promoting democracy made her a criminal

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In an interview with Stanford’s Office of International Affairs, Nancy Okail, the head of U.S.-based Freedom House's office in Cairo, shares how her participation in the 2005 Draper Hills Summer Fellowship program has benefited her well beyond her time at Stanford. Okail discusses how her work defending human rights and democracy made her a target of the regime as she awaits trial in Egypt as "defendant No. 34." Read more »