Iman Bibars
Bio:
Iman Bibars serves as a vice president at Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, a global organization that accelerates social change by identifying and investing in leading social entrepreneurs. A pioneer entrepreneur in her own right, she works on behalf of women living in slum communities throughout Egypt. She is co-founder and current chairperson of the Association for the Development and Enhancement of Women, a citizen sector organization that provides credit and legal aid for impoverished female heads of household.
Iman Bibars holds a Ph.D. from the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex University, United Kingdom. Her thesis was published in 2001 in the book Heroines and Victims: Women, Welfare, and the Egyptian State. She has written commentaries for the Huffington Post and one of the first books written in Arabic on U.S. President Barack Obama, Dreams of a Good Fellow.
