Sami Hourani

Medical doctor and serial social entrepreneur. He is the founding director of the well-known educational platform For9a.com. Dr. Hourani is the founder and the executive director of the regional organization Leaders of Tomorrow and the innovative social accountability initiative, Diwanieh and the new and creative qualitative research methodology FADFED.

He is a fellow at Ashoka, largest hub for social innovators world wide. He received King Abdullah II Demoqrati award in 2014 and EUROMED youth award in 2013. He was also elected as the Jordanian Role Model of 2011 and received the Jordanian title “Knight of Change” in 2008.

He is certified in community organizing from Harvard University and in Persuasive Communication from Delaware University in the United States. He has an M.D degree from University of Jordan. He is currently doing his masters in social innovation and technology at Lund University in Sweden. Dr. Hourani works as a consultant in Middle Eastern politics, creative street activism and innovative development solutions for different national, international organizations and academic institutions.

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