Noha Mosaad

Noha Mosaad has been working and volunteering in civil society for the past 4 years. Her passion for civic engagement motivated her to travel from her hometown to the capital to explore more opportunities and develop her skills to further serve the community.

Eager to learn, she joined a number of student activities and simulation models which enabled her to develop her leadership capacity and to acquire different set of skills including communication and problem solving. After graduation, she was accepted into the Lazord Fellowship Program. The program helped her develop a wide range of technical skills such as project management, proposal writing and team building. It also allowed her to expand her network of professionals and non-profits in the field of development locally and internationally.

As a fellow, she joined the team of Microsoft CRS as a Project Manager where she focused on providing youth with a full eco-system environment. Noha was directly involved in developing a variety of capacity building workshops in different governorates to equip the participants with essential skills they needed to know about the market and its dynamics. That experience added a lot to her skills such as coordination, organization, content development, relationship management, planning, scheduling and following up skills.

Furthermore, she completed an internship at the Gerhart Center for Civic Engagement and Business Responsibility at the American University in Cairo (AUC). There, Noha worked as a Program Assistant for “Community Lab Program” in cooperation with United States Institute of Peace (USIP). Her work focused on promoting dialogue and collective problem solving among youth from different backgrounds, organizing different trainings and group discussions to enable participants to collaboratively and collectively develop solutions to address different community needs.

Ehab Gamal

Ehab is 27 years old, and is currently the youth programs and popular engagement assistant at PlanBørnefonden International Denmark. He has been working in civil society since 2008, and is committed to just social development and inclusive change. He started his career in civil society by co-founding Ruwwad Egypt, where he was the director and project officer for youth empowerment from 2014 to 2017.

In 2012, he received his bachelor’s degree in law from Cairo University. In 2013, he was awarded a diploma in civil society and human rights from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University. He has studied, and been mentored in governance transparency and accountability, community facilitation, and youth leadership, receiving certificates from the Coady International Institute of St. Francis Xavier University in Transparency, Accountability and Governance (2013) and Global Youth Leadership (2016).

In 2013-2014, he was the recipient of the Lazord Fellowship Egypt.

He is a co-founder of the Mesaha Foundation for Community Development and a member of the management board of NGO “Al-Amlany El-Gamila” (Beautiful Wishes) for people with disabilities. Ehab is also a member of the Goethe Institute regional team of trainers for civic education.

Omar Rabie

Omar is a lawyer with a strong background in corporate law and extensive experience in social and business entrepreneurship. He provides legal advice to social enterprises, start-ups, and non-profit organizations.

Omar has a wide range of professional experience in social innovation, entrepreneurship, and is working towards a career in the capacity building of enterprises and start-ups in the MENA region.

Along with Omar’s legal practice, he currently works as an Advisor at GIZ. Prior to that, he has held several other positions: he was an Incubators and Accelerators Advisor at USAID’s Strengthening and Enterprise Development (SEED) project; an Account Manager at Nahdet El Mahrousa (NM), supporting early-stage social enterprises by turning their ideas into operating social businesses; a Program Manager at Ana Masry Foundation; an active member of Green Arm; and lastly, a Communication and Social Mobilization Fellow at UNAIDS Egypt during the Lazord Fellowship.

Omar has a Bachelor of Law and a Master of Science in Europe Mediterranean Studies from Cairo University. He also has a diploma in Social Innovation Management from the UPeace Center for Executive Education in Costa Rica. In April 2016, Omar received a post-graduate certificate in Social Innovation Management from the Amani Institute in Nairobi, Kenya, where he also spent his legal apprenticeship at IKM Advocates, DLA Piper Africa.

Mohamed Jebriel

Mohamed joined the Lazord Fellowship in 2015, right after graduating from college. He was placed at United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). During his year at UNIDO, he worked on two different projects in Upper Egypt in Minya and Luxor. Through the different interventions on the two projects, he was able to learn a lot about human security, green entrepreneurship, technical education, vocational training, agribusiness, and rural development. Shortly after the end of the fellowship, he joined UNIDO as a full-time employee with a focus on green entrepreneurship in Upper Egypt.

Mohamed is passionate about empowering Upper Egypt residents through providing access to knowledge and opportunities for youth, and enhancing the technical education and vocational training for students and graduates. He was able to live out his passion through his social initiative, “Upper Egypt opportunities hub platform,” which is the first non-profit virtual community hub in Egypt for Upper Egypt residents. The hub supports neglected and marginalized communities in the following Egyptian Governorates: Beni Swaif, Fayoum, Luxor, Qena, Aswan, Assiut, Sohag, Red Sea, and New Valley.

His theory of change began when he was a volunteer leader at Masr Ta3mal, an initiative that helps students in career advising and planning; this initiative is supported by Microsoft CSR and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Mohamed is currently an entrepreneurship coordinator at Chemonics Egypt in the eco-industrial department, which specializes in supporting entrepreneurship programs that work with local and international agencies on renewable energy, waste management, agribusiness, and food production. Mohamed received his bachelor’s degree in industrial education from Sohag University, and is currently planning to pursue a master’s degree in green entrepreneurship and livelihood.

