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Last Editions Speakers

H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahyan

Cabinet Member and Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, UAE

H.E. Shaykh Abdalla Bin Bayyah

Chairman of the UAE Fatwa Council and Head of the Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace

H.E. Dr. Abdulla Belhaif Al Nuaimi

Chairman of the Sharjah Consultative Council and Chancellor of the Emirates Scholar Center for Research and Studies

H.E. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi

Member of the UAE Federal National Council

Dr. Firas Habbal

President/ Vice Chancellor of Emirates Scholar Center for Research and Studies

Dr. Fawaz Habbal

Director General of Emirates Scholar Center for Research and Studies

Major General Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi

President of Interpol; Major General, UAE Ministry of Interior

H.E. Judge Mohamed Abdelsalam

Secretary General of the Higher Committee on Human Fraternity and the Muslim Council of Elders

H.E. Nasser Al Yamahi

Executive Director of Fujairah Culture and Media Authority

Dr. Mohammed Abdulla Al-Ali

CEO of TRENDS Research and Advisory

Elder David A. Bednar

Member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

President Susan H. Porter

Primary General President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

H.E. Maqsoud Kruse

Chairman of the National Human Rights Institution in the United Arab Emirates

Miguel Ángel Moratinos

Under-Secretary-General, United Nations; High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)

Nihal Saad

Director, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)

H.E. Dr. Etienne Berchtold

Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the United Arab Emirates

Major General Giuseppe Petrella

General of the Carabinieri, Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Italy

H.E. Dr. Ashraf El-Shihy

Former Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Egypt

Ambassador (Ret.) Marc J. Sievers

Director, AJC Abu Dhabi: The Sidney Lerner Center for Arab-Jewish Understanding

H.E. Dr. David Rutstein

Secretary-General of the Baháʼí International Community

H.E. Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif

The Spiritual Leader of the Druze Community in the State of Israel

H.E. Archbishop Christophe Z. El Kassis

Apostolic Nuncio to the UAE

H.E. Kinana Muder

Ambassador of Sultan al Bohra, President of Anjuman Najmi, Representative of Sultan al Bohra in Dubai, UAE

Imam Hassen Chalghoumi

Imam of the Municipal Drancy Mosque in Seine-Saint-Denis

H.E. Dr. Fatma Al-Dahmani

Head of the Tolerance and Coexistence Department at Mohamed bin Zayed University for Humanities

Dr. Dima Rachid Jamali

Vice-President of Academic Affairs, Canadian University Dubai

Fatma Sultan Mazrouei

Head of the Historical Archives Section at the National Library and Archives

Noora Al Shamsi

Board Member of the UAE Youth Leadership Program and Entrepreneur

Gidi Grinstein

Founder and President of Reut Group and Tikkun Olam Makers

Dr. Mohamed Elsanousi

Executive Director, Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers

James Patton

President & CEO, International Center for Religion & Diplomacy (ICRD)

Dr. Rashed Karkain

Environmental & Sustainable Development Expert

Einat Levi

Strategic Consultant and Partnership Builder in the MENA Region

Huda Raphael Sievers

Researcher and Tolerance Advocate

Jean Candiotte

UAE Representative, Tikkun Olam Makers (TOM)

H.E. Dherar Belhoul Al Falasi

Executive Director, Watani Al Emarat Foundation

Dr. Dena Assaf

Sustainable Development Expert

Dr. Ibrahim Negm

Senior Advisor to Egypt's Grand Mufti

Fletcher Harpe

Executive Director, Green Faith

Dr. Mustafa Saasa

Chairman and Managing Director, Raj Group

Dr. Noura Nasir AlKarbi

Chair, Research Outreach Department, Sharjah University

Bani Dugal

Principal Representative, Baha’i International Community

Dr. Daniel Range

Assistant Professor, Coventry University

Rabbi Dr. Naomi Kalish

The Jewish Theological Seminary, Harold and Carole Wolfe Director of the Center for Pastoral Education

Dr. Fadi Daou

Executive Director, Globalethics

Dr. Juhi Gupta

Assistant Professor, Advanced Centre for Women’s Studies

Professor Andrew Davies

Professor of Public Religion; Director, Edward Cadbury Centre

Lulu Wang

Director, Shanghai Global Investment Promotion Committee – Middle East & Africa

David Mullan

Director, First Nations Exchange Foundation

Tarja Kantola

Chair of the Board of Directors, Finn Church Aid (FCA)

Prof. Abdul Rahim Sabouni

President, SPAN Management; Chartered Professional Engineer

Dr. Husna Ahmad OBE

CEO, Global One 2015

Ani Zonneveld

Founder and President, Muslims for Progressive Values

Prof. William Guéraiche

Head of Research & Publication, Abrahamic Family House

Suparna Bhasin Cooper

Philanthropist; Director & Co‑Founder, MaiTri Foundation

Dr. Mohamed Jaafari

Associate Professor; Facilitator of International Youth Dialogue

Anna Pavlyuchenko

Institutional & Member States Relations Advisor, UNAOC

Prof. Zekirija Sejdini

Professorship for Islam in Contemporary Society, University of Vienna

Dr. Mohammed Dahiri

Professor of Arabic & Islamic Studies; Delegate for Diversity, Inclusion, Volunteering & Refugees

Dr. Yigal Ben‑Shalom

President, Association for Yemenite Society, Culture, Research & Documentation

Chief Rabbi Moshe Lewin

Vice President, Conference of European Rabbis; Special Advisor to the Chief Rabbi of France

Michael D. Schlank

CEO, NJY Camps

H.E. James E. Harris

Honorary Consul of the Republic of Vanuatu

H.E. Abdulla Al Kamali

Executive Director, People of Determination Sector, Zayed Higher Organization

Shannon Seban

City Council Member, Rosny‑sous‑Bois; President, Renaissance Party, Seine‑Saint‑Denis

Dr. Nesya Shemer

Senior Lecturer, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Bar‑Ilan University

Dr. Hani bin Ali Al‑Balawi

Expert, Center for Civilizational Dialogue, ICESCO

Dr. Sterling Denmark Jensen

Associate Professor, Tolerance & Coexistence, MBZUH

Rabbi Dr. Aharon Ariel Lavi

Managing Director, Ohr Torah Interfaith Center

Dr. Aleksandra Brankovic

Founder, Cultural Center Taraba

Dr. Omar Bortolazzi

Associate Professor; Director, Master of International Affairs, AUD

Dr. Lucian Reinfandt

Senior Researcher, Austrian Documentation Centre for Political Islam

Dr. Marwan Al Najjar

Board of Trustees Member, Emirates Scholar Center for Research & Studies

Rabbi Dr. Yakov Nagen

Executive Director, Ohr Torah Interfaith Center

Mrs. Sanaz Sotoudeh

Faculty, Communication, Arts & Sciences, Canadian University Dubai

Loay Ahmed Alshareef

Peace Activist & Influencer

Marcus Sheff

CEO, IMPACT‑se

Marek Halter

French Writer, Artist & Human Rights Activist

Amjad Taha

CEO, Crestnux Media Company

Dr. Maxime Jaffré

Assistant Professor, UAE University (UAEU)

Tom Vizel

Head of International Relations & Educational Training, NOAL

Salwa Abu Kashef

Head of Youth Communities, NOAL

Dr. Anthony Raju

Advocate, Supreme Court of India

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