Afkar Fellowship

New Silk Roads initiated the Afkar Fellowship for changemakers in North Africa. Through this fellowship, we coached fourteen fellows over two years in leadership, fundraising, communication, and filmmaking to increase their impact. The Afkar Fellows encompassed an eclectic cohort, including a visual artist and gallerist from Libya, a media entrepreneur from Egypt, a calligrapher from the Western Sahara, a technologist from Tunisia, and an activist for LGBTQI+ rights.