Mohamed El Shawesh is the Director of Digital Media at The Soufan Group.
Mohamed El Shawesh
Director of Digital Media

His areas of expertise include website design and management, graphic design, social media management, and video production. He also lends his expertise to the work of The Soufan Center and the Global Security Forum.
Before joining The Soufan Group, Mohamed developed over a decade’s worth of work experience in media management and television production through his previous roles as a co-producer and journalist. He has lived and worked in North America and the Middle East.
Mohamed was awarded an MBA in Media Management by the Metropolitan College of New York. He was awarded a B.A. in Accounting from Tripoli University. He is a Fulbright scholar and he was inducted into Delta Mu Delta, an international honor society recognizing academic excellence in business. He speaks fluent Arabic and English.
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