Lecturer Bios
Joshua A. Benjamin, Esq.
Joshua Benjamin is the Legal Director of Coptic Orphans, the largest nonprofit organization in Egypt, with additional offices in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. In this role, he oversees the organization’s global legal affairs, ensuring compliance with complex international regulations and safeguarding its mission to empower fatherless children through education, dignity, and opportunity.
Before joining Coptic Orphans, Joshua successfully ran his own law firm for five years, where he provided legal counsel on a range of matters and honed his expertise in litigation, immigration law, governance, risk management, and corporate operations. He now applies this experience to navigate the legal and regulatory challenges faced by international NGOs, helping to protect Coptic Orphans’ ability to serve vulnerable communities.
To learn more about Coptic Orphans or Joshua Benjamin feel free to visit the website at https://copticorphans.org/about-2/leadership-team/
Yasmina Fouad, Esq.
Yasmina is an attorney at Coptic Orphans, Egypt's largest nonprofit organization, with additional offices in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Her work spans contract drafting and negotiation, compliance, and cross-jurisdictional organizational support for the organization's affiliated entities worldwide.
Yasmina holds a J.D. from The George Washington University Law School, where she concentrated in International Business Law and wrote her note on U.S. Privacy Law and the GDPR. She is a licensed attorney in Washington, D.C.
