Co-Founder/Chairperson Arab Digital Expression Foundation (Cairo, Beirut), Executive Director Arab Digital Expression Berlin e.V
Egypt
Ranwa Yehia is the co-founder and chairperson of the Arab Digital Expression Foundation (ADEF), which started in 2005 with a mission to explore and develop alternative education methodologies and knowledge production for and by Arab youth, using open source concepts and tools. A key project she conceived with ADEF is the Arab Digital Expression Camps, an annual experiential co-learning camp for Arab youth, developed and implemented in collaboration with young techies, artists, journalists, and researchers in the region. ADEF currently boasts four major programs working across Egypt, the Arab region and with Arab diaspora. ADEF has impacted thousands of Arab youth, empowering them with criticality, knowledge production and creative expression. Her most recent project at ADEF is establishing an Inclusion Unit in 2018. As a result, ADEF is now able to welcome neurodiverse teens and young adults (autism, ADHD, etc) into ADEF' various programmes. Before moving on to a career versed in methodologies of youth work and organization, Ranwa’s trajectory with knowledge production was centered on journalism and research, where she spent 15 years covering the Arab region for different regional and international media outlets.
Ranwayehia@arabdigitalexpression.org
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