Lifecycle: { "status": "rolling_recommendation_and_selection", "edition": "ongoing", "cadence": "at least six Arab World nominations annually", "duration": "lifetime fellowship; living stipend averages 3 years at launch stage", "renewable": "lifetime membership/support while pursuing social problem", "dates": {} } Funding and benefits: { "amount": { "stipend_value": "case-specific and not public", "average_duration_years": 3 }, "award_count": { "arab_world_minimum_annual_nominations": 6 }, "total_pool": null, "benefits": [ "living stipend where needed", "lifetime global peer network", "strategic introductions", "visibility and media support", "capacity building", "legal and financial support", "award nomination support", "monitoring and evaluation support" ] } Eligibility and filters: { "citizenship": null, "residence": "primary impact in Arab World; willing to spend at least three years in country of impact", "age": null, "applicant_type": [ "leading social entrepreneur and organizational decision-maker" ], "education": null, "experience": "demonstrated systems-changing idea, creativity, entrepreneurial quality, social impact and ethical fiber", "fields": "all social, human, environmental and economic needs", "institution": "initiative, organization or mission-locked for-profit", "language": null, "location": "Arab World", "remote": "network/hybrid", "route": "recommendation, nomination and extensive venture selection", "exclusions": [ "political party association", "for-profit applicants unwilling to reinvest profits in social cause for at least ten years" ], "performance_filters": [ "willingness to work full time on idea for at least three years", "responsive participation in at least two months of selection and four-day Cairo panel" ] } Application: { "opens": "rolling", "deadline": null, "decision": null, "start": null, "end": "lifetime", "url": "https://www.ashoka.org/en-aaw/program/ashoka-arab-world-fellowship", "materials": [ "recommendation/nomination", "venture and impact information", "selection interviews and due diligence" ], "selection_stages": [ "recommendation", "first opinion", "second opinion", "national/regional selection panel", "Ashoka board review", "election" ] } Past editions and people: { "people": { "program_leaders": [], "latest_recipients": [], "past_recipients": [ { "name": "Zeinab Almomany", "public_role": "Ashoka Arab World Fellow quoted on official page" }, { "name": "Magda Iskandar", "public_role": "Ashoka Arab World Fellow quoted on official page" } ], "coverage": "Representative official fellow profiles are mapped; the searchable official directory contains the wider roster." }, "history": { "launched": "Ashoka Arab World active since 2003", "editions": [ { "cadence": "at least six Arab World fellows nominated annually" } ], "statistics": [ "Ashoka page states a global network of 3,700+ fellows in 93+ countries; Arab World/Africa summit page reports 620+ across Africa and Arab World" ] } } Known evidence gaps: [ "stipend amount/formula", "cycle-specific decision dates", "complete normalized Arab World roster", "country-by-country nomination routes" ] Source conflicts: []