Manar Omar received her PhD and MA from the University of Cairo. She studied German, English and Arabic literature and culture as well as Philosophy and History in Cairo, Gießen and Tübingen. Focusing on late 20th to contemporary German and Arab literature and culture, her research interests include cross-cultural issues (cultural and socio-political similarities and relations between text and contemporary history). Her scholarship and teaching examine German and Arab literature from a variety of cultural and national contexts, often from a comparative perspective. Manar Omar has been teaching in the INEMA program since its beginning in 2011. She is also responsible for the enrollment procedure of the INEMA students.