Ra'ed Al-Mickawi

As the Director of Bustan [8], 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 [9] 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.