Enaam Ali

Member of the local council for the Sharqiya governorate (on the Wafd ticket) in Egypt.

 

OAI courses taken: Create Your Activism Plan workshop and Political & Campaign Skills mentorship with Nancy Bocskor

Vision: "Raising the level of services in the area I live in, as it's very neglected."

Goal: Giving her town access to clean water

Current activities: Preparing to enter Egypt's 2010 parliamentary elections

 

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Madlen Nader

Journalist at the Watani weekly newspaper (Egypt's main Coptic paper)

 

OAI courses taken: Create Your Activism Plan workshop and Activism Plan mentorship with Stephanie Vance

Vision: Changing cultural concepts surrounding the treatment of the disabled and other marginalized groups in Egypt

Goal: Educating the disabled about their rights and how they can get those rights

Current activities: Writing a weekly column for the disabled, "We Are With You," in the Watani newspaper

 

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Manal El Azzeh

Dentist whose goal is to become the first female chairman of the Jordanian Dental Association

 

OAI courses taken: George Washington University leadership course with Kathleen Schafer

Vision: "To change the dentists' vision about the ability of a woman dentist to lead the Jordan Dental Association (JDA)."

Goal: "My goal is to participate in the next elections of our dental association to become a member of its congress (after 2 years, in June, 2011), and in the second step to be the chairman of our congress (after 4 years, in June, 2013), as the first woman dentist [to] reach this position, not only in the Jordan dental association, but to be the first in all the Jordanian associations."

Current activities: Building a team

 

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Manal Elnahhas

Architect and general director, Model Projects Department in the Egyptian Ministry of Culture's National Organization for Urban Harmony

 

OAI courses taken: Create Your Activism Plan workshop and Activism Plan mentorship with Adel Esmat

Vision: Restoring Cairo’s cultural heritage

Goal: Restoring architecture in downtown Cairo

Current activities: Gaining Cairo shopkeepers' support for the restoration of neighborhood buildings

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Omnia Talal

Journalist at Al-Ahaly newspaper in Egypt

 

OAI courses taken: Create Your Activism Plan workshop and Activism Plan mentorship with Stephanie Vance

Vision: "Eliminating the marriage crisis among young men and women. Changing society's wrong beliefs about this topic."

Goal: "Getting young people to marry, and eliminating the marriage crisis."

Current activities: Preparing her campaign on youth marriage

 

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Nesma Ahmed

Project coordinator at Freedom House in Egypt

 

OAI courses taken: Create Your Activism Plan workshop and Media Relations mentorship with Rana Sweis

Vision: Increasing political participation among Egyptians

Goal: Encouraging women to participate in Egyptian politics

Current activities: Gaining funding for her campaign

 

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Sawsan Mobaideen

Jordanian TV reporter and NDI-authorized trainer

 

OAI courses taken: Create Your Activism Plan workshop, Public Speaking mentorship with Deb Sofield, and Media Relations mentorship with Rana Sweis

Vision: Bringing about greater equality between men and women, particularly regarding political development

Goal: Increasing women's representation in Jordan's parliament

Current activities: Campaign against verbal abuse of women and children in Karak, Jordan

 

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Shireen Yacoub

Jordanian lawyer

 

OAI courses taken: Create Your Activism Plan workshop and two rounds of the Political Skills mentorship with Karen Johnson

Vision: "Raise awareness about the law in order to limit the tribal fanaticism in which we live and to [spread the] belief that all people have equal rights."

Goal: "Protect the children of non-Jordanian women who are married to Jordanian men, and reunite them with their mothers whom they were kidnapped from."

Current activities: Establishing a legal aid center

 

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Yusour Hassan

General manager, Mobadrat foundation in Jordan; previously, producer and reporter for Nourmina TV

 

OAI courses taken: Create Your Activism Plan workshop and Political Skills mentorship with Nancy Bocskor

Vision: Fighting corruption

Goal: Mobilizing public opinion against specific cases of corruption

Current activities: Raising awareness about polluted water in Jordan

 

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