Lamya Marafi - NextBillion

Lamya Marafi
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Lamya graduated with honors majoring in Middle East Studies from The American University in Cairo. Lamya was an active student in university, receiving the Student Leaders for Service fellowship during her senior year, where she worked in a team to establish Advocates for Civic Engagement (ACE) — a youth leadership program fostering social responsibility and creating an empowered volunteer community of students. She was also one of the student organizers to Queen Rania of Jordan significant speech at university on philanthropy and youth civic engagement in the Arab world.

Apart from university, was a facilitator at Soliya, a non-profit organization that empowers young adults to bridge the divide between the “West” and the “Arab & Muslim World” through videoconferencing.

Lamya was recently in Poland for a development and educational internship in the Podkarpackie province, conducting workshops in high schools on cultural diversity, religious tolerance, entrepreneurship, and leadership. She was accepted as a facilitator to the 23rd International Youth Leadership Conference in Prague, one of the world’s top youth leadership conferences, and aspires to become a global leader, pursuing a career in communications and development.

Articles by Lamya Marafi

Friday
March 9
2012

Lamya Marafi

In Egypt, Nebny’s Blueprint for Job Skills, Community Hope

In post-revolution Egypt, one group of young Egyptians, decided to rebuild Egypt through a different sort of NGO. Their vision was to create a youth-centered community development foundation the dual goals of building a sustainable economy, while simultaneously cultivate a sense of national identity and belonging: The Nebny Foundation.

Categories
Education

Tags
poverty alleviation, skill development
Friday
November 18
2011

Lamya Marafi

Building an Egypt@Work, a Focus on Skills and Entrepreneurship

NGO Nahdet El Mahrousa and The International Youth Foundation (IYF), in partnership with MasterCard Foundation, recently launched Egypt@Work ? a program focusing on eliminating youth unemployment and promoting entrepreneurship in Egypt. Egypt@Work is collaborating with local NGOs, donors and the private sector to provide training and workshops.

Categories
Entrepreneurship

Tags
entrepreneurship, jobs
Thursday
September 15
2011

Lamya Marafi

Building Enterprises, Sustaining Optimism: Revolution 2.0 in Post Mubarak-Egypt

Almost nine months after the revolution, mistrust against civil society and foreign investment remains high, while bureaucracy continues to slow the emergence of new ventures. Clearly, social entrepreneurship needs its own 2.0 revolution to overcome many obstacles in the post-Mubarak Egypt.

Categories
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