Sayyed Ali Mohammed Taqi Al-Khoei was born on 29th of September 1988, in the holy city of Najaf Al-Ashraf, Iraq, into the family of the Spiritual leader for Shia Muslims, Ayatollah Imam Sayed Abul-Qasim Al-Khoei. After the first Gulf War, the Shi’a uprising against Saddam Hussein’s regim...

Dr. Simran Jeet Singh is an educator, activist, and writer who is a Visiting Professor at Union Seminary and host of Spirited, a new interview-based podcast about spirituality, faith, and activism. Simran serves as a columnist for Religion News Service and a chaplain at Columbia University and New Y...

After leading the London-based Three Faiths Forum (3FF) for more than 10 years, Stephen moved to Amsterdam and founded the consultancy Plan C: Culture and Cohesion, and is working through the lens of identity, faith and culture at the nexus of policy, practice, and academia in order to promote bette...

Dr. SWATI CHAKRABORTY is a Visiting faculty (Assistant Professor), at the Institute of Legal Studies and Research, GLA University. She is also an Assistant Professor of Human Rights and Women Studies in Team Lease Ed Tech (Formally known as Schoolguru Eduserve Pvt. Ltd.) Dr. Chakraborty is a Writing...

Teresita Cesar Mirafuentes is a faculty of the College Department of Ateneo de Davao University, Philippines, since 2010 and St. Francis Xavier College Seminary since 2003. She has had extensive exposure to community development as an NGO worker before joining academia, and has worked as a consultan...

The Venerable Sangharakkhita Olivier Biraro was born in Rwanda in 1981. At age 17, he started practicing Buddhism and later became the first and the only Buddhist Monk in the Theravada Tradition from Rwanda. He is an inspirational speaker on subjects of inner peace, forgiveness, reconciliation and t...

Tin Maung Htwe is a program Manager of Center for Diversity and National Harmony.  He also serves as a Board Director of New Myanmar Foundation for the advocacy and Part Time lecture of politics of Myanmar Institute of Theology. Mainly focusing on human rights, governance, and advocacy, he contribu...

Venerable Galkande Dhammananda Thero is a Sri Lankan national and a monk of Theravada Buddhist tradition. After completing his monastic training, Dhammanand Thero attended the University of Kelaniya where he received a Bachelor’s degree in History. After winning the commonwealth Scholarship in 200...

Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Christianity at the Presbyterian seminary in Cairo Wageeh was born in upper Egypt and after having finished high school, left to Cairo where he enrolled at the Evangelical Theological Seminary, the Presbyterian seminary of the Presbyterian Church in Egypt. ...

Youssef Edward Morqs is from Egypt. He holds a postgraduate diploma in learning and teaching and a Bachelor of Arts from the psychology department from Helwan University, Egypt. Youssef is deputy manager of the Forum for Intercultural Dialogue Programs and manager of the Media Professionals Programs...