ABOUT NEWTON EDUCATION SERVICES

Who We Are

Newton is Egypt’s and the MENA region’s premier educational consultancy and education services provider offering services to universities, funding organizations, government agencies, and individuals.

Newton currently offers five services: student advising, scholarship management services, test preparation courses, university recruitment services and consultancy services. Newton Education Services was founded in 2013 by a team of Harvard, American University in Cairo, and Thunderbird graduates with significant years of experience in international education.

Our Team

Alsherif Wahdan

Co-Founder

Alsherif was the Executive Director at Capstone Corporate Capital and Capstone Advisory where he managed two real estate funds dedicated to the Egyptian market and constituting the largest funds in the country. Alsherif’s experience spans many successful developments in the Middle East such as The Pearl-Qatar, Dubai Airport, Cairo Airport, several hospitals in Turkey and Turkmenistan, in addition to a multiple of mixed-use residential and commercial projects in Egypt and the region.

Alsherif is a BSc holder from Cairo University’s Faculty of Engineering. He also holds an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management, and an MPA from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

Nelly Elzayat

Co-founder and Director

For the past 22 years, Nelly has been working in international education, specifically in student advising, scholarship management, admissions, curriculum design, e-learning, learner-centered teaching and means of bridging the gap between education and the job market. She has held positions in several educational organizations including AMIDEAST, the Institute of International Education, Georgetown University, and the American University in Cairo, She is currently also an advisor to the Egyptian Minister of Education. Nelly holds a Master of Education from Harvard University as well as a Master of Arts in Middle East Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics both from The American University in Cairo.

Dalia Abdel Hamid

Operations Manager

Dalia has dedicated her entire life to education. She started off in 1997 as a French teacher at Orouba Language School, and Misr American College. Soon, she became also responsible for curriculum design and teacher training. In 2009, she joined Noor Language School and Nour British School as a teacher supervisor and as an academic coordinator. Dalia was also the academic coordinator of Degla Azharian School from 2014-2016. From 2016 till now, she holds the position of the French department supervisor and the academic coordinator at Privilege Language School in Maadi. Dalia is a graduate of the Faculty of Languages (Al-Alsson) French language department. She also holds a diploma in translation from the French Cultural Center in Cairo, certified by Lyon University in France.

Lia Nigro

Consultant-U.S.Liaison

Lia spent thirty years at international education nonprofit AMIDEAST, focused on standardized testing, and in support of EducationUSA student advisers. For many of those years, she took a leading role in producing a professional periodical for advisers worldwide and in handling a research service responding to hundreds of adviser questions annually on matters from locating unusual degree programs to investigating fraud. Lia holds a Bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature, earned magna cum laude from Yale University.

Testimonials

“I was very lucky to receive the help of Newton Education Services' team when I applied for the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs in the US. They are extremely professional and knowledgeable. Through their guidance and support, I was able to strategize and prepare an application that perfectly reflected my attributes and traits, showing how I can be the best fit to the institution that I am applying for. As I receive my acceptance letter today from U of M, I am eternally thankful and grateful to Newton and their team. This was a lifelong dream that they helped me realize. Simply they are the best at what they do.”

Ahmed Hisham EL Shiekh,

Recipient of the Yousriya Loza Sawiris Scholarship for the academic year 2017/18

“Going through the admission process of a prestigious university is a tedious and terrifying process. Hadn't it been for the technical and moral support of the NES team every step of the way, I would not have been able to receive an acceptance offer to finish my MSc degree at my dream school. My favorite thing about Newton is that their service was customized according to my needs so it had a personal feel to it. The team was engaged in my journey, understood my story and helped me portray it to the admission committee.”

Nayera El Husseiny, recipient of the Yousriya Loza Sawiris Scholarship for the academic year 2017/18.

“I want to express my gratitude to Newton Education Services team for the work they have done with me particularly in developing my academic writing to fulfill my admission credentials to HHH school of Public Affairs in US. They gave me all what I needed during the application stage, such as comments, directions, adjustments, reviews and timely feedback which reflected positively over my application and I just got my admission letter. They are simply professionals.”

Mohamed Fouad, recipient of the Yousriya Loza Sawiris Scholarship for the academic year 2016/17.

“It has been a privilege that I got the opportunity to have Newton Education Services assist me in applying for the Yousira Loza Sawiris Scholarship and the University of Minnesota. Because of their assistance, I am offered admission at one of the top ranked universities in the United States. Through their dedicated and professional help, I was able to write a superb statement of purpose and a diversity statement. They helped me effectively highlight my achievements throughout my undergraduate studies and made me present my future goals in a very professional manner. Their crew are very friendly, supportive and always willing to give the best advice. Thank you Newton Education Services!”

ElMohanad Elsayad recipient of the Yousriya Loza Sawiris Scholarship for the academic year 2016/17.

“Although I was very tight on time, Newton's team was very supportive and responsive during my Master's application process. Their comments to my application were very useful and pointed out important perspectives that reflect their knowledge and experience in the education field. If you want to join a top school, you definitely need to give them a call!”

Ahmed Nounou, Principal Consultant, LOGIC Management Consulting.

“Through my son's experience with Newton, I've realized how professional and dedicated they are to their students and work. They have proven to be always ready with accurate answers and advice to our many endless questions whenever needed. I always highly recommend them to my friends. My son will continue working with them. Thanks Newton!”

Natalie El Gawahergui, parent of a student at the American International School, Egypt.

I'd known nothing about the SATs before joining Newton, except that I was going to need to. From an excellent, well-selected group of teachers, to the most comfortable and relaxing atmosphere, it was pretty easy for me to excel even given that I wasn't and have never been the testing type, meaning I did really badly on formal written exams. Thankfully, with the support of my 3 awesome teachers at the time, and the excellent curriculum and lesson plans, I was able to succeed and got a higher score than my friends (who weren't enrolled in Newton at the time) got on average. On the first time! And I didn't need to take the test more than once. I sincerely think that this experience is one you cannot get anywhere else.”

Laila Sherif Said, Graduate of Hayah International Academy, Class of 2014 and currently enrolled in the American University in Cairo.

Although I was very tight on time, Newton's team was very supportive and responsive during my Master's application process. Their comments to my application were very useful and pointed out important perspectives that reflect their knowledge and experience in the education field. If you wanna join a top school, you definitely need to give them a call!

Ahmed Nounou

Newton helped my nephew who is Autistic. They went out of their way to give him the extra help he needed. Thank you Newton for being the professionals you are and for providing help to differently abled students and taking on the challenge. His scores increased due to your program and to your care. Thank you guys for everything you have done for us.

Injy Shaarawy

Newton’s very well organized SAT course was of great help to my daughter to understand all about SAT in just 5 weeks. I would like to thank you all for the support.

Reem Salah Morsi

Extremely helpful. I appreciate the friendliness of the staff and the people. The teachers were extremely helpful and very supportive.

Aaryan Virani

(AIS West)

I enjoyed participating in the course I had an amazing time with the teachers it was very useful and helpful however the pace was a bit to quick.

Ziad Mohamed Amr

(BISC)

Very good a fun course I entered with my friends and it turned out to be very useful as now I am almost prepared for the SAT.

Mostafa Ghanem

(BISC)

It was useful as I had not taken any other courses before this course and it helped me learn all the basics of the SAT's.

Galal Bishara

(BISC)