Phoebe Fawzy

Phoebe Fawzy Girgis is a journalist, women's activist and politician who serves as Second Deputy Speaker of the Egyptian Senate. Winning office on the Republican People's Party ticket at the 2020 Egyptian Senate elections, she is the first Coptic woman to serve in the parliament. In 1983, she earned a degree in media and mass communications from Cairo University. She developed a career in media journalism, and became the youngest editor-in-chief on Egyptian TV at the time.

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• Egypt has transformed from an influential regional actor into a global strategic partner.
  • Egypt became global strategic partner
• that the world was dazzled by the brilliant organization of the fourth edition of the World Youth Forum, which concluded its activities in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm El Sheikh Thursday.
  • In statements to MENA
• the determination of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to hold the forum, despite the global outbreak of infections by the Omicron variant of coronavirus, was strong evidence of Egypt’s ability to organize such a worldwide event
  • Egypt became global strategic partner
• the WYF served as a starting point for the UN Climate Change Conference 2022 (COP 27) that will kick off in Sharm El Sheikh in November
  • Egypt became global strategic partner