Program
Preliminary Conference Schedule
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9:30-3:30 pm NGO bus tour (for international guests)
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1:00-5:30 pm NGO fair (booths at the AUC New Cairo campus)
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3:00-5:30 pm Main conference registration
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5:30-9:00 pm: OPENING CEREMONY & RECEPTION & TANOORA SHOW (free and open to the public)
OPENING CEREMONY AGENDA
5:30
Reception
AUC Music Department, John Baboukis
6:00
Opening Remarks
Dr. Carie Forden, Conference Co-Chair
6:10
Welcome Remarks
Dr. Zeinab Taha, Interim Dean of School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Dr. Alaa-Eldin Adris, Associate Provost for Research, Innovation and Creativity
Dr. Ehab Abdel-Rahman, Provost
6:20
Conference Opening
H.E. Nivine Elkabbag, Minister of Social Solidarity
6:30
The Nicholas Ciaccio for Excellent Service for Children with Disabilities Award Ceremony
Dr. Heba Kotb
6:50
“Youth Creating the World We Want” Panel
Introduction
Dr. Mona Amer, Conference Co-Chair
Panelists
Abdullah Essam, founder of the first Egyptian cerebral palsy football team
Molham El Khan, General Manager of Syria Alghad Relief Foundation
Radwa Rostom, Founder and CEO of Hand Over, Egypt
8:00
Daraweesh Tannoura Show
8:00-3:00 Main conference registration
8:30-5:30 Conference sessions
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8:30-5:30 Conference sessions
You can follow the program at https://menacp2.dryfta.com/program
Types of Conference Sessions
Keynote speeches
Symposia
Interactive discussions
Workshops
Topics of Conference Sessions
Topic areas
Bullying
Collective identity
Colonialism, occupation
Crisis, war
Drug use
Economic participation
Education
Gender based violence
Health
Independence
Informal education
Life satisfaction
Mental health
Parenting
Professional ethics
Protection vs exploitation
Resilience
Role of psychologists and social workers
Social integration
Sustainable (environment) behavior
Trafficking
Trauma
Workplace environment
Populations
Caregivers at institutional homes
Children with disabilities
Children who are homeless
Families
Mothers
NGO staff
Orphans and children in institutional care
School children
Social workers
University students
Refugees and refugee camp
Rural areas
Communities
Methods
Advocacy
Awareness campaigns
Best practices and models
Capacity building
Case study
Collaboration
Community education
Curricula
Empowerment
Hotline
Needs assessment
Policy
Positive deviance
Prevalence
Prevention
Program evaluation
Psychoeducation
Quasi-experimental intervention
Service learning
Skills building
Speakers (continuously updated)
Abdullah Bin Ghouth, Hadramaut University, Yemen
Alean Al-Krenawi, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Jerusalem
Amira Ghonim, Wataneya Society for the Development of Orphanages, Cairo
Amira Zaky, General Secretariat of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment, Ministry of Health, Cairo
Aya Soubra, Lebanese American University, Beirut
Ayah Sarhan, Intu Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Ayman Shehata, ElRehla, Cairo
Azza Osman, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo
Brigitte Khoury, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
- Emad Elshaarawy, JPO - Justice and Peace-building Organization, Cairo
Eman Gaber, General Secretariat of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment, Ministry of Health, Cairo
- Eyad Othman, Chairman of the Palestinian Union of Social Workers and Psychologists, Palestine
Farah Shash, The Community Hub, Cairo
Fatema Abou El Ela, Wataneya Society for the Development of Orphanages, Cairo
Germeen Riad, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo
- Ghada Alhudaithi, King Saud University, Riyadh
Hamid Hussain, University of Baghdad, Iraq
Hana Fahmy, The Community Hub, Cairo
Hany Salah Aldidamouny, Nass Academy, Cairo
Haydar Zamil Kadhim, University of Karbala, Iraq
Heba Kotb, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo
- Heba Salem, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 6th October
Hella Schick, University of Cologne, Germany
Heyla Selim, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Hussien Hussien, Helwan University, Helwan
