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Agents of Change Youth Fellowship
The Wilson Center's ACYF recognizes the significance of the MENA region when it comes to climate response and the potential for youth leadership in the region to shape a more sustainable, peaceful, and prosperous future for the world.
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Agents of Change Youth Fellowship
This year's cohort represents young professionals from Morocco to Iraq who are working on climate-related issues in their communities from water resource management to conflict stabilization.
2023 Fellows
Khalil Abu Allan
Agents of Change Youth Fellow;
Faculty Member, Hebron University, West Bank
Faculty Member, Hebron University, West Bank
Abdullah J. Alfayadh
Agents of Change Youth Fellow;
Program Coordinator, United Nation’s Iraq Mission
Program Coordinator, United Nation’s Iraq Mission
Josiane Atallah
Agents of Change Youth Fellow;
Senior Partnership Officer, International Rescue Committee
Senior Partnership Officer, International Rescue Committee
Nour Barakeh
Agents of Change Youth Fellow
Adina Halevi
Agents of Change Youth Fellow;
Environmental Consultant at EcologyWise; Transboundary Water Management Researcher, The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies
Environmental Consultant at EcologyWise; Transboundary Water Management Researcher, The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies
Eslam A. Hassanein
Agents of Change Youth Fellow;
Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Politics and Economics, Beni Suef University, Egypt
Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Politics and Economics, Beni Suef University, Egypt
Jezia Labidi
Agents of Change Youth Fellow;
Project Specialist, Tunisia, Center for Middle East and North Africa, United States Institute of Peace
Project Specialist, Tunisia, Center for Middle East and North Africa, United States Institute of Peace
Hamza Saidi
Agents of Change Youth Fellow;
Project Coordinator, Regional Program on Energy Security and Climate Change Middle East and North Africa, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Rabat
Project Coordinator, Regional Program on Energy Security and Climate Change Middle East and North Africa, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Rabat
Gokce Sencan
Agents of Change Youth Fellow
Neeshad Shafi
Agents of Change Youth Fellow;
Co-Founder, Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar
Co-Founder, Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar
Fellowship Team
Featured
Merissa Khurma
Program Director, Middle East Program
Featured
Lauren Herzer Risi
Program Director, Environmental Change and Security Program
Alexander Farley
Program Associate
Abegail Anderson
Program Coordinator and Communications Specialist, Environmental Change and Security Program
Brooke Sherman
Program Associate