Beit El Hiwar Foundation for Arts and Culture

National Network
Egypt
Address

19 Abdel Aziz Ghaweesh, Apartment 47, Floor 12
Lebanon Square, Mohandiseen, Giza

Cairo
Egypt

Telephone
00201288888817
E-Mail
hamdi@beitelhiwar.com
E-Mail (2)
katrin@beitelhiwar.com
Mobile Phone
0021018818382
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
2012
Fields of Activity
  1. Media
General Information
Beit el Hiwar has four main departments for running its programs: Business and Operation, Social Media, Sales and Marketing, Technical, and Animation Production with a team of 14 professional. The CEO and Founder is Hamdi Abu Khalaf who is overseeing the business operation as a whole and managing all the programs activities on day to day basis. Beit el Hiwar also has implemented Monthly Workshop for Creating Opportunities for the youth of Egypt on April 10, 2013. The Media Training workshop was implemented with Ms. Safaa Faisal the Media expert from BBC International News Channel, who was also moderated by a prominent Egyptian Journalist Ms. Hanan Shouman. This workshop was implemented At Ein Shams University (one of the largest Egyptian Public University in Cairo) along with 150 participants. The sources of funding for Beit El Hiwar Institution is from the Animation Productions Department and selling ads on the website, as well as personal investments put forward by the founder and CEO Hamdi Abu Khalaf
Mission and Objectives

1. Enhance public awareness through providing free information for the public on current issues that concern the youth like human capital development.
2. Promote digital activism for youth (ages 15-24), particularly those that provide practical hands-on experience in civic engagement, public service, and volunteerism that helps to improve local communities.
3. Engage the public in meaningful live debates to build consensus, enhance collaborative thinking, build links and bridges of communications between the public and authorities.
4. Create a niche awareness media production that addresses current political and social problems in a humorous manner.
5. Produce purposeful animation shows such as" Abu Ali " the defender of Civil Society always calling for reform and change.
6. Collaborate and organize with educational institutes such as universities live workshops aiming at refining young men and women in the Middle East on how to become successful entrepreneurs rather than job seekers.

Main Projects / Activities

Tweet Hiwar forums
Tweet Hiwar forums focus on Building Bridges and links of communication between elected officials & public through promoting the civilized pragmatic approach of reaching consensus through dialogue, enhancing collaborative and creative thinking.
The Career Builder workshop
Organizing Workshops to refine and shape young men and women on how to become successful entrepreneurs rather than job seekers, by getting them involved in meaningful civil development seminars, live training work shops "sponsored internships" to clarify their perception and understanding about possible future career decisions.
Awareness Animation
Awareness animated videos promoting civil liberties , tolerance, human rights, voting. Beit El Hiwar is producing Abu Ali a humorous character as the publics voice watch Dog and as a defender of civil society always calling for reform.
The Online contests
A monthly blogging contest aims to encourage youth in Middle East to express their free opinion, passion for change and reform in a civilized pragmatic form. As well as hosting monthly contest for best pictures taken.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

Beit El Hiwar is seeking to contribute to Media Awareness and Public Opinion section of the Network through collaborating and implementing programs relevant to the field as the opportunities are available. In Egypt, Beit El Hiwar is seeking to promote the pragmatic civilized culture of building consensus through dialogue. Beit El Hiwar works on increasing awareness about the forms of political and democratic thinking, based on diversity of thought, fairness, respect for human rights and tolerance among the participants. It also has comprehensive live training to inform, instruct and deliver the necessary knowledge of how to:
 Get involved in meaningful debates.
 Build consensus through education and dialogue.
 Enhance collaborative and creative thinking.
 Engage the participants in simulations that would clarify their perception about democratic thinking and convey the righteous message about democratic behavior.
 Encourage Middle Eastern bloggers and writers to communicate with the Western world via BeitEl Hiwar English site, to build bridges of better understanding, mutual respect, and trust.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

Beit El Hiwar is seeking to join the Network in order to seek partners and partnerships for its projects. Given that partnerships are critical to avoid duplication in efforts. Further, partnerships are an opportunity to develop more creative programs that are needed to support civil development in Egypt.

Contact (1) Full Name
Katrin Masharqa
Head of the organisation
Hamdi Abu Khalaf