The Shafik Gabr Foundation

Hisham El-Khazindar Co-Founder and Managing Director of Al Qalaa Holdings with the 2022 Gabr Fellows after an inspiring meeting on Business Investment Future in Egypt

The 2022 Gabr Fellows at Nasdaq in New York City after a an orientation followed by a thorough discussion of the stock market

Ambassador Hossam Zaki Assistant Secretary-General and Chief of Staff with the 2022 Gabr Fellows at the Arab League

Ambassador Maged Abdelaziz and Ms. Nihal Saad with the 2022 Gabr Fellows after a thorough discussion at the United Nations in New York

Chairman Shafik Gabr with Mrs. Gabr and the Gabr Fellows at the Reception Dinner hosted by Ambassador and Mrs. Moataz Zahran

East-West: The Art of Dialogue
An Initiative of the Shafik Gabr Foundation

2022 Program

Chairman Shafik Gabr with daughter Malak Gabr and the Gabr Fellows at the Foundation's Dinner Reception in Cairo, Egypt - October 2022

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APPLY NOW: we are now accepting applications for our fully-funded 2020 Gabr Fellowship Program. The deadline to apply is March 31: https://eastwestdialogue.org/fellowship/how-to-apply/

“The Gabr Fellowship is a crash course on how to become a globally minded leader. The curriculum that Chairman Mr. Gabr designed, empowers his fellows through exclusive settings, content, and contacts in the arts, science, law, media, politics, business, and entrepreneurship. I feel honored to have participated in this fellowship so early in my career; it shifted my understanding of what I can achieve and cultivated my global mindset. We are living in a highly interconnected world surrounded by problems that take cooperative, collective action, by globally minded leaders to solve, and I know this fellowship and the genuine friendships I formed with emerging leaders, were the first steps towards finding comprehensive solutions.”

Alexis Taylor - 2016 Gabr Fellow

Do you want to meet with Senators, Ambassadors, and industry leaders from the United States and Egypt, develop your network, make lifelong friendships, and grow as a leader? The East-West: The Art of Dialogue organizes an annual exchange program, the Gabr Fellowship, for young emerging leaders to join forces to develop and implement projects addressing critical issues in their countries.

Details on how to apply will be released soon!

https://egyptianstreets.com/2019/02/20/gabr-fellowship-fully-funded-leadership-program-promotes-cross-cultural-understanding/

Gabr Fellowship: Fully Funded Leadership Program Promotes Cross-Cultural Understanding | Egyptian Streets An initiative by Egyptian businessman Mohamed Shafik Gabr continues to attract a wave of interest for its promotion of greater mutual understanding between the East and West. The Gabr Fellowship, the flagship program of the East-West: the Art of Dialogue Initiative, brings together young emerging le...

"The Gabr Fellowship has changed the trajectory of my entire life in so many positive ways - I am more confident, I have greater clarity into what I want to achieve in my professional life, and I feel more equipped to push harder towards my greatest dreams! Engaging directly with business leaders, government officials, and artists from Egypt and the United States has given me the opportunity to learn more and intellectually wrestle with key issues - social, political and economic - that are and will be affecting our societies in the next 30 years. I left the program alongside 19 emerging leaders who I now can call my friends. Together we are stronger in making our dent in the universe within each of our respective fields”.
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Fabrice Guerrier, 2018 US Fellow
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“This fellowship transformed my personal and professional development. The program is designed to encourage a free exchange of perspectives, which cultivated an atmosphere of openness between all of the fellows. As a result, we got to know each other in a deeper way than one might expect, building lifelong friendships, and we all were forced to think critically about our preconceptions about each other's cultures. The Gabr Fellowship is a model for cultural exchange programs, and I believe each and every alumnus will leverage their experience to forge a better, safer, and more cohesive world.”
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Jessica Mulligan, 2017 US Fellow
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https://egyptianstreets.com/2017/11/08/east-west-the-art-of-dialogue-initiative-bridges-gaps-cultures/

A look back on an article written by 2017 Gabr Fellow Menna Aly Farouk on the East-West: The Art of Dialogue initiative

'East-West: The Art of Dialogue' Initiative Bridges Gaps, Cultures | Egyptian Streets Photo Credit: Ennio Leanza AFP/ Getty Images An initiative by one of Egypt's top businessmen, Mohamed Shafik Gabr, is bridging gaps between the peoples of the Arab world and the West particularly the US, by fostering cultural exchanges between young emerging leaders on both sides, in entrepreneurshi...

