Egypt Wikimedians User Group

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Welcome to Egypt Wikimedians User Group page

Egypt Wikimedians (EGWUG) (In Arabic: مجموعة مستخدمي ويكيميديا في مصر) is a Wikimedia user group that has the goal of promoting Wikimedia projects and other projects of free content and access to knowledge in Egypt, and support all volunteers inside Egypt, as well as Egyptian volunteers abroad around the world.

The User Group Founded and Recognized by WMF affiliations committee in July 2014, as the second user group in the Arabic-speaking countries.

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Egypt Wikimedians User Group
Egypt
Location	Egypt
Country code	EG
Approval date	July 27, 2014
Main office	(N/A)
Staff	(N/A)
Official language(s)	Arabic
Other language(s)	English and Spanish
Chief Coordinator	2
Budget	(N/A)
Affiliations	Wikimedia Foundation
Website	https://www.wikimedia-eg.org/
E-mail address	wm-egypt@wikimedia.org
Mailing list	Wikimedia Egypt
Facebook	Facebook page

Board and Staff

Board of trustees: (elected in Jan 2024)

• Walaa Abdel Manaem (chairperson) (contact)
• Ibrahim Elaidy (Executive Manager) (contact)
• Donia (chief communications officer) (contact)
• Mohamed Ouda (Treasurer) (contact)

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Staff:

• Amr Fathy Nagy: Administrative Assistant (Paid role)
• Omnia Ahmed: Events Manger (Paid role)
• Ghada Maher: Social Media Coordinator (Paid role)
• Summer Kamal: Photography Contest Supervisor (Voluntary)
• Ahmed Farrag: Web Technical Support (Voluntary)
• Gerges Shamon: Tech Hub team Leader – Acting (Voluntary)
• Ahmed Faris: Wiki Awareness team leader (Voluntary)

Keep in touch

Email: wm-egyptwikimedia.org
Mailing List: wikimediaeg-l-ownerlists.wikimedia.org (Subscribe)

       

Who can join?

If you live in Egypt, then you can participate in our events in person, if you live in other countries you still can participate in any activity or project we have online. Feel free to add your name to the interested members list below and to ask any questions on the discussion page.

Members

Starting February 1, 2024, all new members must register via the group administration form (link).