Is an interdisciplinary urban planner working at the intersections of cities, media, and technology toward equity and sustainability. She is an assistant professor at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt, and is also affiliated with the Technical university of Munich, and Impact Circles e.V., and the Center for Advanced Internet Studies in Germany, and the University of California, Santa Cruz. Hendawy received her Ph.D. in 2021 from the Faculty of Planning, Building Environment at TU Berlin in Germany, graded summa cum laude. In her dissertation, she explored the mediatization of urban development in Cairo as a local yet global case. In 2015, Hendawy completed an MSc in Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design from Stuttgart University, focusing on urban policies. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Department of Urban Planning and Design, class of 2012. Hendawy is one of the founding members of Cairo Urban AI, a project exploring the potential of using artificial intelligence to develop just and sustainable cities. She was the principal investigator of the Urban AI MOOC, which is part of the African Cities Lab initiative, funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs.
