KAICIID Fellows
Dr. Asma` Khalifa Hamed Al shboul
Dr. Asma` Khalifa Hamed Al Shboul was born and raised in Jordan. She is currently a faculty member at Yarmouk University in the Sharia` Faculty of the Islamic Studies division. She holds a PhD in philosophy of curricula and teaching, a master’s degree in Islamic education and a bachelor’s degree...
Dr. Basmah Ahmed Jastaniah
Basmah Ahmed Jastaniah is a Saudi Associate Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities with a specialization in Faith, Religions and Creeds. She is an active member of the University’s Social Committee and often gives lectures, trainings and speaks at conferences. She has also participated in...
Dr. Mohammed Abdel Rahem
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Lecturer, Al-Azhar University in Cairo Dr. Mohammed Abdel Rahem is a lecturer at the Section of Islamic Studies in German at Al-Azhar University in Cairo and a member of the Al-Azhar Interfaith Center. He is also the coordinator of the Al-Azhar Observer in foreign languages and has been head of i...
Dr. Raihanah Binti Abdullah
Professor at the Department of Shariah and Law, Academy of Islamic Studies of University Malaya Dr. Raihanah Abdullah is a Professor at the Department of Shariah and Law, Academy of Islamic Studies of University Malaya. From 2011 to 2013, she was the Director of the Centre for Civilizational Dialog...
Dr. Shaimaa Ballout
Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Studies, Faculty of Arts, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University Shaimaa is an assistant professor in Islamic studies, specialising in Da’wah and leadership studies. She aspires to build an impressive portfolio that includes research, training and t...
Elyse Brazel
Elyse Brazel’s work focuses on increasing interreligious literacy of university students and staff to help shape a more religion-positive, pluralistic campus. Her undergraduate studies were in fine arts: figurative painting and sculpture. Her graduate work was in public and pastoral leadershi...
Faris Ilyas Keti
Assistant Teacher, College of Engineering, University of Dohuk Faris Ilyas Keti was born in 1986 in the city of Sinjar, Iraq. He is a consultant to the Highest Yazidi Spiritual Council and the Yazidi Prince in Iraq and all the World, Member of the General Secretariat of the Committee for Defending...
Fatimah Abu Surair
Fatimah Abo Surair has a Bachelor’s degree in Translation from Al-Yarmouk University, Jordan. She worked at number of organizations as a legal translator and anti-fraud specialist. She’s also a co-editor at Ashraq Life and Baraq online newspapers. ...
Geleta Simesso Denga
Senior Program Manager, Fellows, KAICIID International Dialogue Centre
Andrew (A.J.) Boyd is a Catholic minister and theologian specializing in ecumenism and interreligious dialogue who has taught in Rome for Pontifical, American, and British university and seminary programs, in theology, religious studies, and history. He currently serves as the Senior Programme Manag...
Hani Dawah
Hani Dawah is the deputy of the Senior Media Counselor of the Grand Mufti of Egypt, as well as the deputy of the “Buhramiyya Sufi Order”, one of the most popular Sufi Orders in Egypt. In addition, he was an assistant to the representatives of Al-Azhar in the 50-member committee tasked with amend...