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Applications for the 2019 Fellowship will be opening soon! Details on how to apply will be published shortly on our website and across all social media platforms.

Yara El-Braidy, 2018 Gabr Fellow
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Yara is a media practitioner with experience in campaigning for social change. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication from Cairo University and later completed an intensive media and Digital Literacy program at the Lebanese American University. In 2016, Yara started leading the media and marketing department at Ashoka Arab World, the regional office for Ashoka Global, the leading platform for social entrepreneurs. Yara was selected by the Obama Foundation Leadership program to participate in Leaders: Africa initiative.
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“This Fellowship has been an eye-opening opportunity to learn how important the cultural exchange of ideas is. I’ve gained experiences that I do not think I would have received from reading even hundreds of books. I’m so grateful that I’ve been selected as a Gabr Fellow and it has been an extremely insightful journey.”
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'The East-West: The Art of Dialogue’ initiative organises an annual exchange program, the Gabr Fellowship, for young emerging leaders from the East and West to join forces to develop and implement projects addressing critical issues in their countries. The mission of the Fellowship is to promote greater mutual understanding by building bridges between the two cultures by instigating dialogue and the exchange of ideas between emerging leaders from the United States and Egypt. Together, they explore one another’s cultures, political realities, business trends, and their goals for the future.
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Applications for the 2019 Fellowship will be opening soon; details on how to apply will be published shortly on our website and across all social media platforms.

On October 4th 2018, Gabr Fellows and Mr Hartwig Schafer, Vice President of The World Bank, participated in a round table discussion on Fiscal Reform and Prospects for Egypt’s Economic Growth.
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The 2018 U.S. program was a multi-disciplinary, intensive exploration of areas of mutual interest and concern to the United States and Egypt, allowing for substantive discussion, debate and dialogue about some of the most pressing concerns and challenges of the modern age.
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Mr Shafik and Mrs Gehan Gabr, Gabr Fellows and guests, including Congressman Darrell Issa, Senator Ed Markey and Ret. Brigadier General Guy Cosentino attending the annual East-West: The Art of Dialogue reception in Washington D.C. during the 2018 Gabr Fellowship.
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Mr Shafik Gabr, Chairman of The Shafik Gabr Foundation, said on the night, “This initiative that I am very proud to be associated with is an initiative that I believe is so critical of this time, because I fear that we are getting more and more disengaged. Yes, we are communicating twenty-four seven with our great tools, but we don’t know each other.”
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Artwork of the week: 'The Favorite' by Frederick Arthur Bridgman, 1882. Oil on canvas.

During a trip to Algiers in the 1880’s, Bridgman gained access to a local widow’s home where he was able to set up his easel on a terrace and observe the daily life of the house and the traffic on the street. The intimate access into a local home was unusual, as Westerners were typically not allowed into the women’s quarters. 'The favorite' is longingly looking towards the open portico, passing the hours until her master returns home. Her rich garments and jewelry, the tiger skin at her feet as well as the ivory-encrusted chair, show her status as a prized possession of the local potentate. The jewel-like rendering of the fabrics are a tour de force for Bridgman and pay homage to his master Gérôme.
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The Shafik Gabr Collection is a physical manifestation of the collector’s relationship with the world of the Orient, an appreciation of the differences as well as the similarities in American and European visions and expressions of that world, and the opportunity such a collection presents for dialogue and a developing appreciation between the Western and Oriental worlds.

Heidi Green, 2016 Gabr Fellow, singing ‘3 Daqat’ in Arabic.
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Through the Fellowship, Heidi co-founded The East-West Education Forum to enhance the quality of education in both the United States and Egypt, aiming to foster cross-cultural dialogue and exchange of ideas between the East and the West.
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“After a very intense program, I discovered that life has so many things we didn’t know about and that we, as future-shapers, have more things to bring to the table.” - Muhammad Nagi, Gabr Fellow, 2015.
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Pictured with M. Shafik Gabr, Chairman of The Shafik Foundation, Muhammad Nagi is a rising star in the entrepreneurial world. Since joining the Fellowship, Muhammad has further developed his passion for business and his company, El Maqr, is now expanding into one of the leading work spaces in Egypt.
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The Shafik Gabr Foundation wishes you a healthy, peaceful and joyful new year!