Priorities Statement
Legislation / Policy Interventions
Focuses on modernizing laws to align with constitutional and international standards, notably contributing to Egypt’s Labour Law reforms. Advocates gender-sensitive policies, strong worker protections, and investment-friendly regulations, while promoting transparent and collaborative parliamentary processes.
Human Rights
Champions gender equality, children’s rights, and humanitarian protection in conflict zones. Rejects collective punishment and displacement, calling for governance reforms, civilian empowerment, and inclusion in post-conflict recovery efforts.
Economy
Advocates economic freedom, reduced state dominance, and stronger private sector competitiveness. Promotes market liberalization, fiscal discipline, and balanced foreign partnerships, linking economic policy to education, healthcare, and poverty reduction.
Foreign Relations
Supports balanced diplomacy and regional stability while safeguarding sovereignty. Prefers mediation over military escalation, counters extremist governance, and takes a cautious approach to global partnerships, integrating humanitarian responsibility and protection of trade routes.
Legislation / Policy Interventions
Senator Mohamed Farid has been actively engaged in modernizing Egypt’s legislative framework to align with constitutional principles, international standards, and evolving societal needs. His contributions to the Labour Law reform reflect his commitment to workplace equality, gender-sensitive policies, and protections for both employees and employers. Farid’s proposals, including expanded paternity leave, emphasize family welfare, while his broader legislative work seeks to strengthen worker rights, regulate strikes, combat child labour, and encourage investment. Through his role in the Senate Human Rights Committee and other legislative bodies, he supports transparent parliamentary processes and cross-party collaboration to address national challenges.
Human Rights
Human rights advocacy is a core pillar of Senator Farid’s work. He champions gender equality, as seen in his efforts to reform nationality laws to allow Egyptian women to pass citizenship to their children, reducing statelessness. His focus extends to protecting women’s and children’s rights, combating forced displacement, and ensuring humanitarian aid reaches vulnerable populations in conflict zones such as Gaza. Farid’s positions reject collective punishment and emphasize empowering civilians as the foundation for peace. He also calls for transparent governance, rule-of-law reforms, and inclusion in post-conflict reconstruction, ensuring human dignity and equality remain central to national and regional policy.
Economy
Senator Farid identifies economic freedom and structural reform as essential for sustainable prosperity in Egypt and the MENA region. He advocates for reducing state dominance in the economy, promoting private sector competitiveness, and enhancing regional trade cooperation. His vision includes fiscal discipline, market liberalization, and governance reforms, backed by targeted social protection policies that empower citizens rather than fostering dependency. Farid warns against overreliance on foreign partners, including China, highlighting the need for balanced economic diplomacy to safeguard national interests. He consistently ties economic policy to broader human development, emphasizing education, healthcare, and poverty reduction.
Foreign Relations
In foreign policy, Senator Farid advocates for balanced diplomacy, regional stability, and safeguarding Egypt’s sovereignty. His stances on conflicts in Sudan, Gaza, and the Red Sea highlight a preference for diplomatic leadership over military escalation, while maintaining readiness to act decisively when national security is threatened. Farid emphasizes Egypt’s role as a mediator in regional disputes, opposition to extremist governance, and rejection of external encroachment on national borders. His perspectives on China’s growing influence