Head of Comms @UNHCREgypt 🇪🇬#WithRefugees. Formerly @IOMEgypt & @AUC | Entrepreneur @ ❤️ | Personal account | Media requests: [email protected]
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Congratulations to @UN_Women Egypt on appointing @MariamNaoum as their National Goodwill Ambassador.
An excellent choice & a promising partnership. Looking forward to seeing more creative storytelling & impactful work that challenges perceptions and advances women’s empowerment.
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📍🇪🇬 Egypt continues to receive people fleeing the war in Sudan.
Since April 2023, over 1,018,508 newly arrived individuals have been given UNHCR registration appointments and 808,806 have been registered so far.
76% are women and children.
Learn more: data.unhcr.org/en/documents/…
King Tut's incredible gold coffin is shining bright at the @EgyptMuseumGem.
A profound connection to our past ✨
This is #Egypt's story, brilliantly preserved for the world.
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From the land where time began, #Egypt rises again.
No country carries history quite like ours and today, we open the largest archaeological museum in the world.
We don’t just preserve history; we redefine it. 🇪🇬
#GrandEgyptianMuseum #GEM #ProudlyEgyptian
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✨8 years of partnership between @UNHCREgypt & @ElGounaFilm using cinema as a force for good.
Seeing Cate Blanchett join this year, an idea born to deepen impact and reach, marks a key milestone for everyone involved.
Proud to have been part of this journey.
#WithRefugees
El Gouna Film Festival was honored to present its Champion of Humanity Award to Academy Award winner and UNHCR Global Goodwill Ambassador, Cate Blanchett, presented by founder of El Gouna Film Festival and chairman of Orascom Investment Holding, Naguib Sawiris, and founder of El Gouna and chairman of the El Gouna Film Festival Board of Directors, Samih Sawiris.
In alignment with our theme, 'Cinema for Humanity,' the award recognises Blanchett’s profound and sustained commitment to humanitarian causes worldwide. As a leading voice for UNHCR, she has tirelessly championed the rights and welfare of refugees and displaced people globally, using her influential voice and platform to drive essential awareness and support. We celebrate her as an artist whose enduring empathy is as compelling as her craft, exemplifying the power of cinema to drive meaningful and impactful change.
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‼️Only 1/5 of the budget @UNHCREgypt requested in 2025 is funded.
🏥 The health sector is the most underfunded in #Egypt.
🩻 Without healthcare, refugees get weaker, sicker and are risking their lives.
⚠️ The cost of inaction is high! Pls donate.
Giving.unhcr.org
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Today is #IWD2025.
1 in 3 👧 faces physical &/or sexual violence at least 1x in their lifetime.
<40% of 👩🦰seek help due to fear of stigma & retaliation.
1 in 5 👩🦰marries before turning 18.
👩🦰worldwide have only 2/3 of 👨's legal rights.
Let that sink in...
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12 million forcibly displaced by war in #Sudan
9m internally displaced
3m sought refugee in neighbouring countries
40% of those arrived in Egypt between Apr23 - Sep24.
Sudan war forcibly displaced >12 million individuals, 3m of whom seeking refuge in neighboring countries and beyond.
With over 1.2m Sudanese arrivals in #Egypt, Egypt has now become the largest host in the region.
unhcr.org/eg/48939-egypt-big…
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Impactful Stories: Beyond the Film - an interesting panel with @KindaAlloush @RemiGrellety @Hanan_Hamdan_ @sassyves moderated by Maggie Morgan @ElGounaFilm discussing the role of film in changing narrative and inducing change.
“Malaria is as old as Egyptian civilization itself, but the disease that plagued pharaohs now belongs to its history,” said @WHO chief @DrTedros.
@WHOEgypt
bbc.com/news/articles/cm2yl8…
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Nada is one of five amazing women awarded the Nansen Award for helping refugees this year.
With her team of volunteers from 🇪🇬 🇸🇩 🇸🇾 🇾🇪, Nada helped 100s of refugee families with healthcare, shelter & other forms of support, despite limited resources.
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ندى فضل 🇸🇩 تُكرم بجائزة نانسن للاجئين لمنطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا لعام 2024 لجهودها الرائعة في دعم العائلات اللاجئة في مصر🇪🇬.
تدير ندى مركزًا مجتمعيًا يقوده الشباب في الإسكندرية حيث يتلقى اللاجئون خدمات الرعاية الصحية المجانية والتدريب على المهارات.
unhcr.org/ar/news/stories/yo…
As of 8 October, >800K refugees & asylum-seekers are registered with @UNHCREgypt.
The Sudanese population accounts for 64%, followed by the Syrian at 20% & South Sudanese at 6%.
Despite the surge in numbers, only 53% of the budget UNHCR Egypt requested in 2024 has been funded.
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Israel has approved a new Jewish settlement in Battir, taking away privately owned land for new settler houses and new outposts have been set up without even Israeli authorisation.
bbc.com/news/articles/c624qr…
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