Announcements

New pilot hand-pump filter could enhance drinking water safety in India

26

August

2024

Bocelli-Jameel Scholarship

Bocelli-Jameel scholar Henna Mun wins the prestigious John Christie award at Glyndebourne

19

August

2024

Jameel Arts & Health Lab

Jameel Arts & Health Lab and Scottish Ballet launch Healing Arts Scotland 2024

MIT Jameel Clinic breast cancer risk prediction model MIRAI is validated on more than 1.5 million mammograms in 43 hospitals in 14 countries

John Mutua: Innovating livestock management at Jameel Observatory

Jameel House of Traditional Arts in Cairo opens call for applications for 2024 intake

J-PAL co-founders celebrated among the Carnegie Corporation’s 2024 Class of Great Immigrants

New research findings suggest that families in the Horn of Africa need strengthened systems to enhance resilience to climate shocks

The Inclusion Policy Lab’s massive effort to strengthen social inclusion in Spain with EUR 212 million funding from the European Union

Regina Barzilay joins the Futurist Summit to discuss new frontiers of medicine and the MIT Jameel Clinic

Egyptian and Indonesian governments exchange best practices for evidence-based policymaking

4

June

2024

CLIMAVORE x Jameel at RCA

CLIMAVORE x Jameel at the Royal College of Art announces recipients of 2024 Food Action Awards

2

June

2024

CLIMAVORE x Jameel at RCA

CLIMAVORE x Jameel at the Royal College of Art hosts water buffalo festival for the future of Istanbul’s wetlands

The Jameel Institute's Katharina Hauck speaks to TalkTV about her role as a co-convenor in the Infected Blood Inquiry

Cyclone Remal batters Ankur programme communities in the Sundarbans

In memoriam: Hazem El Mestikawy (1965-2024)

11

April

2024

Jameel C40 Urban Planning Climate Labs

Cléa Daridan introduces the Jameel C40 Urban Planning Climate Labs on the Cities 1.5 podcast

To deliver life-saving care to mothers and children evacuated from Gaza, Egyptian first responders receive training from Save the Children with support from Community Jameel

The Minister of Planning and Economic Development has officially approved the integration of the Egypt Impact Lab into the organisational structure of the National Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development

28

March

2024

Jameel C40 Urban Planning Climate Labs

Chennai mainstreams climate action planning through the Jameel C40 Urban Planning Climate Lab

27

March

2024

Jameel Arts & Health Lab

Edge Hill University, in collaboration with the Jameel Arts & Health Lab, secures record £2.5m from UK government for children’s arts and mental health project

27

March

2024

J-PAL MENA Scholars Fellowship

J-PAL MENA Scholars Fellowship opens call for 2024 applications

MIT Jameel Clinic faculty co-lead Regina Barzilay features on the PBS Nova documentary 'AI revolution'

J-PAL Africa, the City of Cape Town and Community Jameel launch new Water, Air and Energy Lab

MIT Jameel Clinic principal investigator Vinod Vaikuntanathan honoured for exceptional teaching

15

March

2024

Jameel Arts & Health Lab

The Jameel Arts & Health Lab's Christopher Bailey describes how Johnny Cash's music helps dementia patients in Ireland

Imperial opens new School of Public Health building, home to the Jameel Institute

5

March

2024

CLIMAVORE x Jameel at RCA

CLIMAVORE x Jameel at RCA announces 2024 Food Action Awards

More than one billion people are obese, finds study led by the Jameel Institute's Majid Ezzati

New Cancer Grand Challenges global team MATCHMAKERS includes the MIT Jameel Clinic's Regina Barzilay

MIT Jameel Clinic's Sybil featured in Newsweek top-10 best hospitals in the world

Mohammed Jameel KBE visits the Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action in Kenya

Paramedics and first responders in Egypt receive specialist training to care for mothers and babies evacuated from Gaza

30

January

2024

Jameel Arts & Health Lab

Christopher Bailey presents the Jameel Arts & Health Lab to the National Endowment for the Arts

