Arab Educational Forum

Goals:

Contributing to realising Arab cultural renaissance based on know-how and expertise in the Arab world, developing a joint vision on education in the Arab world and visions that are based on local culture, encouraging youth initiatives in the Arab world through extending scholarships for the young people in the Arab world to travel and study abroad, restoring the status of stories on learning, art and life through a network of storytellers and activists in fields of art and oral history, encouraging reading and combat of illiteracy in the Arab world, creating a centre for e-materials that highlight cultural and publications issuances produced by civil institutions and individuals in the Arab world.

Information:

• Establishment Date: 1998
• Members: 11 baord members
• Branches: -
• President: Serene Hleleh
• Managing Board: Vice President: Felastin Bushra Al Hindi, Administrative and Financial Director:
  
  Samia Darbi, Media Coordinator: Soad Nofal, Programmes Director and Regional
  
  Coordinator: Mais Ereqsosi, Assistant Programmes Director: Razan Mubaidin, Travel
  
  Grants Coordinator: Shadi Khalil, Director General: Sereen Haliala, Members: Mansour
  
  Mohammad “Jordan”, Rasha Najdi “Bahrain”, Abdul Azim Mohammad “Lebanon”,
  
  Ahmad Al Salami “Sudan”, Hajar Al Maghrebi “Yemen” and Suha Al Najjar “Tunisia’
• Election Period: Three Years
• Last Election: 2011