{"id":256,"date":"2022-06-15T13:49:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T13:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humphreyfellowship.org\/?page_id=256"},"modified":"2025-09-09T10:13:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:13:28","slug":"middle-east-and-north-africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.humphreyfellowship.org\/humphrey-alumni\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East and North Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Nimrod Goren\u2019s think tank, Mitvim, was named one of the top Think Tanks in the Middle East and North Africa by the University of Pennsylvania’s Global Go To Think Tank Index. Mr. Goren established Mitvim 10 years ago to address the need for an Israeli foreign policy think tank with a progressive and pro-peace worldview. Mr. Goren enables two-way channels of policy dialogue with counterparts from Arab and Muslim countries, engaging with media and producing periodical reports, research papers, policy papers, and public opinion polls.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mina Lalaoui Kamal was selected for the 2020 AEIF Award for her project \u201cBolstering Women\u2019s Development in Rural Morocco,\u201d which aimed to provide tools and skills to rural women so they can achieve self-empowerment and greater participation in the political, economic, and civic spaces of their communities. Twenty participants from <\/span>Tamslouht<\/span> and Setti Fadma communes benefited from a weekly literacy program, technical capacity building, and empowerment training to bolster their self-confidence, sense of citizenship, and engagement at all levels of their communities.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dr. Ahmed <\/span>Hassoon<\/span> was recognized for his work leading public health projects spanning 35 countries, specifically helping to rebuild Iraq’s health system. The magazine named Mr. <\/span>Hassoon<\/span> a risk-taker because of his experiences, including his office being bombed and receiving threats for standing with the most vulnerable individuals in society.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dr. Amal <\/span>Alachkar<\/span> focuses on understanding the neurobiology of neurological and psychiatric disorders and identifying effective therapies for disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, depression, schizophrenia, and autism. The IIE Scholar Rescue Fund enabled Dr. <\/span>Alachkar<\/span> to join UC Irvine as a professor, where she helped establish UC Irvine\u2019s first online master\u2019s program in Pharmacology.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Over 50 Humphrey Alumni convened at the Egypt Sustainability Conference, sponsored by the Binational Fulbright Commission in Egypt. The event showcased the contributions and critical value of alumni in addressing Egypt’s national agenda and 2030 vision.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Realizing Full and Inclusive Democracy in Our Hemisphere<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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