Program Officer for religion and inclusive societies, U.S. Institute of Peace Melissa Nozell is the program officer for religion and inclusive societies at the U.S. Institute of Peace, where she conducts research and implements projects on religion and peacebuilding, including religious actor and y...

Mina Malak Beshrida holds a postgraduate diploma in evaluation, follow-up and management of developmental projects from Helwan University. He also has a BLA in media from Minia University in Egypt. He works as a program coordinator of the Cultures Dialogue Forum in the Coptic Evangelical Organizatio...

Natalie Samir Akkari holds a BA in English from the Department of Translation at Al-Baath University in Syria.  She is a director of a private kindergarten and is active in Christian religious education for children and women (Sunday school). She studied Byzantine ecclesiastical music and is a mem...

PhD Candidate, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquianas Nataliia is a PhD candidate in philosophy and is currently pursuing an MAS degree at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute (part of the World Council of Churches and attached to the University of Geneva). In 2019, she received a prestigious Russ...

Senior Mediator, Communities in Transition Nathalie Al-Zyoud is the Senior Mediator of Communities in Transition (CIT) where she currently works as CIT’s senior mediator. She has over 20 years of experience in the field of conflict management, both domestically and internationally, and mediat...

Senior Lecturer, Dean School of Theology, Pan Africa Christian University in Kenya Nathan is a senior lecturer at the Dean School of Theology at Pan Africa Christian University in Kenya. He is committed to advocating interfaith dialogue, especially among young people, and has engaged with youths in...

In 1993 Rev. Dr. Peter Ravikumar was certified by the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Selly Oak and by Bradford University, UK, to organise programmes related to conflict resolution and peace processes as one of the team members involved in the Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord. At the Ecumenical Christ...

Rev. Eid Beshara is a Presbyterian pastor, he serves as the senior pastor of Ain Shams Evangelical (Presbyterian) Church in Cairo, Egypt. He also works as a part-time researcher at the Center for Middle Eastern Christianity (CMEC) at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo, Egypt. Rev. Eid Bes...

Lecturer and Vice-President of Academic Affairs, Tabor Hill College Renan gained a bachelor’s degree in philosophy at the University of San Jose, Recoletos, and a master’s at San Agustine’s University. He is currently finishing his doctoral degree in education at the University of San...

Director, Methodist Ecumenical Office in Rome and Representative, World Methodist Council to the Holy See Matthew is the director of the Methodist Ecumenical Office, Rome, and representative of the World Methodist Council to the Holy See. He is responsible for representing 80 million Methodist/Wesl...