HISHAM ALLAM

Hisham Allam is a journalist based in Egypt, investigative reporter, Trainer, Coach.

News reports, feature stories, investigative reports, economics.

 Hisham Allam is a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalist (ICIJ) and has worked on several of its cross-border collaborations; such as Swiss Leaks, Panama Papers and Paradise Papers. He documented his experience investigating the illicit financial flows through offshore companies in the Middle East in his book "Panama papers, the untold stories".

Earlier, he participated in the launching of a Norwegian project focusing on investigating extremism in the world “Hate Speech International” in 2013 as MENA researcher and coordinator. He also took part in cross-border investigations with the Swedish TV (SVT), Aftenposten of Norway and Swiss TV (RTS) and wrote for the Internationalist, IPS, Take Part, and others.

Allam played a key role in the founding of 2 independent newspapers in Egypt; Al Masry Al Yom in 2006, and El-Watan in 2012 where he served as an Investigations Editor until July 2013.

Allam has an extensive network of journalists and organizations with a special interest in investigative journalism all over the world. He built his network though participating in and facilitating workshops and global conferences, which is a massive asset for collaborative journalism.

He is also a part-time lecturer at Al-Ahram Canadian University in Cairo, The Future University in Egypt (FUE) and October University for Sciences and Arts (MSA).

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