New Approaches In The Arab World

Thursday 10:45-12:15 March 26, 2009

Meet three inspirational social entrepreneurs from Egypt, Lebanon and Palestine who are leading innovative projects to confront poverty and inequality in a new way. This session will provide an insider’s perspective on what it means to be a social entrepreneur, exploring their work and the unique challenges and opportunities in scaling up their social ventures.

• George Khalaf, Director, Middle East and North Africa Region, Synergos
• Kamal Mouzawak, Founder, Souk el Tayeb
• Aref Husseini, Director, Alnayzak for Scientific Innovation
• Raghda el-Ebrashi, Chairperson, AYB-SD; Assistant Lecturer, The German University in Cairo

Related Resources:

Also at the Skoll World Forum:

• A Sector Strategy To Scaling Your Social Enterprise
• Pathways To Scale
• Healthcare
   

From the Skoll World Forum 2008:

• Replication and Scale
• Growth Finance for Social Entrepreneurs
• Innovation and Change in Government Culture
• Culture and Conflict Resolution

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• Social Entrepreneurs in the Middle East The Edge blog
• Mitri Raheb - Palestine The Global X Interview
• Saad Ibrahim - Egypt The Global X Interview
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• Islamic Approaches to Conflict Resolution wiki
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