Ibrahim Kabbash, University of Tanta, Tanta
- Jillian Campana, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo
Lamyaa Abdellateef, International Organization for Migration, Cairo
- Lian Derini, Nafs for Empowerment, Ramallah, Palestine
Manar Ahmed Abdhamiid, Terre des Hommes, Assiut
Marie Therese Bishay, The Montessori Egyptian Center, Cairo
May Kassem, Private Practice, Cairo
Mohamed Abdelbaqy, African Centre for Women's Health, Alexandria
Mona Abdelnaby, Wataneya Society for the Development of Orphanages, Cairo
Mostafa Hanafy Mahmoud, Helwan University, Cairo
Nada Farahat, Care International Egypt, Cairo
Nazema Ahmed Sarhan, Helwan University, Egypt
Nessrin El-Nimr, Alexandria University, Alexandria
Nisreen Shelleh, Center for Engineering and Planning, Ramallah, Palestine
Noha Hassanin, Wataneya Society for the Development of Orphanages, Cairo
- Zaher Redwan, Green Hand Organization, Aley, Jabal Lubnan, Lebanon
Reda Ali, Wataneya Society for the Development of Orphanages, Cairo
Sabah Zaki Abdelrahman, El Wedad International Charitable Foundation, Giza
Shaymaa Hasan Abdelmagid, Private Practice, Egypt
Wafaa El-Sawy, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
Yasmine El Hagry, Wataneya Society for the Development of Orphanages, Cairo
Yasmine Saleh, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo
Yosr Kotb, Wataneya Society for the Development of Orphanages, Cairo
Zuhair Zakaria, Private Practice and Arab Union of Psychological Science, Amman, Jordan
Keynote speeches
Symposia
Interactive discussions
Workshops
Topics of Conference Sessions
Topic areas
| Populations
| Methods
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Abdullah Bin Ghouth, Hadramaut University, Yemen
Alean Al-Krenawi, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Jerusalem
Amira Ghonim, Wataneya Society for the Development of Orphanages, Cairo
Amira Zaky, General Secretariat of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment, Ministry of Health, Cairo
Aya Soubra, Lebanese American University, Beirut
Ayah Sarhan, Intu Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Ayman Shehata, ElRehla, Cairo
Azza Osman, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo
Brigitte Khoury, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Eman Gaber, General Secretariat of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment, Ministry of Health, Cairo
Farah Shash, The Community Hub, Cairo
Fatema Abou El Ela, Wataneya Society for the Development of Orphanages, Cairo
Germeen Riad, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo
Hamid Hussain, University of Baghdad, Iraq
Hana Fahmy, The Community Hub, Cairo
Hany Salah Aldidamouny, Nass Academy, Cairo
Haydar Zamil Kadhim, University of Karbala, Iraq
Heba Kotb, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo
Hella Schick, University of Cologne, Germany
Heyla Selim, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Hussien Hussien, Helwan University, Helwan
Ibrahim Kabbash, University of Tanta, Tanta
Lamyaa Abdellateef, International Organization for Migration, Cairo
Manar Ahmed Abdhamiid, Terre des Hommes, Assiut
Marie Therese Bishay, The Montessori Egyptian Center, Cairo
May Kassem, Private Practice, Cairo
Mohamed Abdelbaqy, African Centre for Women's Health, Alexandria
Mona Abdelnaby, Wataneya Society for the Development of Orphanages, Cairo
Mostafa Hanafy Mahmoud, Helwan University, Cairo
Nada Farahat, Care International Egypt, Cairo
Nazema Ahmed Sarhan, Helwan University, Egypt
Nessrin El-Nimr, Alexandria University, Alexandria
Nisreen Shelleh, Center for Engineering and Planning, Ramallah, Palestine
Noha Hassanin, Wataneya Society for the Development of Orphanages, Cairo
Reda Ali, Wataneya Society for the Development of Orphanages, Cairo
Sabah Zaki Abdelrahman, El Wedad International Charitable Foundation, Giza
Shaymaa Hasan Abdelmagid, Private Practice, Egypt
Wafaa El-Sawy, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
Yasmine El Hagry, Wataneya Society for the Development of Orphanages, Cairo
Yasmine Saleh, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo
Yosr Kotb, Wataneya Society for the Development of Orphanages, Cairo
Zuhair Zakaria, Private Practice and Arab Union of Psychological Science, Amman, Jordan