Speaker - Esra'a Al Shafei

Geneva Summit Speaker - Esra'a Al Shafei

Esra'a Al Shafei is the Executive Director of MideastYouth.com, an award-winning independent network whose mission is to inspire and provide young people with the freedom and opportunity of expression. Her work on the internet bridges gaps of faith and geography to unite young people committed to fostering constructive discourse in the Middle East. She is the project coordinator of a series of international initiatives having to do with minority rights, women, and freedom of expression. She was a recent recipient of a Berkman Award from the Berkman Center of Internet and Society at Harvard Law School for "outstanding contributions to the internet and its impact on society." She is based in Bahrain.

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