باسم خليفة

Bassem KHALIFA is an environmentalist, foodie and, unexpectedly, social entrepreneur. In 2013, he started a production house called ma7sool that focuses on food, heritage, and the environment. Its flagship project was to produce a travel-adventure documentary series on the diverse food heritage of Egypt. Bassem went on to co-found ma7ali, a locally sourced deli and grocery, to promote good, clean, fair, local food. He is a member of Slow Food Cairo and the Bozoor Balady campaign to promote food sovereignty. Bassem obtained a Master’s degree in Environmental Management from Yale University. Between his undergraduate degree in Computer Science and graduate school, he worked in institutional capacity building, adult learning, socio-economic development, and taught in high school. He will be coordinating the thematic course Anarchist Recipes together with Pam.