Shrouk El-Attar

Shrouk El-Attar (Arabic: شروق العطار) is an electronics engineering consultant and a PCB design expert who was born in Egypt and has been living in the United Kingdom as a refugee since 2007. She is an activist for refugee rights in the UK, and for LGBT rights in her native Egypt Quotes “It’s OK to be your authentic self. You don’t have to feel like you need to change who you are or fit into a mould to be a successful engineer.” Professional Engineering “As much as I love engineering, the industry has a problem and that is its lack of diversity.” Professional Engineering “Engineering is so creative yet we don’t encourage creative people into engineering, we push them away, telling them they belong in the arts and the arts alone.” Professional Engineering “That idea of what an engineer looks like is really out of date and it needs to change.” NUSTEM “We need to change our language. We need to make it more accessible, we also need to change the default routes into engineering. Why is just the university route considered? Why can’t we take on more apprentices?” NUSTEM “I'm a proud, queer woman, but in my home country people like me are imprisoned.” Engineering and Technology Magazine “That broke me. But I picked myself up and began campaigning for equal access to higher education – I mean, this country needs a lot of engineers – especially ones like me, a bisexual black woman.” Engineering and Technology Magazine “Being an engineer is my superpower.” Professional Engineering “My name is Shrouk El-Attar and I perform this show, Dancing Queer, as a protest against my country’s treatment of LGBT+ people.” Kampnagel DE External Link Category:Living people Category:Anti-war activists Category:Egyptian people