23

January

2024

Jameel Arts & Health Lab

Community Jameel marks Maternal Health Awareness Day 2024

22

January

2024

Bocelli-Jameel Scholarship

Anastasia Koorn and Henna Mun announced as 2023 recipients of the Andrea Bocelli Foundation-Community Jameel Scholarship at the Royal College of Music in London

Jameel House in Cairo alumni and Bayt Yakan partner to deliver winter programme of traditional arts in support of Al-Darb Al-Ahmar community

J-PAL announces a new, multi-year training partnership in Côte d’Ivoire to increase the use of rigorous evidence in national policies and programmes

J-PAL co-founder Esther Duflo elected president of the Paris School of Economics

Suket Dhir reflects on designing Abhijit Banerjee's outfit for the 2019 Nobel prize ceremony

MIT Jameel Clinic hosts first conference in Saudi Arabia to drive the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare

MIT Jameel Clinic will tomorrow host first conference in Saudi Arabia exploring the role of artificial intelligence in healthcare

New partnership with the Centre for Paediatric Blast Injury Studies at Imperial College London launched by Community Jameel as part of Gaza emergency response

Fadel Adib wins inaugural Great Arab Minds award for engineering and technology

3

December

2023

Jameel Arts & Health Lab

WHO director-general Dr Tedros on the Jameel Arts & Health Lab at COP28 Health Day reception

1

December

2023

Bill Gates and Fady Jameel discuss food and farming with scientists, farmers and chefs at the 'Farming for our future' breakfast event on the sidelines of COP28 in Dubai

Fady Jameel and Bill Gates discuss the future of farming and climate resilience at COP28

University of Edinburgh and the International Livestock Research Institute launch strategic alliance with Jameel Observatory at its heart

Pregnant mothers and newborn babies evacuated from Gaza with urgent medical needs will receive life-saving healthcare and support from Save the Children and partners in Egypt, in an initiative funded by Community Jameel

Jameel Clinic at MIT and King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre launch pioneering AI early breast cancer detection tool in Saudi Arabia

Hassan Jameel opens the J-PAL 20th anniversary at MIT

MIT Jameel Clinic fellow Shrooq Alsenan appointed assistant professor at Princess Nourah University

Livelihoods programme supports over 40,000 people in the Sundarbans area of West Bengal, India to rebuild after devastating cyclones and manage growing climate threat

17

October

2023

CLIMAVORE x Jameel at RCA

The first CLIMAVORE Assembly takes place in Rome, 28-29 October 2023

New climate lab embedded in Egypt’s government to enhance access to clean air and water announced at Arab climate negotiators conference in Cairo

23

September

2023

Jameel Arts & Health Lab

Ground-breaking research series on health benefits of the arts announced on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly

The Jameel House in Cairo celebrates the graduation of its 13th class of artists

Pratham Education Foundation and Community Jameel come together to launch the Pratham-Jameel Second Chance programme in India to help 10,000 girls and women each year finish formal education

J-PAL South Asia and Community Jameel launch the Air and Water Labs to increase clean air and water access for millions in India

Africa Climate Summit sees Community Jameel and J-PAL announce a new initiative to improve access to clean air and water and reliable energy in Cape Town

Community Jameel joins forces with C40 Cities and J-PAL to launch climate labs embedded with government policy teams in Egypt, India, Jordan and South Africa

Community Jameel joins Climate Finance Mobilisation Forum at Windsor Castle with King Charles III and President Biden

J-PAL hosts colloquium in Paris in celebration of 20 years of fighting against poverty

Young researchers pursue Nobel Prize-winning approach to alleviating poverty in Middle East and North Africa with support from new fellowship

10

June

2023

CLIMAVORE x Jameel at RCA

Muhallebici Shop to taste the wetlands of the city opens in Istanbul

Jameel House of Traditional Arts in Cairo opens call for applications for 2023 intake

Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab at MIT pilots innovation cohort to launch StartSmart programme

How the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab has impacted 600 million lives in 20 years through its Nobel Prize-winning approach to poverty alleviation

