Mohammad AbuFarda

Mohammad obtained a bachelor’s degree in 2018, and he is a writer! Trained as an engineer, but later on he chose to be an author and activist for human rights, women’s rights, and society support. He has had 4 years of volunteering with many organizations and he is really interested in human rights. Mohammad is an optimistic and detail-oriented person, adores books, and currently has a project. The project revolves around a new philosophy for the human mind based on humanism, religion, anthropology, written history, physics, politics, love, peace, social issues, and communication between genders. It is a new mental search that provides answers for human beings to find newer and better ways that might help us understand ourselves. Mohammad is very excited to share these thoughts!

“The Lazord Fellowship is a huge turning point in my life. It’s a good opportunity to get in touch with the real community and add value to keep it growing.”

Hadeel Alqatamin

Hadeel supports the WANA Institute as the Arabic media assistant and sustainable development research assistant. Hadeel is interested in increasing the amount of online scientific content in Arabic. She has written and proofread articles for various Arabic websites, such as Mawdoo3, where she worked for over a year. She holds a master’s degree in architecture from the University of Jordan, where she also worked as a teaching assistant. Hadeel seeks to expand her knowledge in terms of civil and sustainable development, in which she believes that scientific research based on evidence is a key solution.

Aya Al Khazale

Aya has a B.Sc. in civil engineering from the University of Jordan. She has always loved being a part of the volunteer community. During college, she followed her passion for volunteering by participating in student committees, the student union, and any other volunteer-related activities. Her experience at the University of Jordan allowed her to become the successful engineer that she had always hope to be. Her dream is to become a positive changemaker in her community. When she learned about the Lazord Fellowship, she found that it was the opportunity that she was seeking to help her refine her skills, pursue her ambitions, and achieve her goals.

Adeeba Badran

Adeeba recently graduated with a degree in counseling psychology. As someone who enjoys working with people and creating safe spaces, she is deeply passionate about this field. She is a volunteer caseworker at Questscope and works with a program that focuses on child protection in Jordan. She is also a facilitator and trainer in the field of human development, having facilitated workshops on several topics including community youth empowerment, the art of dialog, and communication skills. As a Lazord Fellow, she was placed at Generations for Peace, where she is coordinating special projects related to gender mainstreaming and the role of sports in peace-building. In her free time, she enjoys volunteering, experimenting with recipes, and writing in her journal.

Abdel Rahman Alzubaidi

Architect by education and agritech entrepreneur by passion, PMP Certified, holding MBA from BSN with over 8 years of experience in entrepreneurship, innovation, MSMEs coaching and Project Management. Founded Ivvest in 2020, with aim at solving the problem of food security and sustainability in MENA region by leveraging in-house developed advanced indoor farming technology. Ivvest offers an innovative, scalable solution that promotes efficient, profitable, sustainable agriculture, and provides an attractive investment opportunity for individuals while eliminating operational risks in the horticulture.

Salma Karem

Salma has a bachelor’s degree in political science, and has a passion for making a positive impact on people’s lives, especially those who are in vulnerable situations or living on the margins of their societies. This is why she focuses mainly on refugee empowerment and providing access to quality education for all.

Her passion for civic engagement and education drove her to participate in many activities during her college years, including being a student union member and leading a team to design a mini-curriculum for a series of workshops that targeted first year university students, aiming to engage them with their new environment in college. After graduation, she joined the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to work on their educational projects funded by UNHCR to help refugee children have access to education in Egypt, and was highly involved with their projects regarding child protection.

Through the Lazord Fellowship, Salma was placed at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. She is working on their Employment Promotion Project, where she is continuing her passion in creating opportunities by helping technical and vocational graduates access the labor market.

Reem Gouda

Reem is a clinical pharmacist who graduated from Tanta University. She is passionate about volunteering and changing the community. She has been working in awareness and providing medical information to people since she started college. Through all of her experiences she has proven to herself that helping people and trying to find solutions to their problems is her first priority. Reem attended the World Health Assembly in Geneva in May 2017 and from this point on she knew that she wanted to be a part of actions towards achieving healthy lives and promoting wellness for all at all ages. She has been searching for opportunities since graduation, trying to learn and engage herself more in public health fields, especially in health prevention and promotion, as these are keys towards achieving better health for all people.

Omar Mostafa

Omar is a Lazord Fellow who was placed at Yomken.com as a program coordinator. He is a veterinarian and hopes to initiate his own social enterprise in the veterinary field to further develop this sector. The aim of this enterprise would be to deal with societal and technical challenges in the daily lives of veterinarians that hinder the development of veterinary medicine, which in result has a negative effect on animal health in Egypt.

Omar has always been interested in civic engagement represented in NGOs and organizations that have a real impact on the society. In 2018 he founded the first community for Egyptian veterinary students through the International Veterinary Student Association in Upper Egypt. His interest in entrepreneurship led him to be a part of the Hult Prize as an organization community coordinator in 2017.

Noha Negm

After earning her master’s degree in political science from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Noha came back home aspiring to enrich the fields of civic education and social integration. She started her career as an assistant lecturer at Cairo University’s department of political science while volunteering for refugee educational projects funded by UNICEF and UNHCR. As her ambitions grew stronger and her passions became more diverse, she saw that the Lazord Fellowship was an exceptional-just-in-time opportunity to explore civic engagement on a deeper level, while engaging with a remarkable community with whom she can share her ambitions and from whom she will definitely learn a great deal.

Through Lazord, Noha was able to land herself a position as Venture Research Assistant at Ashoka Arab World (AAW). At AAW, she is learning about and engaging with real changemakers in the Arab world on a daily basis. She considers this to be her first concrete step towards being a true changemaker herself.

Mohamed Basher

Mohamed is a training specialist with five years of experience, having been a trainer and cultural manager in many countries like Germany, Jordan, Tunisia and Egypt. Due to his multicultural working and living experiences he has high intercultural sensitivity that he is able to apply to his work. He has extensive experience in education and the development field with national and international NGOs, with particular emphases on organizational development, building leadership models, educational startups, business/corporate development and capacity building. He constantly aspires to be part of a community that aims to develop sustainable solutions. Through civic leadership his experience has enabled him to operate social projects, empower local communities, and implement resourceful solutions for a more inclusive community. Over the past four years he has participated in many programs aiming to achieve sustainable development in Egypt through educational, environmental, and social development aspects.