Ethar El-Katatney

Ethar El-Katatney is an Egyptian journalist known for her investigative feature articles. She currently works full time as a staff writer at "Egypt Today" [ " [http://www.egypttoday.com/ Egypt Today] "] and "Business Today" [ " [http://www.businesstodayegypt.com/ Business Today] "] . She is also known for participating in numerous international conferences that promote peace and an understanding of Islam and Islamic culture around the world.

El-Katatney was part of the Habib Ali Al Jifri Litaarafuu dialogue in Abu Dhabi to bridge the cultural gap created by the Jyllands-Posten cartoons, where she moderated a number of workshops and gave the closing speech on the Muslim side along with Moez Masoud, a young Islamic scholar. [ [http://www.cphpost.dk/get/95174.html The Clash of Civilizations is Currently on Hold] . "The Copenhagen Post, " 20 April 2006.] . Her speech is available at Habib Ali’s website [http://www.habibali.net/AlHabibAliMedia/abudhabi_conf/ram/eithar_monday.ram] .

Other countries she has traveled to for conferences include Denmark, Turkey [ [http://www.youthforhab.org.tr/eng/activite/dialogical/programme.htm Dialogical: Youth Empowerment Conference Agenda] . "Youth for Habitat, " 25 Feb. 2007.] , and Norway.

In 2006, she travelled to England with Amr Khaled, the popular Egyptian televangelist, in a three week youth training program. She joined him in an Islamic talk show called "Human Insights" that aired Ramadan 2006 on El-Mehwar channel.

Ethar also worked as a researcher with Moez Masoud for his new program "The Right Way," which aired Ramadan '07.

Along with a recent NYU alumni, she has written a non-fiction book on cross cultural perceptions and representations, date of publication still unset.

She is a graduate of the American University in Cairo, with a degree in Business Administration and a minor in Arab and Islamic Civilization. Currently, she is pursuing two masters degrees also at the AUC: an MBA and an MA in Journalism. As a student, she was editor-in-chief of "Dimensions", one of two main student-run newspapers on campus, and was selected as one of 6 students to blog on the AUC Website. [http://www2.aucegypt.edu/blogs/ethar/] . She gave the graduation speech during her commencement [ [http://www1.aucegypt.edu/students/caravan/stories/07Feb11_GradIssue/found_front.html El-Katatney represents mid-year AUC graduates] . "Caravan, " American University in Cairo. 11 Feb. 2007.] and was nominated for the Parent's Association cup. [ [http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=92034&d=12&m=2&y=2007 Arab World Needs You, Suad Juffali Tells AUC Graduates] . "Arab News, " 12 Feb. 2007.] .

Her articles can be accessed here. [http://etharelkatatney.blogspot.com/]

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External links

* El-Katatney, Ethar. " [http://etharelkatatney.blogspot.com/ Ethar El-Katatney's Published Stories: Online Archive] "
* “ [http://www.habibali.net/AlHabibAliMedia/abudhabi_conf/ram/eithar_monday.ram Speech by Ethar El-Katatney (Downloadable)] ,” "Habib Ali.net", 20 April 2006.
*El-Katatney, Ethar. “ [http://www2.aucegypt.edu/blogs/ethar/ My Life @ AUC] ,” "American University in Cairo, " 2006-2007.