Magda Iskander is a social entrepreneur in Egypt

Egypt

Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

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Raised in a village in Egypt, she wanted to study music as a child. She found herself on the path of medicine instead, and was intrigued by radiology, which she studied in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. In 1984, she discovered that ultrasound was not available in Egypt, and began establishing training centers in Cairo

Cairo

Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...

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She is the founder of Care with Love, an organization that trains recruits to provide quality health care and assistance for the elderly and other homebound.

She was elected an Ashoka: Innovators for the Public

Ashoka: Innovators for the Public

Ashoka: Innovators for the Public is a nonprofit organization based in Arlington, VA, supporting the field of social entrepreneurship. Ashoka was founded by Bill Drayton in 1981 to identify and support leading social entrepreneurs through a Social Venture Capital approach with the goal of...

Fellow in 2003.

External links

• Podcast Interview with Magda Iskander Social Innovation Conversations, June 6, 2008