Biography Hoda Abbas is a Marketing student at the American University in Cairo, currently spending a year abroad at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She is drawn to the dynamic nature of business and the way it brings together constant analysis, creativity, openness to new ideas, strong quantitative skills, and leadership. Hoda…
Biography Farida Elabd is an undergraduate student at The American University in Cairo, majoring in Economics with a minor in Business Administration. Farida is passionate about her studies and aspires to become a development practitioner after her graduation. One of her goals is to help countries design and implement policies to overcome economic and social…
Biography Mohamed Abdelhamed is a student of Electrical Engineering at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. He is driven by a passion for electrical engineering, inspired by its promise of advancing computing for humans and its endless possibilities for artistic expression. His academic interests lie particularly in quantum hardware and the intersection of electronics and…
Biography Jana Mehana is an Electrical Engineering student at Ain Shams University in Cairo, spending this year at the University of Pennsylvania as a Sawiris Penn Scholar. She is drawn to the intersection where wave physics meets real hardware, with academic interests spanning digital circuit design, quantum engineering, and optics, as well as a strong…
Biography Omar Salem is a business marketing student with a minor in psychology at the American University in Cairo. He is driven by excellence and a passion to continuously learn and grow, and he is motivated to explore business strategies, decision-making, and consulting tactics while merging psychological disciplines to gain a better understanding of consumer…
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Biography Maureen Mokhles is an Electronics Engineering student from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt, with a major interest in analog design. Her time at Penn was a great academic experience, especially through graduate-level courses in analog design and VLSI. She finds chip design fascinating because it is where physics, math, and intuition all come…
Contact My Experience Abroad As an Architecture student, seeing the United States for the first time was a mind bending experience. I explored more than 10 cities and 7 states in both east and west coasts during my year seeing marvels of American history and engineering, a very inspiring experience. On campus I engaged in…
