Maissa Hamed is an Egyptian-American and a former staff member of UNICEF with thirteen years’ experience in program and policy development, focusing on child labor and education in developing countries. Since 1998, she has been an Education and Research Consultant for Sesame Workshop’s International Research Department and is the author of The Last Night of Ramadan. She also provided consulting services for Scholastic Games Productions and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and authored a youth strategy paper for the UN Office of the Alliance of Civilizations to bridge the gap between the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds. In 2006, she founded Enjoy Islam - http://www.enjoyislam.net - an artistically creative educational and spiritual endeavor to bring true knowledge of Islam and the Muslim and Arab culture to American families. Hamed has a B.A. in Psychology and an M.A. in Social Sciences from the American University in Cairo (AUC). She lives in New York with her husband and their two children. She is a member of the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
A Nation Born in Tahrir with no FearSome of us are destined to make history. And some have to tell the story so that future generations know the majesty behind people's revolutions and their glory
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Democracy in the Age of American Idol
Slow Return to Normal Politics in Egypt
Revolutionary Business: Rethinking Entrepreneurship in the Middle East
Speak the Truth or Keep Silent
How to become a political activist in Egypt
Mish Fahem 2
Replacing Humiliation with Dignity
Egypt Calling: Lessons in Democracy
Mental Revolution
The Economic Consequences of the Arab Revolt
The Impact of Digital Technology on Art and Artists
Egypt's Economic Crisis: How to Help Cairo Help Itself
Egypt’s Beard Complex
Finding the trend in transition
An immediate roadmap for the Egyptian opposition
The Day After
Trafalgar has much in common with Tahrir
Does Egypt Need a Magles al-Shura?
Egypt Tries to Reconstitute Itself
A History of Tahrir Square