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'''Omar Elmenofy''' is a [[Core Participants |core participant]] of the [[ | '''Omar Elmenofy''' is a [[Core Participants |core participant]] of the [[Middle East and North African (MENA) Initiative]]. | ||
His [[Peer Empowerment and Support Mentors]] is '''[[Teresa Tourvas]]'''. | |||
'''Omar Elmenofy''' is half Greek and half Egyptian and has been brought up for the past 19 years in the island kingdom of Bahrain. Omar was born in September of 1994, and is currently 22 years old. His interests are travelling and exploring different cultures, learning different languages, volunteering work which leads to positive social development and professional development, photography, trying different cuisines, playing sports and also going to regular fitness classes which leads to an improvement in his personal well-being. Omar also enjoys socialising and building his social networks but also using social media platforms to bring up important issues which he believes should be raised. | |||
In 2016 Omar graduated from the University of Sussex in the UK with a double major in Economics and International Development. This degree has taught him how to use economic tools to tackle global issues; the global issues he focused on were: global poverty, income inequality, gender inequality, economic development, sustainable development, environmental development, human rights and political instability. Omar had to complete one dissertation for International Development and a statistics project for Economics in his final year. In his dissertation he wrote about ‘The European Refugee Crisis: The Failure of Refugee Burden- Sharing and the Development Implications for Europe’ and for his statistics project he wrote about ‘The Welfare State and the Determinants of Life Expectancy: Evidence from EU countries for 2013’. | |||
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After graduation, | After graduation, Omar completed the most advanced on-line TEFL course and later went on to intern in Ningbo, China as an English teacher for two months. He taught children from ages 3 to 5 years old at both the Early and Teen centers. Furthermore, he has completed a graduate internship programme in Manama, Bahrain as a Graduate Intern at a 5-star upscale hotel called The Diplomat Radisson Blu Hotel. | ||
Currently, he is interning at another graduate internship programme in Zallaq, Bahrain as a Graduate Intern at a 5-star luxury hotel/resort called the Sofitel Bahrain Zallaq Thalassa Sea & Spa. Omar is building and developing his Hospitality Management skills as he is hoping to become a successful hotelier one day in the future. The Ancient Greek concept of “Keep a healthy mind in a healthy body” is one where he believes very firmly in. He takes an active role in a wide range of extra-curricular activities including MUN debating, sports and have also completed the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award in Oman. He has played competitive tennis for many years in a professional tennis academy in Bahrain and | Currently, he is interning at another graduate internship programme in Zallaq, Bahrain as a Graduate Intern at a 5-star luxury hotel/resort called the Sofitel Bahrain Zallaq Thalassa Sea & Spa. Omar is building and developing his Hospitality Management skills as he is hoping to become a successful hotelier one day in the future. The Ancient Greek concept of “Keep a healthy mind in a healthy body” is one where he believes very firmly in. He takes an active role in a wide range of extra-curricular activities including MUN debating, sports and have also completed the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award in Oman. He has played competitive tennis for many years in a professional tennis academy in Bahrain and | ||
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