عبد الحليم هشام عبد الله

AbdelHalim Hisham Abdallah is a sports junkie and a citizen journalist who covered the Egyptian revolution from the frontlines. He co-founded a live streaming initiative called Ana Mubasher (I am live) in immediate response to the revolution. Halim completed undergraduate studies in Tour Guiding at Helwan University. During his university years he was a boxing champion and a member of several student bodies. He has worked in events management for a year after graduation organising concerts for Naseer Shamma and Fadel Shaker, amongst others. AbdelHalim joined CILAS right after completing his compulsory military service. Halim aspires to live as a wanderer seeking knowledge and hopes to have a positive impact in the fields of media, history and politics of the Middle East and Africa. He believes in JRR Tolkien's quote, "not all those who wander are lost." He now works at the Agence France Press (AFP).