8

May

2023

Jameel Observatory-CREWSnet

Jameel Observatory early warning system selected by US and UAE governments for accelerated deployment at climate change summit in Washington, DC

MIT Jameel Clinic principal investigator Dina Katabi elected to National Academy of Sciences

28

March

2023

CLIMAVORE x Jameel at RCA

Royal College of Art and Community Jameel announce CLIMAVORE partnership with Turner Prize nominees Cooking Sections

The new Department for Science, Innovation and Technology needs to drive breakthroughs in scientific research abroad, as well as at home

27

February

2023

Jameel Arts & Health Lab

World Health Organization, NYU Steinhardt, Community Jameel and CULTURUNNERS launch the Jameel Arts & Health Lab to measure the impact of the arts on health

National Survey of Professional Wellbeing of Teachers in Jordan launches under patronage of Ministry of Education

25

January

2023

Bocelli-Jameel Scholarship

World-renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli and Egyptian soprano Laura Mekhail to perform in AlUla, Saudi Arabia

Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and Community Jameel partner with the Monégasque Association for the Protection of Nature and Blue Abacus to deploy remote underwater systems to measure marine wildlife in Mediterranean

MIT Jameel Clinic hosts regional convening on AI and healthcare in Dubai in partnership with UAE Artificial Intelligence Office

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Middle East and North Africa at the American University in Cairo launches fellowship to support emerging development researchers

Jameel Clinic at MIT and Wellcome launch AI Hospital Network

26

October

2022

Iraq Cultural Health Fund

New digital archives created by Yazidi survivors of genocide published today by UN - highlighting the role of art in psychological recovery

4

October

2022

Bocelli-Jameel Scholarship

Community Jameel and Sawiris Foundation for Social Development announce commitment to enhancing opportunities for youth across Egypt

Jameel Institute at Imperial College London announces new initiative in partnership with Kenneth C. Griffin and Community Jameel to increase global pandemic preparedness

Ejada programme for emotional wellbeing of teachers and students in Jordan selected by UN as Transforming Education Summit Solution in New York

7

September

2022

Bocelli-Jameel Scholarship

South Korean soprano Seonwoo Lee announced as the third Andrea Bocelli Foundation-Community Jameel scholar

Dr Shrooq Alsenan announced as first Saudi fellow at Jameel Clinic at MIT

Jameel Fund second round accelerates projects combatting global threats from respiratory disease

Breakthrough in detecting Parkinson’s using AI and breathing patterns

J-WAFS launches Jameel Index for Food Trade and Vulnerability to study impact of climate change on food security and trade

J-PAL expands evidence to policy partnerships to fight poverty worldwide in collaboration with Community Jameel, Co-Impact

Anticipatory action to mitigate drought-induced crises: Learning from Kenya and Somalia

Islamic Development Bank, Community Jameel, and Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab ready to join forces on embedding evidence-based policy labs with governments

Jameel Fund launches second round supporting projects tackling deadly coronaviruses and other respiratory viruses at Imperial College London and King Abdulaziz University

One person likely dying from hunger every 48 seconds in drought-ravaged East Africa as world again fails to heed warnings

Dangerous Delay 2: The Cost of Inaction

Egypt Impact Lab launches to strengthen evidence-based policy and development outcomes

A new book – E-1027: Restoring a house by the sea – tells the story of the revival of an architectural masterpiece

18

February

2022

Jameel-Toyota Scholarship

Community Jameel and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announce enhanced financial support for refugees through the Jameel-Toyota Scholarship programme

18

January

2022

Bocelli-Jameel Scholarship

Clara Barbier Serrano to perform at Hayy Jameel after concert with Andrea Bocelli in AlUla

‘Monaco-Alexandria, the great detour: World-capitals and cosmopolitan Surrealism’ exhibition opens at the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco–Villa Sauber in Monaco

New pilot hand-pump filter could enhance drinking water safety in India

Bocelli-Jameel scholar Henna Mun wins the prestigious John Christie award at Glyndebourne

