These students pictured above in the grey t-shirts, assisting at every twist and turn, are the Egyptian Microsoft Student Partners (MSP) and Event Volunteers. They have been our ambassadors to Cairo, helping to make sure Imagine Cup 2009 is an experience all attendees will never forget.
Michael Johnstone, Short Film captain, shares the following about the MSPs, “they have been fantastic and very involved with the students - helping them with many of the technical hurdles they were encountering with their cameras and equipment.” Many of us working on Imagine Cup do not know what we would do without these “can-do” students.
I met with 3 of the MSPs: Seif Mokhtar, Ahmed Ashraf, and Mohamed Yamama. Each of them started as Microsoft interns and then they were asked to join the prestigious MSP program. Their role is to be the eyes and ears of Microsoft on their college campuses. They work to help student’s access MS software, programs and trainings plus they get to work at specific Microsoft events and technology events during the year in Egypt. Of course, Imagine Cup 2009 is the biggest event they have worked on to date.
A list of all of these MSPs and volunteers are listed below:
Mohamed Ismail Babers, Mohamed Yamama, Nada Sherif Abd Al-Galeel Ahmed Al Askary, Basma Nasser Abdelsalam Elkerdani, Evronia Fr. Angelos Fathy Azer, Judy Hassan El Said, Seif Mokhtar, Hani Amr, Ahmad Fathy, Alaa Mohsen Salah Abou-Zeid, Ahmed Al-Rashiedy, Yasmine Abbass Fathy, Ahmed Adel Nasr Eldin, Amr El Touny, Magdy Wageeh, Haider Ghaleb, Ahmed Mahdy, Mohamad Hesham Mohamad El Basioony Fadl, Hesham Abdel Megid Mostafa, Wassim Nader Salib, Ahmed Ashraf, Moustafa Farid Taha Alzantot, Adham Badr, Sary Gaballa, Karim Sherif Ramadan, Ahmed Lakani, Marwan Hamad, Mohamed Said El Saman, Abdelmoniem Mohammed Hesham, Antwan Saad, Mona Diab, Mahmoud adel farid, Reem Ahmed Abd el megeed, Aya Mohamed Lotfy, Mohamed Abdul Majeed ABdul Majeed, Mariam Said Oraby, Mohamed Amr El Sisi , Mina Nabil Kaiser, Ramy Nabil, Ahmed Mahmoud Mohammed Abd El Ati, Mohamed Adel Mahmoud, Ismail Youssef Ibrahim, Shahenda Mohamed Alaa Abo El Hamail, Mohammed Rashad Faied Elsammak, Moustafa Mohammad Samir, Kareem El-Sayed Khamis El-Sayed, Ibrahim Elsayed Mahmoud Elkhatib, Mohamed Sameh Sayed, Omar Hesham Gharieb, Lobna M. Mitkees, Gehad Ahmed, Ahmed Mohamed Labi, Muhammad A.Raouf Ali, Ahmed Gamal Mohammed Soliman, Yasmin Adel Elayyat and Nesreen Adel.
A big thank you for making our time in Egypt so enjoyable.
- Toddy Dyer
