Marina Hesham is an Assistant Lecturer of Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. She holds a B.A. in Economics from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University and an M.A. in Economics from the University of Paris-1 Panthéon Sorbonne. She is currently doing her PhD in both Cairo University and University of Paris-1 Panthéon Sorbonne. Her research interests include gender economics, microeconomics, and micro-econometrics.