Agents of Change Youth Fellowship
The Wilson Center's Agents of Change Fellowship recognizes the significance of the MENA region when it comes to climate response and the potential for youth leadership in the region to shape a more sustainable, peaceful, and prosperous future for the world.
The Fellowship is an opportunity for emerging leaders from the MENA region seeking meaningful careers at the intersection of climate change and security. It is hosted by the Wilson Center's Middle East Program and Environmental Change and Security Program, with support from UAE Embassy in Washington, DC.
The 2023 cohort represented young professionals from Morocco to Iraq who are working on climate-related issues in their communities from water resource management to conflict stabilization.
2023 Fellows
Khalil Abu Allan
Faculty Member, Hebron University, West Bank
Abdullah J. Alfayadh
Program Coordinator, United Nation’s Iraq Mission
Josiane Atallah
Senior Partnership Officer, International Rescue Committee
Nour Barakeh
Energy and Communication Consultant for the International Forum for Understanding, Cambridge
Adina Halevi
Environmental Consultant at EcologyWise; Transboundary Water Management Researcher, The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies
Eslam A. Hassanein
Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Politics and Economics, Beni Suef University, Egypt
Jezia Labidi
Project Specialist, Tunisia, Center for Middle East and North Africa, United States Institute of Peace
Hamza Saidi
Project Manager, Regional Program on Energy Security and Climate Change Middle East and North Africa, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Rabat
Gokce Sencan
Water Researcher
Neeshad Shafi
Co-Founder, Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar
Fellowship Team
Merissa Khurma
Lauren Herzer Risi
Alexander Farley
Claire Doyle
Yusuf Can
Angus Soderberg
2023 Capstone Briefers
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