Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organisations

The Forum of Mus­lim Youth and Stu­dent Orga­ni­za­tions (FEMYSO) is the youth/student arm of the Fed­er­a­tion of Islam­ic Orga­ni­za­tions in Europe (FIOE), and is reg­is­tered as an NGO in Brus­sels. FEMYSO has devel­oped rela­tion­ships with the Coun­cil of Europe, the Euro­pean Com­mis­sion, and a host of oth­er sig­nif­i­cant orga­ni­za­tions at the Euro­pean and inter­na­tion­al lev­el. One of the impor­tant lead­ers of FEMYSO over the years has been Ger­man Mus­lim Broth­er­hood leader Ibrahim El-Zay­at and in recent times, its lead­er­ship has been drawn from the fam­i­ly of impor­tant Glob­al Mus­lim Broth­er­hood lead­ers includ­ing the daugh­ter of Rachid Ghan­nouchi. Cur­rent FEMYSO Pres­i­dent Abdel­rah­man Rizk is a for­mer Vice Pres­i­dent of the Fed­er­a­tion of Stu­dent Islam­ic Soci­eties (FOSIS), and offi­cer at Human Appeal.