As of part of our

regional expansion

efforts, we held the Arab

World Fellows Selection

Panel outside Egypt for

the first time

We decided to meet our

candidates from the

Levant in Amman

It was a great

opportunity to be closer

to our Jordanian

Fellows and to

reach out to social

entrepreneurs in Jordan

أشوكا في األردن

We talked to the Media...

Put the foundation for a strong Fellowship community...

Potential Fellows getting to know about each other›s initiatives Ashoka Regional Director Iman Bibars

explaining to the Fellowship Candidates the value of the Ashoka Fellowship at theCandidates Retreat

Had dinner with our Panellists, Fellows and Candidates...

Held the Selection Panel after our initial selection process

.Distinguished Panellists of the Arab World Fourteenth Selection Panel

Left to Right- Ms Dima Bibi CEO of Injaz Jordan, Mr Baker al-Hiyari team

leader at the West Asia - North Africa (WANA) Forum, Dr Salah Arafa

Ashoka Senior Fellow, Mr Jack Edwards Ashoka Senior AdvisorAshoka Fellowship Candidates, left to right

Kamal Mouzawak founder of Souk El Tayeb, Mohamed

Abu Amerah founder of Harra, Raghda El Ebrashi founder

of Alashanek Ya Baladi

Do you

think you’re

the one?

It takes more than 75,000 hand-picked blossoms to make 500 grams

of saffron, the world’s most expensive spice.

It takes searching among 10,000,000 people to find one true social

entrepreneur.

We are looking for New Fellows

Ashoka fellows are Social Entrepeneurs with a New Idea in their hands

Who is a Social Entrepreneur?

In the Ashoka dictionary, a social entrepreneur is someone innovative, visionary,

persistent, committed, resourceful and with a sound ethical fiber.

Social Entrepeneurs share the qualities of leading business entrepreneurs, but instead

of seeking profit they seek systemic and sustainable social change.

What’s a New Idea?

A new idea is a fresh solution to an existing problem, an idea that a person came up

with after careful analysis and examination. We look for people with system changing

ideas that can be scaled-up and replicated.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for people who are obsessed with their idea, who will not rest until

they change existing realities. We are not looking for people who have implemented

successful one-off projects; we’re looking for people with a cause. An Ashoka Fellow

is someone who plans to spread and expand the impact of his or her initiative until it

reaches everyone suffering from the problem. We are looking for Changemakers.

Had an orientation session to introduce theAshoka to the nominees

Ashoka Fellow Rabee Zureikat explaining what

a New Idea, using his initative as an example Ashoka Venture and Fellowship Officer Inji El

Abd going through the selection criteria

Ashoka Senior Advisor Jack Edwards describing

what makes a Social Entrepreneur

Offered Fellowship Services to our Fellows inAmman

Ashoka Support Network member Nayim Khemaies

provided consultancy and support to Fellow Raghda

Butros and her initiative Hamzet Wasel

Can you be an ASN member?http://www.ashoka.org/asn

Witnessed Fellowship Collaborations betweenlike-minded Fellows

Ashoka Senior Fellow Salah Arafa =Egypt

“In order to create a sustainable plan for development, villagers’

problems have to be understood, and the only way of doing this

is to listen to them”

Ashoka Fellow Zeinab Al-Momani - Jordan

Zeinab Al-Momani believes that only women themselves

can demand their full economic, social and political

participation and they can do this best when organized.

As a result, she has founded the first agricultural union

for and by women in the Arab world.

What will our next destination be ?