Raniah Alsayed Email & Phone Number

The learning director and lead facilitator of the Be2aty project's educational component. This project builds on the local and international efforts to empower youth in becoming active citizens and tackling diverse environmental problems in their communities on the one hand, and to enhance the capacity of Egyptian civil society organizations and social enterprises to strengthen their service provision and ability to further support youth on the other. This is envisioned to happen through the partnership of three European Union and three Egyptian partners.

Cairo&Alexandria

Forum Theater for Community Empowerment WorkshopsDesigning and facilitating forum theater workshops for migrant and Egyptian women in Cairo and Alexandria.About the workshop:Forum Theater workshop for Women’s Empowermentthe workshop will be held over the course of 6 days during which we will practice a range of drama games and exercises that promote spontaneity, expressiveness and critical thinking. Through Image Theatre and Forum Theatre we will question and examine the norms, values and behaviors that affect women.Particular emphasis will be given to addressing the impact of sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) in our daily lives. Together we will find and rehearse actions that promote greater health, wellbeing, solidarity and empowerment. We will also develop skills in listening, dialogue, creative expression and collective problem solving. The program involves extensive movement, play, improvisation and enactment. Prior experience with these modalities is not required.

Offers seven days intensive training to migrant youth community on: Self Awareness, Coping and Culture, Regulation of emotions and bodily reactions to stress, Self-care and Awareness of Gender Based Violence.

Berlin, Germany

Raniah is currently a fellow of the CrossCulture Programme by ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen.) The fellowship is taking place at KURINGA. KURINGA is Space for Theatre of the Oppressed and has been existing since 2011 in Berlin-Wedding. KURINGA is part of international networks such as the European network TOgether, the global feminist Ma(g)dalena International Network and the Latin American network ReLATO. She has finished the Kuringa qualification course as part of her fellowship which led to the creation of a public forum theater production “Neighbors: Democratic Dialogue in the Time of War” that was staged and is planned to be staged again at different theaters in Oct-Nov 2022 .

Egypt

Cairo

-Assesses, prioritizes, selects, and initiate projects and programs that are guided with the hub framework and strategic plan.-Oversees the management and implementation of two main international funding projects that serve the creation of a learning hub for youth aged 15-30. -Acts as a design lead for different programs and facilitate multiple topics such as: professional development, peacebuilding, conflict resolution, life skills, well-being, applied drama for community empowerment.-Re-innovated the documentation processes in the hub resulting is producing 5 publications and 3 videos in two years.-Founder of Tekrar and Al-Siyaq Programs.-Acts as one of the core team of designers and facilitators of Alwan wa Awtar Educator School (2020).

Cairo, Egypt

John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement, the American University in Cairo, USAID, JSI & Ma’an Regional Network of Universities Mentor/CoachStrengthening Egypt’s Family Planning Program: The project aims to both work on empowering Egypt’s family planning system and raise awareness on the issue. For a year, a competition between university students will be held after they work on creative awareness campaigns on the issue. Throughout the program, the students will get exposed to technical and non-technical capacity building workshops from the field’s leading mentors.

Cairo, Egypt

Role: Co-leading 3 workshops (6 days each) practicing a range of drama games and exercises that promote spontaneity, expressiveness and critical thinking. Through Image Theatre and Forum Theatre we question and examine the norms, values and behaviors that affect women. Particular emphasis is given to addressing the impact of sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) in our daily lives. Together we found and rehearsed actions that promote greater health, wellbeing, solidarity and empowerment. We also develop skills in listening, dialogue, creative expression and collective problem solving. The program involves extensive movement, play, improvisation and enactment.Dawar utilizes participatory theatre, therapeutic drama and other arts-based processes for healing, dialogue and societal transformation from the grassroots up. Dawar's practitioners include artists, educators, psychotherapists and health workers from Egypt and abroad. Dawar offers a range of initiatives that promote creativity, critical thinking, civic engagement and community cohesion.

Cairo, Egypt

TAQADDAM: Taqaddam is a Life Skills programme for young people in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Taqaddam, Arabic for ‘moving forward’ supports young people to move forward with confidence into the future with the skills they need to flourish in life, work and society.Role:-Delivers informative and engaging training to teachers and alumni students. -Delivers inspiring, interactive large-scale workshops to young people in Egypt and Kuwait (most are 15-16 years old but in some cases ages can range up to mid 20’s) -Supports ongoing project monitoring, evaluation and learning.-Adapts materials and approaches to different contexts and needs.

