Maryana Iskander

**Maryana** / ( / ˌ mær i ˈænə ɪˈs kæ n dər / ; _  ; an haife ta 1 ga watan Satumba shekara ta alif dari tara da saba'in da biyar miladiyya 1975)  masaniyar zamantakewar Yar kasar Amurka kuma lauya. A cikin 2022, ta zama babbar jami'ar gudanarwa (Shugaba) na Gidauniyar Wikimedia, ta gaji Katherine Maher. Iskander itace Shugaba ta Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator kuma tsohon babban jami'ar gudanarwa ta Kungiyar Planned Parenthood Federation of America a New York .

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Maryana Iskander a birnin Alkahira na ƙasar Masar, inda ta zauna kafin ta yi hijira zuwa Amurka tare da danginta tana da shekaru huɗu. Iyalinta sun zauna a Round Rock, Texas. Iskander ta sauke karatu daga Jami'ar Rice *magna cum laude* tare da digiri a fannin ilimin zamantakewa a cikin 1997,  kafin ta sami MSc daga Jami'ar Oxford a matsayin Malami na Rhodes a 1999,  inda ta kafa ƙungiyar Mata ta Rhodes. A 2003, ta kammala karatu daga Yale Law School . 

## Sana'a
Bayan kammala karatu daga Oxford, Iskander ta fara aiki a matsayin aboki a McKinsey and Co. Bayan kammala karatunta daga Makarantar Yale Law, Iskander ta yi wa Diane P. Wood takardar shaidar Kotun Kotu ta Bakwai a Chicago, Illinois. Sannan ta yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga shugaban Jami'ar Rice, David Leebron. Bayan shekaru biyu, Iskander ta bar aikinta a Rice ta ɗauki matsayin babban jami'in gudanarwa na Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru ta Amirka a New York.  Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara kan dabarun WL Gore &amp;amp; Associates, kuma ma'aikacin doka a Cravath, Swaine &amp;amp; Moore a New York, da Vinson &amp;amp; Elkins a Houston . 

Bayan zamanta a Planned Parenthood, Iskander a 2012 ta zama babbar jami'ar gudanarwa na Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator a Afirka ta Kudu kafin ya zama babban jami'in gudanarwa (CEO) a 2013. Harambee ya mayar da hankali ne wajen haɗa ma'aikata da ma'aikata na farko don rage rashin aikin yi na matasa da kuma ƙara yawan rikodi. A cikin 2015, Iskander ya yi alkawari a birnin New York ga Clinton Global Initiative cewa Harambee zai samar wa matasan Afirka ta Kudu ayyukan yi 50,000 da kwarewar aiki; A shekarar 2018, ta iya bayyanawa da tsohon shugaban Amurka Bill Clinton, a Johannesburg don wata ziyara, cewa Harambee ta wuce alkawarinta, inda ta ba da fiye da 85,000 irin wannan dama.  Da take magana a lambar yabo ta 2019 Conscious Companies Awards a Johannesburg, Iskander ta bayyana cewa tana son "kasuwanci su fahimci cewa ɗaukar matasa a ayyukansu na farko ba aikin agaji ba ne amma hazaka. . . Muna ɗaukar matasa kamar kwastomomi ba kamar masu cin gajiyar shirin ba.”  Ta hanyar gina ɗimbin ɗimbin ma’aikata waɗanda ke da sauƙin kewayawa tare da tabbatar da cewa za a iya ɗaukar matasa aiki cikin nasara ta hanyar amfani da wannan hanyar, Harambee ya iya haɓaka ƙoƙarinsu da ingancinsu.  A lokacin da take matsayin Shugaba, ƙungiyar masu zaman kansu ta haɗa ma'aikata matasa 100,000 tare da damar aiki tare da haɗin gwiwar kasuwanci 500 har zuwa Yuni 2019. 

A ranar 14 ga Satumba, 2021, an naɗa Iskander a matsayin Shugaba ta Gidauniyar Wikimedia, tana ɗaukar matsayinta a ranar 5 ga Janairu, 2022.  Ta bayyana a cikin hirarrakin da ta yi cewa abubuwan da ta sa a gaba bayan ta dauki nauyinta, su ne na ba da dama ga marubuta da editocin sa kai na Wikipedia da kuma inganta manufar Wikimedia Foundation na bayar da shawarwari don samun bayanai. 

## Ganewa

Iskander ta kasance mai karɓar lambobin yabo da yawa da haɗin gwiwa ciki har da lambar yabo ta Skoll ta Kasuwanci da Yale Law School Distinguished Alumnae Award. A cikin 2002, an ba ta lambar yabo ta Paul da Daisy Soros Fellowship don Sabbin Ba'amurke, wanda aka ba baƙi ko 'ya'yan baƙi "waɗanda ke shirye don ba da babbar gudummawa ga jama'ar Amurka, al'adu ko fagen ilimi".  An ba ta lambar yabo ta Rhodes  da kuma Harry S. Truman Scholarship. Har ila yau, ta kasance memba na 2006 na Henry Crown Fellows a Cibiyar Aspen, da kuma Aspen Global Leadership Network.  Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator da jagorancinsa sun sami karramawa da kyaututtuka da kudade daga kungiyoyi irin su Skoll Foundation  da USAID.

## Manazarta