Fully-Funded Shafik Gabr Fellowship for Young Emerging Leaders in the US 2018

The Mohamed Shafik Gabr Foundation for Social Development embodies an optimistic mission for the improvement of all the lives it serves—socially, economically, educationally and medically. Through the work of our dedicated and experienced board members, The Shafik Gabr Foundation provides diversified social services to the community - aiming at a better life with better health care and improved education for those in need.

Each year the Foundation organizes the Gabr Fellowship, a dynamic exchange program with a mission to empower talented emerging leaders in the Western and Arab Worlds. This annual intensive program brings together approximately 20 young professionals from the United States and Egypt, and has expanded over the years to include candidates from the United Kingdom, France, Lebanon, and Jordan. 

The Fellows, through workshops, seminars, networking events, and round-table discussions, engage with distinguished leaders in the arts, science, law, media, business, and government from the United States and Egypt, in an effort to build bridges of understanding and facilitate substantive dialogue. 

Fellows don't only build leadership skills and an understanding of the other country, but they also immerse themselves in complex policy matters, cultural values, and business development. Through this experience, Fellows will have a more nuanced understanding of their foreign peers and be better prepared to pursue united, innovative solutions to the most pressing challenges of today and tomorrow. 

Following the program, Fellows will work collaboratively and implement Action Projects that help to close the divide between the East and West and stem the erosion of public understanding.