Who is Who in Interreligious Dialogue
The KAICIID Who is Who in Interreligious Dialogue is an online directory of individuals active and expert in the field of IRD including religious leaders, policymakers, heads of international organizations, teachers, trainers and activists. Search the directory to connect with experts and specialists from every region engaged in a wide variety of initiatives.
Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Hamdy Zakzouk
Member, Senior Scholar Council of Al Azhar
Mahmoud Hamdi Zakzouk, born in Dakahlia on 27 December 1933, is an Egyptian academic and politician. He is a professor of philosophy and teaches philosophy at his alma mater, Al Azhar University. He is the Egypt's former minister of religious endowment which he held from 1996 to 2011. He obtaine...
DR. HANI DAWAH
Deputy Senior Media Advisor, Grand Mufti of Egypt
Hani Dawah is the current Deputy of the Senior Media Advisor to the Grand Mufti of Egypt. He is a 2017 International Fellow of KAICIID, Vienna; a member of the Interreligious Platform for Dialogue and Cooperation in the Arab World, as Representative of the Grand Mufti of Egypt, and an incumbent...
SAMIRA LUKA
Senior Director for Dialogue, Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS)
Member, National Council for Women, Cairo Branch
Member, Board of Trustees,"Bat Elaala"
Samira Luka serves as Senior Director for Dialogue in CEOSS (Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services), a non-governmental organization dedicated to social and cultural development, social justice and inter-religious dialogue in Egypt. Samira works at the international level, as well as...
REV. DR. ANDREA ZAKI STEPHANOUS
General Director, Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS)
President, Protestant Churches of Egypt
Rev. Dr. Andrea Zaki Stephanous, born 1960, is General Director of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services and President of the Protestant churches of Egypt. After receiving his Bachelor of Theology from Cairo Evangelical Seminary, Cairo, Egypt in 1983, he went to Coady International...
FR. ZAKARIA MATTA
Priest, Saint Mary Coptic Orthodox Church, Marsa Matrouh
Father Matta Zakaria currently serves as Patron of the Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Church in Marsa Matrouh, Egypt and serves as a representative of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt in interreligious matters....