ABOUT THE PROJECT
We believe that historical understanding is key for strategic vision, and we see in the exploration of family businesses a unique opportunity to study the challenges overcome by business entrepreneurs and leaders in an effort to inspire the future.
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This research initiative is the first and most ground-breaking project mapping family business legacies in the MENASA region. It features a globally unique approach to understanding the multi-faceted impact of family-owned businesses in the regional economy, society and culture and seeks while preserving the history of individual entrepreneurs and collective business activities
This understanding will not only offer significant insights into historical transformations of business cultures and socio-economic environments in the GCC as well as the MENASA region but also support family businesses address current and future challenges.
Our Collaboration
Robert J Young
Dean of Arts and Humanities
NYU Abu Dhabi
Essa Al Ghurair
Chairman
Tharawat Family Business Forum
NYUAD and Tharawat Family Business Forum sign a Research Memorandum of Understanding
Meet The Team
Farida El-Agamy
General Manager
Tharawat Family Business Forum
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Education: Lic.iur., University of Fribourg, Attorney-at-Law, High Court of the Canton of Bern, Switzerland
Martin Klimke
Vice Provost for Academic Policies and Governance
Program Head, Associate Professor of History
New York University Abu Dhabi
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Education: MA, PhD University of Heidelberg
Shereen El-Agamy
Manager Strategy and Innovation
Tharawat Family Business Forum
Education: MLaw, University of Fribourg, Attorney-at-Law, High Court of the Canton of Bern, Switzerland
Israa Mahgoub
Research Assistant
New York University Abu Dhabi
Education: MA, Sorbonne University
Abu Dhabi
Coordinator
Tharawat Family Business Forum
Joy Wandia
Special thanks to:
Jennifer Watts
Kainaath Ahmad Shah Mumtaz
Zahra Urooj
Tharawat Family Business Forum
The Tharawat Family Business Forum is an independent, non-for-profit membership association dedicated to the sustainability, innovation, and growth of MENA family businesses. The association was founded 2006 by 15 leading family-owned companies from all over the Middle East who had a vision for a strong peer community where families could share their experiences and learn from each other. Today, 10 years later, Tharawat has grown into a key platform for education and opportunity for its community.
New York University Abu Dhabi
New York University Abu Dhabi is the first comprehensive liberal arts and science campus in the Middle East to be operated abroad by a major American research university. NYU Abu Dhabi has integrated a highly-selective liberal arts, engineering and science curriculum with a world center for advanced research and scholarship enabling its students to succeed in an increasingly interdependent world and advance cooperation and progress on humanity’s shared challenges.
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