Ra'ed Al-Mickawi

As the Director of Bustan, a non-profit that works with the Bedouin and Jewish communities, Ra’ed Al-Mickawi leads the organization’s initiatives, including a Bedouin women’s empowerment project, eco-tourism and permaculture initiatives, and educational tours. He established the internet-based TV station Naqab.tv, and merges his expertise in film and journalism with community building and social justice activism. He works toward creating a local sustainable economy that includes full community participation, especially of women.

While in the U.S., Ra'ed worked with the YWCA Alaska in Anchorage researching the economic and social challenges of rural Alaskan women while designing a project to train rural women in business planning and management skills and provide them with mentors, lending opportunities and networking.