The British Council is pleased to announce the finalists for a prestigious award celebrating the outstanding achievements of the UK’s international alumni. They are selected by our panel of judges as best representatives for the impact of UK higher education in their chosen career path and the impact they have made for the development of Egypt.
We are proud of them!
University of Strathclyde
Mohamed El-Moghazi is a globally recognised academic author of 28 papers, and one of the few international spectrum management experts with myriad contributions regionally and internationally. He was one of the team that drafted 4G Egyptian licenses awarded for $2 billion.
His UK education has enabled him to secure more frequencies to the Arab and African countries for mobile broadband services at the International Telecommunication Union.
Sexual harassment was identified by participants as a problem prohibiting women's mobility and participation. Women were found to be harassed the most in public transportation. As a result, the volunteers decided to target bus stations and gain the support of drivers for their anti-sexual harassment campaign. In collaboration with HarassMap they disseminated awareness messages about the forms and effects of harassment, as well as holding discussions with bus drivers to break the silence.
Nada is a PhD student in Microbiology where she studies how bacteria are fighting back against antibiotics. She is also a mother of two curious little kids who are keeping her busy searching for answers. In her spare time, she works as an Arabic voice-over actor.
Aseel – a teacher of English to general foundation programme students in Oman – shares her story about the CoP leader programmes. She helps her community of practice (CoP) by actively sending materials as well as professional development resources. In this video, she talks us through her CoP journey; from approaching teachers from a similar scope of work, to introducing them to the CoP concept and inviting them to join it. Aseel shows us how she leads her CoP and how she wishes to use it to further support teachers in her community.
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Doaa is a very experienced teacher trainer and CELTA/Delta Tutor. She has an MA in Professional Development for Language Education and is currently managing the British Council’s online teacher development portfolio in MENA.
Director, British Council Egypt
Jeff Streeter was born in Devon. After a childhood spent in the depths of the countryside, he went on to study English literature and language at the universities of Oxford and East Anglia in the UK before starting an international career with the British Council. All his postings have involved engagement in education, as a teacher, lecturer, project leader or adviser. He is currently Country Director of the British Council in Egypt, based in Cairo.
University of Manchester
Professional Achievement Award.
He is a globally recognised legal professional. He is the vice-president of the ICC’s International Court of Arbitration, and the first Egyptian President of the Arab Council (London Court of Arbitration), and IBA Arbitration Committee vice-president. He is a founding partner of Zulficar & Partners. His studies at Manchester University provided him with skills that contributed to his appreciation of enculturation and the rule-of-law.
Mohamed Kotby is a Judge and a senior counselor in the Egyptian State Council Judicial Courts since 2006, Kotby settles judicial disputes of Public Law and administrative law nature, where he reviews the claimant requests, the defenses of the defendant from a legal perspective.He received his Master’s Degree from Queen Mary University. He was also able to apply for the PhD in law, which he is currently enrolled in the final year in Middlesex University in London.
A recycling initiative based on the transformation of agricultural waste into paper products. Waste is typically dropped in canals or burned by farmers, which causes huge environmental and health violations. Initiative leaders made use of their scientific studies to make a low-cost recycling workshop. The volunteers collect waste products for free from the farmers and recycle them to produce paper. It's then sold, ensuring cost recovery and a margin of profit that is invested in the initiative.
