PAST EVENT

Youth Civic Engagement & Diversity through Social Entrepreneurship in Egypt

BIG EVENT
Series: Dubai Initiative Seminar
Open to the Public - Starr Auditorium
http://www.dubaiinitiative.org
November 30, 2009
4:00 p.m.-5:30 a.m.

Related Project: Dubai Initiative

Description:

Ehaab will speak about the prospects for social entrepreneurship in the Region based on his experience over the past 16 years as co-founder of several civil society organizations in Egypt and the Middle East.  A singer-songwriter and co-founder of the Ana Masry band which aims to promote tolerance and diversity in Egypt, he will also share insights on music as a tool to promote interfaith dialogue.

Ehaab currently serves as Advisor for the Wolfensohn Center for Development's Middle East Youth Initiative at Brookings, leading its social entrepreneurship agenda.  Ehaab is the co-founder of the Fat'het Kheir NGO, Nahdet El Mahrousa NGO--the first incubator of innovative social enterprises in the Middle East--as well as the the first president of the Federation of Egyptian Youth NGOs.

Contact:

The Dubai Initiative
Kennedy School of Gov't
79 JFK Street, Box 134
Cambridge, MA 02139
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Email: dubai_initiative@ksg.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-496-3694
Url: http://www.dubaiinitiative.org