Location Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), Middle East, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Gender Female
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When not grappling with questions about life, communities and a higher sense of being, Nariman helps build a global network of leading social entrepreneurs and young changemakers across the Arab region. She joined the global organization, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public in 2012 and is currently contributing to social changemaking through her role
at Ashoka Arab World, as the Regional Search and Selection Representative.
Nariman comes to Ashoka from a socially driven, hands –on background, with experience starting since high school across multiple sectors in emerging markets, particularly focusing on income generation and job creation, youth empowerment and leadership, inter-cultural dialogue facilitation and including areas of organizational management, strategic planning, project design and systems change strategies.
As a university student, Nariman co-founded and led the Ain Shams University chapter for the international organization Enactus, formerly known as SIFE, where she built a student body that responds positively to local community challenges with a free enterprise, self-organizing mindset. Additionally, she sat on the board of “Dentists on the Rise Association”. She has also represented Arab youth in several occasions across the Arab world, Asia and Europe and was chosen for an honorary position as the Egypt Youth Ambassador by the Arab Thought Foundation for the years 2013 and 2014.
Furthermore, Nariman plays an active role in the sphere of alternative education in Egypt, co-creating programs that focus on critical thinking, self reflection and civic engagement for Egyptian youth especially with the organization: Education Square. In 2015, Nariman completed a post-graduate degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences.
When not drilling down a social entrepreneur in an interview or a field visit or taking part in meaningful conversations at the many co-working spaces and entrepreneurship events of Cairo, you can find Nariman engaging with Egypt’s art scene especially the independent theater movement where she directs plays to encourage youth self-expression and freedom of thought!