Cairo, Egypt

Tashbeek Program The program aimed to engage a cohort of 100 university students in an online course as well as in-person exchange sessions that focus on providing knowledge and concepts in the area of conflict resolution and peaceful thinking. The purpose of the Program is to better equip the Egyptian Youth to think strategically and critically, to use effective approaches to peace-building within their communities, and to resolve disputes in their surroundings through non-violent means in their daily attitude and their life style. https://www.facebook.com/gerhartcenter/videos/829765994115455Role:Facilitated/designed debriefing sessions for university students on Peace Building, Conflict Resolution & Social Initiatives Design.

-Managed and reported the last phase of Safarni project with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) under the theme of social cohesion in Ardellewa, Cairo.-Planned and led Safarni project in Alexandria as a continuation for the IOM partnership.-Designed and led Safarni first diversity festival which gathered kids and families (Egyptians and migrants) from Ardellewa to celebrate their diversity and the theme of co- existence.

Darb Ellabanna

Cairo

The Cairo Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences CILAS invites students from diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds to engage with the liberal arts through a pedagogy of discovery. CILAS hosts a dynamic, discussion-based learning environment conducive to creative inquiry, self-reflection, and civic engagement. Co-creation of knowledge at CILAS is fostered through classroom discussion and debate, workshops, musical performances, guest lectures, field visits, cooking, laughing, and listening. A co-fellow (Teaching assistant) in the field of humanities provides students with an intellectual foundation to engage in analytical discussions, creative inquiry, collaboration, and debate over the first trimester of the year long study program and hosts two courses over the second and the third trimester.

Cairo

CILAS' Pedagogy Lab is concerned with the theory and practice of the educational process within the initiative. The Lab is designed as an exploration journey for the different core pillars of CILAS experience and the very intimate interaction between all of these pillars: Students, Fellows, Materials and the Philosophy of Learning.In the lab we invite students to use all the available tools we know to unearth answers and arguments to the most disquieting questions that make you sleepless regarding education in general and the vivid life taking place inside CILAS, such as: What is the difference between education and learning? Why DBL? What are the post-revolutionary practices in education? What does assessment mean? What is self-directed learning is all about? How do we participate in the curriculum design process and how to make it revolve around our own matter of concerns? What are the contemporary progressive educational initiatives?PL interacts actively with the Space, Translation, Research and Media Lab, here's how wesee this happens:Media Lab: Questioning forms/modes of expression (Assessment)Space lab: Questioning the environment/Space (Accounting to spatial setup, objectsetc)Translation Lab: Questioning bilingualism (English-Arabic)Research Lab: Counter narrative, experience based learning, community based learningetc.

Nobullying.com is an online forum aimed at educating, advising, counselling and all importantly, helping to stop bullying, in particular, cyber bullying.We at Nobullying.com work closely with and are delighted to gain the insight of many professionals including psychologists, teachers and other experts, we really cherish the input and experiences of parents and children of all ages, on this topic.My responsibilities include:Increasing the exposure of Nobullying.com reaching out, communicating and building professional relationships with all interested parties that do support the initiative and would benefit from out services.

Cairo, Egypt

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

The Community Coordinator is responsible for facilitating, promoting and ensuring communityplanning and development and negotiating and monitoring community empowerment andtransfer initiatives in order to secure and monitor opportunities for community development.

Cairo

-Acted as focal point of contact for different beneficiaries and partners.-Recruited, screened and interviewed volunteers for 2 Safarni seasons.-Represented Safarni in (Egyptian Youth Federation) study visit in Sweden.-Acted as the project manager for Safarni mentor-mentee program (The Traveling Duetto), coordinated awareness and training sessions about Mentor-Mentee methodology.

Cairo

•Outreached to globally ranked universities around the world raising the number of interns applying for AAW internships.•Screened, filtered and interviewed the new applicants.•Updated the operation manual which includes all key information for new comers.•Developed a comprehensive database for universities of interest for future usage.•Worked on the improvement of the performance management methodology inside the organization through research and contacting potential supporters.

Ismail Kabany St., Tayran Street, Nasr City, Cairo

- Developed & maintained connections and relationships with the most prestigious international schools in Egypt.-Recruited, interviewed and assisted in the process of on-boarding the new staff members.- Acted as the official representative of multiple universities during GVE's international events.

To be responsible for monitoring and evaluating the model and the activities associated with it, providing accountability and ensuring efficiency andsuccess from start to finish.

Intensive Training Program, Positive Psychology Coaching

Diploma, Social Sciences

Post Graduate Diploma, Human Resources Management

Professional Certificate, Human Resources Management And Services

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Business Administration And Management, General, 61