Karim Ahmed

Karim is an accomplished data analyst skilled in achieving operational efficiency and increasing impact in not-for-profit organizations. He has competencies in monitoring and evaluation, knowledge management, operation management, people performance, needs assessment, business development, and exceptional planning and implementation capabilities.

Karim’s personal mission is to emphasize the role of civic education in developing the nations’ standards of living.

Ibrahem Hassan

Ibrahem is currently seeking his Masters of Public Administration in Nonprofit Management at the American University in Cairo and completed his undergraduate studies in Economics at Suez Canal University.

Ibrahem is working towards understanding the development field in Egypt through his work in different agencies. He has gained practical experience thanks to the UN, CSR, and local NGOs, and research experience at AUC. He is developing his career in practical research. His scope of work started with youth engagement in Ismailia as an active member in various student activities before graduation. This was then directed to organizational establishments with the UN and local NGOs, and this has developed to the tackling of the gap in evaluation of practices in the development field in Egypt, concerning especially CSR activities.

“My personal aspiration is leaning towards the area between social mobilization research and practice, which I believe will create active, strong, and well-informed citizens.”

Yara Ali Moustafa

Yara joined the Lazord Fellowship in 2011 right after graduating from college. She was placed at INJAZ Egypt, and this is when her story in civil society began. During her year at INJAZ she worked in all of the departments, and was able to learn a lot about entrepreneurship and work readiness education. Shortly after the end of the fellowship, she joined INJAZ as a full-time employee. She started as a field coordinator, then project supervisor, and finally was promoted to become the head of the department of INJAZ schools. In this position, she managed around six different projects in greater Cairo and upper Egypt public schools. She was nominated by her managers to take part in different conferences and training courses. The five years that she spent at INJAZ were full of learning, excitement, exposure, and achievements. Throughout her work at INJAZ, she explored her potential in different sectors and recognized her deep passion for working in the field of youth development. Yara is currently an operations manager at Blooms Egypt, a youth development company. In addition, she is completing her master’s degree in public administration at the American University in Cairo.

Reem Khedr

Reem Khedr is a Jameel fellow pursuing an MPA with a concentration in management of development and nonprofit organizations. Reem is currently working as a program officer at Tomorrow’s Leaders Scholarship Program at the American University in Cairo (AUC). She was a LEAD student who graduated from AUC in December 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, minoring in sociology. She was a Lazord Fellow with the John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement in 2012-2013 where she worked with street children at NHASD. Reem has accumulated seven years of experience with nonprofit organizations, including the Goethe-Institut and Save the Children. In the field of cultural management, she has coordinated Access to Arts Program at Mahatat for contemporary art for 3 years, and has been part of the 2017 MENA cultural academy offered by the Goethe-Institut in Berlin. Reem is also a member of the Cultural Innovators Network, a cross-sectoral and cross-cultural network of young activists from countries north and south of the Mediterranean. She has a special interest in artistic curation, cultural management and translation. Reem would like to teach at AUC someday and is dreaming of kickstarting a cultural/artistic community center in Damietta, her hometown.

Alhassan Ahmed

Proud Lazord Fellowship alumnus, Alhassan Ahmed kicked off his journey with Lazord working in the entrepreneurship sector with RiseUp Egypt during the program eight years ago. The fellowship proved transformative, equipping him with invaluable skills and amplifying his network. Following this enriching experience, he embarked on a journey with various prominent INGOs, including Save the Children, Jon Snow Inc, and ultimately UNFPA. Throughout the tenure, he has been steadfast in his commitment to driving positive change and empowering communities. He brings to the table a wealth of expertise and a passion for social impact, making significant strides in the realms of humanitarian aid and development. With a heart dedicated to service and a mind geared towards innovation, he continues to leave a lasting legacy in development field.

Samar Saad Abdelrahman

Samar Abdelrahman is currently working as a Campaign Manager with Save the Children Egypt and finalizing a Master’s Degree thesis in Globalization and Development Studies from Maastricht University in the Netherlands. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in International Law and Political Economy from the American University in Cairo. She has more than 5 years’ experience as an aid worker, during which she worked with various international organizations in Egypt and abroad.

“In a world controlled by corporations and financial interests, I believe I am working the job of my dream; I am working in a job that is highly associated with my values and the things that I have faith in. Without being totally utopian about humanitarian work, it is, to a far extent, a work that offers actual help to unprivileged people. Yes, humanitarian work saves thousands of lives every day. We remember the people who are forgotten or abused by their governments and/or the world. I can see closely the changes that I am help making for those people in need and what other that can be more satisfactory in a job. And this is exactly what makes my work not just a job, but my lifestyle, passion, and commitment.”