Fairooz Tamimi

Fairooz Tamimi, writer and journalist, is Strategic Development Director at Trans Europe Halles. Worked in MENA region till 2013 when she relocated to Sweden, where she founded the ‘Immigrants Stand Up Comedy Network’ in North Europe, co-founded ‚The Nordic Network to Diversify Arts and Culture‘ and founded two business accelerators for immigrant entrepreneurs. Wrote for Swedish newspapers on topics of diversity and immigration, and she is the winner of Göran Tunhammar’s Award for Openness and Diversity 2016.