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Amina Fahmy

Amina Fahmy is a research analyst for the Middle East Youth Initiative. She has an M.A. in Arab Studies with distinction from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a B.A. in Business Administration from the George Washington University. Prior to coming to the Wolfensohn Center, she was a program assistant at the Center for International Private Enterprise in Washington, D.C. She also worked on a communications campaign for the Mortgage Finance Authority in Egypt.

Recent Commentary:

Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East: How Can Medium and Large-Sized Businesses Contribute?
Ehaab Abdou, Amina Fahmy and Diana Greenwald, April 19, 2010

Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East: Building Education and Awareness Among the Region’s Youth
Ehaab Abdou, Amina Fahmy and Diana Greenwald, April 7, 2010

U.S.-Egyptian Relations: Time for a Renewal
Amina Fahmy and Diana Greenwald, August 19, 2009

Egypt’s Education System: Parents and Students Emerge as a New Force for Reform
Navtej Dhillon, Amina Fahmy and Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, October 1, 2008

Urban and Young: The Future of the Middle East
Navtej Dhillon and Amina Fahmy, June 10, 2008

Middle East Youth Initiative Publications:

Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East: Toward Sustainable Development for the Next Generation
Ehaab Abdou, Amina Fahmy, Diana Greenwald and Jane Nelson, April 2010

Missed by the Boom, Hurt by the Bust: Making Markets Work for Young People in the Middle East
Navtej Dhillon, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Paul Dyer, Tarik Yousef, Amina Fahmy and Mary Kraetsch, May 2009