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Middle East Dialogues: A Conversation with Naguib Sawiris

Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

A conversation between MEI Faculty Chair Professor Tarek Masoud and Eng. Naguib Sawiris, Founder of Orascom Telecom Holding and Executive Chairman of Orascom Investment Holding. This event is part of the Middle East Initiative's series, the "Middle East Dialogues." Additional series speakers this semester include Mouin Rabbani and Micah Goodman. Please scroll down for further details about this series.

This event is open in person to HUID holders only. Registration is required for this event. 

Date: Time: - Location: Nye A, B, & C, 5th Floor
Tarek Masoud, Naguib Sawiris

About the Series

This event is part of the Middle East Initiative's Spring 2025 "Middle East Dialogues," a series of frank, open, and probing encounters with vital and varied perspectives on the current conflict, its causes, and the prospects for peace and progress in the region. 

Spring 2025 Middle East Dialogues Schedule:

March 13, 2025: A Conversation with Mouin Rabbani, Dutch-Palestinian political analyst and non-resident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs

April 10, 2025: A Conversation with Naguib Sawiris, Founder of Orascom Telecom Holding and Executive Chairman of Orascom Investment Holding

April 24, 2025: A Conversation with Dr. Micah Goodman, Israeli scholar, author, and Research Fellow at Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem

Prior Middle East Dialogues sessions may be watch here. 

About the Speaker

Naguib Sawiris is the founder of Orascom Telecom Holding which became the leading regional telecommunications player until its merger with Vimpelcom in 2011. In 2015 he managed the acquisition of Euronews, Europe’s top news channel, which has an African subsidiary, Africanews, and was appointed Chairman of its board. He is Executive Chairman of Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding and Chairman of the investment holding company OTMT Investments, which holds interests in ICT, finance and infrastructure.