Experience

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  The john d. gerhart center for philanthropy and civic engagement

  Feb 2008 - Jun 2008

  • Research Assistant

    Jun 2008 - Jun 2008

  • Student Leader for Service

    Feb 2008 - Jun 2008
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  The desert development center

  Jan 2010 - Dec 2010

  Intern
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  Intuition movement: community education and development services

  Sept 2011 - Jan 2012

  Grant writer
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  Psycho social services and training institute in cairo (pstic)

  Mar 2012 - Jun 2012

  Coordinator

  • Coordinated trainings delivered to Refugee Communities Psychosocial Workers In-Training;• Reported to Terre des Hommes and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, in Cairo;• Successfully organized an international MHPSS Conference on ‘Psychosocial and Mental Health • Support for Refugees and Migrants in Urban Settings’ for 70 participants, within two weeks of hiring

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  Nahdet misr publishing group

  Aug 2012 - Aug 2013

  Lead translator (consultant)

  2013. “Galaxy of Light”, A Novel by Maha Ayoub. Translated to English by Yumna Kassim and Amani Elshimi. Nahdet Misr Publishing House; Cairo, Egypt. 2013. ISBN 9789771446484.

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  Research institute for a sustainable environment (rise)

  Sept 2013 - Sept 2014

  Research associate

  • Contributed and coordinated to an Integrated Water Management research project that optimized water use in irrigation systems by increasing processes from 3 to 9-step systems. • Conducted ~100 qualitative structured, semi-structured, and action research interviews as well as facilitated focus group research discussions.• Initiated Adopt-a-plot! encouraging the university community to learn to grow greens, vegetables, and some fruits guided by the institute.

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  Union for the mediterranean

  Dec 2015 - Feb 2016

  Water and environment intern

  • Investigated the criteria used by international financial institutions to fund projects in support of Horizon 2020, and identified trends in processes and funding outcomes.• Arranged and systematized the exchange of data, documents, and the approval process for Phase II of the Urban Projects Finance Initiative in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean.

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  European institute of the mediterranean

  Mar 2016 - Sept 2016

  Junior research fellow, socioeconomic development

  • Planned research project investigating “How regional integration leads to youth employment in the Mediterranean?”;• Organized multiple international conferences, and co-authored or edited related publications• Developed and proposed a new publication series on Geopolitics and Sustainability in the Mediterranean.

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  International food policy research institute (ifpri)

  Mar 2017 - Aug 2024

  • Manage the CGIAR Research Initiative on National Policies and Strategies across eight countries: Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Laos, Nigeria and Rwanda.• Run planning, monitoring, and initiative operations including theory of change maintenance and recruitment of multinational teams, workflow, and reporting.• Lead the initiative’s Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and Impact Assessment team and provide technical support and guidance to the Communications team, in compliance with overall CGIAR frameworks. Show less • Coordinated seven projects and led major donor (USAID, EU, IFAD, World Bank) reporting and engagement activities. • Developed the first Annual Work Plan, the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Plan, and managed the launch event for IFPRI’s Sudan Strategy Support Program• Co-developed and maintained spatial databases and mapping tools, including capacity building trainings with the ministries of agriculture and planning as well as various technical working groups and national and international partners: MAP Egypt | MAP Yemen | Arab Spatial | SPADE | AIDA Egypt, Yemen, Jordan, Tunisia Show less

  • Program Manager

    Jan 2022 - Aug 2024

  • Senior Research Associate

    Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

  • Research Associate

    Sept 2019 - Dec 2020

  • Senior Research Assistant

    Mar 2017 - Aug 2019