Jameel Arts & Health Lab and Scottish Ballet launch Healing Arts Scotland 2024

MIT Jameel Clinic breast cancer risk prediction model MIRAI is validated on more than 1.5 million mammograms in 43 hospitals in 14 countries

John Mutua: Innovating livestock management at Jameel Observatory

Jameel House of Traditional Arts in Cairo opens call for applications for 2024 intake

J-PAL co-founders celebrated among the Carnegie Corporation’s 2024 Class of Great Immigrants

New research findings suggest that families in the Horn of Africa need strengthened systems to enhance resilience to climate shocks

The Inclusion Policy Lab’s massive ​effort ​to strengthen social inclusion in Spain with EUR 212 million funding from the European Union

Regina Barzilay joins the Futurist Summit to discuss new frontiers of medicine and the MIT Jameel Clinic

Egyptian and Indonesian governments exchange best practices for evidence-based policymaking

CLIMAVORE x Jameel at the Royal College of Art announces recipients of 2024 Food Action Awards

CLIMAVORE x Jameel at the Royal College of Art hosts water buffalo festival for the future of Istanbul’s wetlands

The Jameel Institute's Katharina Hauck speaks to TalkTV about her role as a co-convenor in the Infected Blood Inquiry

Cyclone Remal batters Ankur programme communities in the Sundarbans

In memoriam: Hazem El Mestikawy (1965-2024)

Cléa Daridan introduces the Jameel C40 Urban Planning Climate Labs on the Cities 1.5 podcast

To deliver life-saving care to mothers and children evacuated from Gaza, Egyptian first responders receive training from Save the Children with support from Community Jameel

The Minister of Planning and Economic Development has officially approved the integration of the Egypt Impact Lab into the organisational structure of the National Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development

Chennai mainstreams climate action planning through the Jameel C40 Urban Planning Climate Lab

Edge Hill University, in collaboration with the Jameel Arts & Health Lab, secures record £2.5m from UK government for children’s arts and mental health project

J-PAL MENA Scholars Fellowship opens call for 2024 applications

MIT Jameel Clinic faculty co-lead Regina Barzilay features on the PBS Nova documentary 'AI revolution'

J-PAL Africa, the City of Cape Town and Community Jameel launch new Water, Air and Energy Lab

MIT Jameel Clinic principal investigator Vinod Vaikuntanathan honoured for exceptional teaching

The Jameel Arts & Health Lab's Christopher Bailey describes how Johnny Cash's music helps dementia patients in Ireland

Imperial opens new School of Public Health building, home to the Jameel Institute

CLIMAVORE x Jameel at RCA announces 2024 Food Action Awards

More than one billion people are obese, finds study led by the Jameel Institute's Majid Ezzati

New Cancer Grand Challenges global team MATCHMAKERS includes the MIT Jameel Clinic's Regina Barzilay

MIT Jameel Clinic's Sybil featured in Newsweek top-10 best hospitals in the world

Mohammed Jameel KBE visits the Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action in Kenya

Paramedics and first responders in Egypt receive specialist training to care for mothers and babies evacuated from Gaza

Christopher Bailey presents the Jameel Arts & Health Lab to the National Endowment for the Arts

Community Jameel marks Maternal Health Awareness Day 2024

Anastasia Koorn and Henna Mun announced as 2023 recipients of the Andrea Bocelli Foundation-Community Jameel Scholarship at the Royal College of Music in London

Jameel House in Cairo alumni and Bayt Yakan partner to deliver winter programme of traditional arts in support of Al-Darb Al-Ahmar community

J-PAL announces a new, multi-year training partnership in Côte d’Ivoire to increase the use of rigorous evidence in national policies and programmes

J-PAL co-founder Esther Duflo elected president of the Paris School of Economics

Suket Dhir reflects on designing Abhijit Banerjee's outfit for the 2019 Nobel prize ceremony

MIT Jameel Clinic hosts first conference in Saudi Arabia to drive the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare

MIT Jameel Clinic will tomorrow host first conference in Saudi Arabia exploring the role of artificial intelligence in healthcare

New partnership with the Centre for Paediatric Blast Injury Studies at Imperial College London launched by Community Jameel as part of Gaza emergency response

