Project Specialist

Hesham is a senior project specialist in ARIJ, managing the implementation of ARIJ AI projects and ARIJ Fellowships programs. Hesham is an award winning multimedia/data investigative journalist, holding a bachelor’s degree from Mass-communication College at Cairo University in Radio and Television studies. Her focus is on producing digital stories on social and economical discrimination in Egypt and the Arab world. Her investigation with ARIJ about women and sports centres in Egypt was nominated for the New Media Writing Prize Journalism Award in 2021, in addition to receiving several awards for different reports.