Advisory Board

HEAD OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Mrs. Yousrya Loza

A former member of the Egyptian Parliament (1995-2000), Mrs. Sawiris is also the owner of a private audit firm founded in 1981 to provide services to associations and nonprofit organizations. She is the founder and current Treasurer of the Association for the Protection of the Environment (APE), dedicated to the improvement of the livelihoods of the garbage collector communities in Cairo, and served as its chair for 12 years. She is also the founder and president of the Egyptian Organization for Street Children, founder and president of Egypt Liver Care Society, and the founder and chairman of the Enhancement of Integrated Services & Waste Recycling S.A.E. (Register No. 29928).

Mrs. Sawiris formerly served in the area of financial management at the Ford Foundation’s regional office in Cairo. She has been a member of the board of directors of the Ecumenical Development Cooperative Society, currently known as the Oikocredit International Share Foundation, based in the Netherlands. She also served on many Egyptian boards: the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood, the National Council of Women, the Social Fund for Development, Cairo Municipality, and as Member of Board for the Egyptian Water & Wastewater Regulatory Agency.

She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Cairo University and an MBA from the American University in Cairo. She is an alumna of Harvard University's Executive Education Programs (1998-2008). She has received a number of recognitions including the Global Women's Leadership Award (Cairo, 2006).

Advisory Committee

Dr. Sahar El Mougy

Founder of Writers’ Residency in El Gouna
Assistant Professor of English and American Literature at Cairo University, Faculty of Arts, novelist and winner of the 2007 Kafafy Award for her novel Noon.

Eng. Tarek Danish

Assistant to the Chairman of Orascom Hotels and Development, Mr. Samih Sawiris, Founder of El Gouna since April 2001

Mr. Danish is a Professional Engineer; he holds a B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cairo University Egypt and a Master Degree in Engineering Administration from The George Washington University in Washington D.C. USA.

Mr. Kaled Elkhamissi

Egyptian writer whose Taxi is a bestseller since 2007.

Dr. Maha El Said

Associate Professor of English and American Literature, Cairo University and Educational Consultant.

Dr. Iman Ezz Eldin

Associate Professor of Drama and Mythology, Department of Drama and Theatre Criticism, Faculty of Arts, Ein Shams University.

Dr. Mumina Hafez

Lecturer of Modern and Contemporary German Literature, Department of German, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University. Lecturer of Modern and Contemporary German Literature, Faculty of Languages and Translation, October 6 University.