Aya Nader

Aya Nader is an independent journalist based in Egypt, published in Open Democracy, Daily News Egypt, The National, and Al-Monitor, among others. She is an MA candidate in International Relations at the American University in Cairo.

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  Celebrating the Legacy of Trailblazing Arab Science Journalist Mohammed Yahia

  Upon landing in Jordan to attend a conference on water sustainability in the Middle East in 2016, an...

  Aya Nader 16 August 2023
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  Google Injects 1M USD Into Arabic Digital Skills Program, Improves Arabic Search

  Upon searching for ‘recycling plastic’ and other environment-related keywords, the social enterprise Greenish appears on the first...

  Aya Nader 11 December 2019
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  Google Maps Launches ‘Motorcycle Mode’ for Millions of Two-Wheel Drivers in Egypt

  In its largest event to date in the Middle East and North Africa region, Google on Tuesday...

  Aya Nader 10 December 2019
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  Music for Change: AltShift Organizes First Zero-waste Festival in Egypt

  Ouishare and the Festival Internacional De Innovacion Social (FIIS) are organizing a full day of music in...

  Aya Nader 18 October 2019
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  Three Egyptian Architects Among Finalists for Tamayouz Award

  Three Egyptian women who work in the architecture and construction fields are shortlisted for the 2019 Tamayouz...

  Aya Nader 10 September 2019
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  15-Year-Old Egyptian Highschooler Who Killed Rapist Released

  South Giza Court ordered on Monday the release of 15-year-old Amira Ahmed Rizk, who had stabbed to...

  Aya Nader 26 August 2019
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  How the Red Sea is Leading Egypt’s Environmental Action

  Upon arriving to the Red Sea city of El Gouna for the Egyptian-German Cairo Climate Talks’ (CCT)...

  Aya Nader 12 July 2019
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  Egyptian Wins International Thomson Foundation Mobile Journalism Competition

  On Wednesday, Thomson Foundation announced that Egyptian Photojournalist Mostafa Darwish won its fifth annual mobile journalism (‘mojo’)...

  Aya Nader 9 May 2019
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  Egyptian Women Awarded Pulitzer Prize for the First Time

  Associated Press (AP) journalists Maggie Michael and Nariman El-Mofty won on Monday a Pulitzer Prize in international...

  Aya Nader 16 April 2019
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  Egypt’s First Healthcare Hackathon Aims to Utilize Tech for the Masses

  For the first time in Egypt, Health 2.0 | Cairo is hosting a healthcare tech hackathon, HEALTHACK,...

  Aya Nader 4 March 2018
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  Egyptian Torture Rehabilitation Center Wins Amnesty Human Rights Award

  On Wednesday, Egypt’s Nadeem Centre for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture won the 9th...

  Aya Nader 26 January 2018
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  Review: ‘Tickling Giants’ Reminds Egypt of More Hopeful Times

  “Please use caution when trying any techniques used in this movie”. A warning we have seen many...

  Aya Nader 24 January 2018
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  Egypt’s Safarni Wins Second Place in UN Award

  On Thursday, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and BMW Group for the Intercultural Innovation Award announced...

  Aya Nader 3 December 2017
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  Egyptian Journalist Wins Nelson Mandela – Graca Machel Innovation Award

  Egyptian human rights defender, journalist, and chief editor of the Al Bedaiah online newspaper Khaled Elbalshy won...

  Aya Nader 27 November 2017
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  Arts & Culture

  Egyptian Project Helping Underprivileged Children Explore the World is Up for UN Award

  Egypt’s Safarni was selected on Tuesday as one of 10 finalists for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations...

  Aya Nader 5 November 2017
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  Egyptian Human Rights Defender Wins Martin Ennals Award

  Egypt Country Director for the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) Mohamed Zaree won the 2017...

  Aya Nader 10 October 2017
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  Business & Technology

  One-Way Ticket From Egypt To Mars

  What would life be like on Mars? Why would someone decide to leave everything behind and colonize...

  Aya Nader 9 October 2017