Prof. Kamal Abdel-Malek
Egypt
Egypt
Raised in Alexandria, Egypt, and educated in Montreal, Kamal Abdel-Malek is Professor of Arabic literature, researcher, and translator.
He received his Ph.D. in Arabic and Islamic Studies at McGill University in Canada and taught at Princeton and Brown universities. While at Brown University he contributed to and taught in the Brown University Program in Israeli and Palestinian Studies in Jerusalem. Recently he was a visiting scholar at Harvard University, and at present a visiting professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem where he co-teaches, with Prof. Elie Podeh, a course on “Egyptian-Israeli Encounters in Modern History, Literature, and Cinema”.
Dr. Driss Bouyahya
Morocco
Morocco
Driss Bouyahya is an Associate Professor at School of Arts & Humanities in Moulay Ismail University, Meknes Morocco. He holds a Ph. D degree in Political Islam and Political Communication. His fields of interest are Religious Studies, Sociology of Religion, Intercultural Communication, Cultural studies, Jewry Studies, Political Islam, Literary Criticism, Pedagogy and Post-Colonial Studies. He is a chief Editor of Sociology of Islam Journal in Brill
Abdulkarim Dandashi
Syria
Syria
Abdulkarim is an entrepreneur and a political activist with rich experience in business leadership and social movements. He is seasoned in all aspects of business formation, operation, finance, and management. Abdulkarim is an optimist leader who believes in personal growth and who seeks constant improvement.
Dr. Amr Wael
Egypt
Egypt
An Egyptian Experienced educational consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the education management industry in Egypt and UAE. Strong professional with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) focused in English Language and Literature, Master of School management in the 21 century and Doctorate in Modern Educational Leadership in The Arab World. Investment and business consultant and a representative of different key players in the fields of real estate, medical research, technology and renewable energy in the MENA region.
Sagi Melamed
Israel
Israel
Sagi Melamed is an international philanthropy and fundraising executive and consultant. He graduated Harvard University with an MA in Middle Eastern studies, focusing on negotiation and conflict resolution. Sagi earned his 4th dan black belt in Shotokan Karate, serves as president of the Harvard Club of Israel, and author of “Mindful Fundraising” and “Son of My Land”.
Mohamed Abubakr
Sudan
Sudan
Mohamed is a Sudanese human rights activist and peacemaker with a decade and a half of civil society experience. Since high school, he has founded and led organizations and initiatives focused on humanitarian, human rights, youth empowerment and peace programs across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) including in Darfur, South Sudan, Sudan, Egypt, Israel, the Palestinian Territories and beyond. Mohamed has also documented, reported and mobilized against human rights abuses across MEA, and since arriving in the United States has become a sought after voice at the State Department and in Congress concerning policy and human rights issues in the region.
Prof. Mohsine El Ahmadi
Morocco
Morocco
Dr. Mohsine El Ahmadi is professor of Political Sociology and International Relations at Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakesh, Morocco, a position he has held since 1999. In 2022, He participated as a grantee to the Schusterman Center for Israeli Studies Summer Program in Brandeis (North Hampton, Massachusetts, USA) and Israel.
In 2009-10, Dr. El Ahmadi was a Fulbright scholar at Georgetown University. During that year he also lectured at Lewis and Clark College (Oregon), and The Library of Congress, and Colorado College (Colorado Spring). In 2011-2011 he was teaching at Amideast Semester Abroad on Political Systems in the Maghreb.He earned his M. Phil and PhD at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. His master’s thesis was on political program and religious ideology of Islamist movements in Morocco. His doctoral thesis was on Islamism and Modernity in Post-Colonial Morocco. Dr. El Ahmadi has published six books (in French) on topics such as Qur’anic schools in Morocco (2010), Islamist Movements in Morocco (2006), The Monarch and Islam (2006), and Dreams of the Young (with Fatima Mernissi in 2008). He also has published numerous articles and review articles in journals in France, Morocco, Iran, Egypt, Lebanon, and Spain, and press articles in the U.S. for the organization Common Ground News.
Henrique Cymerman
Israel
Israel
Henrique Cymerman is a world-famous journalist and lecturer who speaks 5 languages and broadcasts to Brazil, Portugal, Spain, China, the US and Israel Palestine. Henrique has covered current affairs in the Middle East for 30 years and has over the years established relationships of trust with those heading the chief regional political processes in Israel, the Middle East and extended Arab world.
In his native Portugal and Spain, he has been nominated “Gran Comendador” by the King and President, a nobility title. He has received 23 awards for journalism and human rights, including the Daniel Pearl Award from ADL and twice from the New York Festivals, and was also a candidate for the Nobel Prize.
Has been a lecturer of Government at the Reichman University of Herzliya for more than a decade, as well a lecturer in international forums on Israel’s relations with the Arab world; Geopolitics of the Middle East; Antisemitism and Israel Diaspora Relations. He is fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Hebrew.
Dr. Amina Wakefield
Morocco, UK
Morocco, UK
Dr Amina Wakefield is Founder and Chief Executive of Cambridge Worldwide Academy, Vice Chair of Technical Vocational Education and Training UK (TVET UK), President of Ecole Superieure de Business Berrechid, Chair of International Relations at the Egyptian Healthcare Society, Trade Advisor at the British-Tajik Chamber of Commerce and member of the Inspiring women Committee at Cambridge Chamber of Commerce.
Dr Wakefield is a multi – award winner in international business, enterprise and export of British education. She holds 18 awards such as awards for research in international education.
Raphael Luzon
Libya
Libya
A confident, versatile and enthusiastic media and management professional with extensive knowledge and skills across a variety of fields, with a particular expertise in analyzing the Middle East. Very active in global Interfaith Dialogue along with an in-depth understanding of international politics, business and cultures. Met the Pope John Paul II and the Dalai Lama.Proven mediator and builder of relationships among leaders of opposing factions, with experience in Libya, Italy, the United Kingdom, Israel and the USA. He was the first Jewish leader to have received (twice) a personal invitation from Libyan leader Qaddafi to visit Libya after the expulsion of the entire Jewish community in 1967.
After the end of the Qaddafi regime, invited by leaders of all the Libyan political parties and factions, to mediate their internecine quarrels. Was extensively interviewed by the BBC, various Italian TV news channels, Vatican TV, Al Hewar TV, Libyan 218NEWS and Israel radio and TV.