In a highly competitive selection process, 15 excellent new Arab and German AGYA members from a wide range of disciplines were selected out of 300 applications received in 2020. They are affiliated with a research institution and universities in Algeria, Egypt, Germany, Kuwait, Libya, Oman and Sudan. The new members will be officially inaugurated at the AGYA Annual Conference, 7 − 11 November 2020

New Arab Members

Dr. Tilal Abdelhalim, Plant Physiology & Rhizpshere Signaling, Biotechnology and Biosafety Research Center, Sudan

Dr. Abdelhamid Younis Alhassi, Wireless Communications, University of Benghazi, Libya

Dr. Shahd Alshammari, Literature, Gulf University of Sciences and Technology, Kuwait

Dr. Majid Al Busafi, Sport Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

Dr. Dhoha Al Saleh, Business Administration & Marketing, Gulf University of Sciences and Technology, Kuwait

Dr. Nadia Bahra, Archaeology, University of Constantine 2, Algeria

Dr. Lobna Said, Nile University, Electronics Engineering, Egypt 

New German Members

Dr. Shadi Albarqouni, Computer Science & Machine Learning, Technical University Munich, Germany

Dr. Sonja Buxbaum-Conradi, Global Production Networks, Knowledge Management, Open Production & Innovation, Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg, Germany

Prof. Dr. Sarah Carol, Integration of Islam & Muslim Minorities, Berlin Social Science Center, Germany

Prof. Dr. Sascha Daniel Hein, Special Education & Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Dr. Lando Kirchmair, Law & Legal Philosophy, University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich, Germany

Dr. Mohammad  Magout, Arabic & Islamic Studies, University of Leipzig, Germany

Dr. Hanna Mareike Pfeifer, International Relations, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University & Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany

Dr. Florian Zemmin, Islam & Modernity, Sociology in the Arab World, University of Leipzig, Germany