Taher Benany

Taher S. Benany joined the University of Georgia School of Law’s Dean Rusk International Law Center as associate director in 2025. In this role, among other things, he oversees global international training programs as well as plans and implements international law research initiatives, events and conferences. 

Benany came to the School of Law from the Shalakany Law Office in Cairo, Egypt, where he was a partner focusing on public international law, global disputes and government affairs for four years. In an earlier stint with the firm from 2014 to 2019, he was a senior associate focusing on public law, international litigation, compliance and government affairs. He also served as a public international law lecturer at the British University in Egypt and served as a public international law expert for the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation. 

As a legal fellow for the United Nations Human Rights Council for an African state and an international organization, he drafted resolutions and interventions while preparing universal periodic reviews and legal opinions on international human rights instruments. 

He earned his Bachelor of Laws from Cairo University in 2017, graduating in the top 10 percent of his class. He then continued his legal studies as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Oral and Dental Medicine and Surgery from Misr International University in 2010, graduating as the valedictorian of his class and serving as a maxillofacial surgeon at the Munira Public Hospital for nearly one year. 

Benany speaks Arabic, English and French.