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• Between 2005-2008 he was a member of <strong>the</strong> pro-democracy Kefaya movement, also<br />

known as <strong>the</strong> Egyptian Movement for Change.<br />

• In 2009/2010, while working in Qatar, he was <strong>the</strong> coordinator of <strong>the</strong> National<br />

Association of Change and organized Egyptians in <strong>the</strong> area to support <strong>the</strong> change of <strong>the</strong><br />

Egyptian regime.<br />

In <strong>the</strong> words of Waleed Rashed, of <strong>the</strong> April 6th Youth Movement that helped organize<br />

<strong>the</strong> 25 January protests, ‘Tunis is <strong>the</strong> force that pushed Egypt, but what Egypt did will be<br />

<strong>the</strong> force that will push <strong>the</strong> world.<br />

WIEM MELKI<br />

Wiem Melki holds a bachelor degree in Linguistics. She is currently a 24 year old<br />

journalist at Tunisia-live, first Tunisian news website in English. She has been involved in<br />

civil society for 3 years now as a member of several NGOs, founder of o<strong>the</strong>rs such as<br />

Volunteering Students, Lions Club Pioneers, NSS English club and Culture for Citizenship.<br />

She is currently <strong>the</strong> vice president of United Women for Peace. She is a young leadership<br />

trainer training youth <strong>about</strong> leadership, public speaking and citizenship. She has been<br />

involved in several development projects such as Youth project and Access Leadership<br />

Training in Tunisia as well as Show Your Impact project in Turkey. She was part of <strong>the</strong><br />

Tunisian Model UN conference in Tunis twice. She participated in different trainings and<br />

exchange programs in <strong>the</strong> US, Germany and Turkey. She is interested in Peace, Women<br />

issues, Media, International Relations, Human Development, Human rights and Social<br />

Entrepreneurship.<br />

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