Fadel Adib wins inaugural Great Arab Minds award for engineering and technology

WHO director-general Dr Tedros on the Jameel Arts & Health Lab at COP28 Health Day reception

Bill Gates and Fady Jameel discuss food and farming with scientists, farmers and chefs at the 'Farming for our future' breakfast event on the sidelines of COP28 in Dubai

Fady Jameel and Bill Gates discuss the future of farming and climate resilience at COP28

University of Edinburgh and the International Livestock Research Institute launch strategic alliance with Jameel Observatory at its heart

Pregnant mothers and newborn babies evacuated from Gaza with urgent medical needs will receive life-saving healthcare and support from Save the Children and partners in Egypt, in an initiative funded by Community Jameel

Jameel Clinic at MIT and King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre launch pioneering AI early breast cancer detection tool in Saudi Arabia

Hassan Jameel opens the J-PAL 20th anniversary at MIT

MIT Jameel Clinic fellow Shrooq Alsenan appointed assistant professor at Princess Nourah University

Livelihoods programme supports over 40,000 people in the Sundarbans area of West Bengal, India to rebuild after devastating cyclones and manage growing climate threat

The first CLIMAVORE Assembly takes place in Rome, 28-29 October 2023

New climate lab embedded in Egypt’s government to enhance access to clean air and water announced at Arab climate negotiators conference in Cairo

Ground-breaking research series on health benefits of the arts announced on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly

The Jameel House in Cairo celebrates the graduation of its 13th class of artists

Pratham Education Foundation and Community Jameel come together to launch the Pratham-Jameel Second Chance programme in India to help 10,000 girls and women each year finish formal education

J-PAL South Asia and Community Jameel launch the Air and Water Labs to increase clean air and water access for millions in India

Africa Climate Summit sees Community Jameel and J-PAL announce a new initiative to improve access to clean air and water and reliable energy in Cape Town

Community Jameel joins forces with C40 Cities and J-PAL to launch climate labs embedded with government policy teams in Egypt, India, Jordan and South Africa

Community Jameel joins Climate Finance Mobilisation Forum at Windsor Castle with King Charles III and President Biden

J-PAL hosts colloquium in Paris in celebration of 20 years of fighting against poverty

Young researchers pursue Nobel Prize-winning approach to alleviating poverty in Middle East and North Africa with support from new fellowship

Muhallebici Shop to taste the wetlands of the city opens in Istanbul

Jameel House of Traditional Arts in Cairo opens call for applications for 2023 intake

Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab at MIT pilots innovation cohort to launch StartSmart programme

How the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab has impacted 600 million lives in 20 years through its Nobel Prize-winning approach to poverty alleviation

Jameel Observatory early warning system selected by US and UAE governments for accelerated deployment at climate change summit in Washington, DC

MIT Jameel Clinic principal investigator Dina Katabi elected to National Academy of Sciences

Royal College of Art and Community Jameel announce CLIMAVORE partnership with Turner Prize nominees Cooking Sections

The new Department for Science, Innovation and Technology needs to drive breakthroughs in scientific research abroad, as well as at home

World Health Organization, NYU Steinhardt, Community Jameel and CULTURUNNERS launch the Jameel Arts & Health Lab to measure the impact of the arts on health

National Survey of Professional Wellbeing of Teachers in Jordan launches under patronage of Ministry of Education

World-renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli and Egyptian soprano Laura Mekhail to perform in AlUla, Saudi Arabia

Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and Community Jameel partner with the Monégasque Association for the Protection of Nature and Blue Abacus to deploy remote underwater systems to measure marine wildlife in Mediterranean

MIT Jameel Clinic hosts regional convening on AI and healthcare in Dubai in partnership with UAE Artificial Intelligence Office

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Middle East and North Africa at the American University in Cairo launches fellowship to support emerging development researchers

Jameel Clinic at MIT and Wellcome launch AI Hospital Network

The Inclusion Policy Lab’s massive effort to strengthen social inclusion in Spain with EUR 212 million funding from the European Union