Saïd Rhodes Forum on Syria, Jordan, Lebanon & Palestine (SJLP)

Confirmed speakers include

• Diala Al Masri (Lebanon & Balliol 2017)

  DPhil candidate in Economic Development, University of Oxford

• Talal Al-Shihabi

  Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Management and Construction, Damascus University

• Saja Al Zoubi

  Visiting Researcher, University of Oxford Department of International Development

• Suad Amiry

  Founder/ Advisor of RIWAQ- Centre for Architectural Conservation, Writer

• Hamza Arsbi

  Executive Director, Mind Lab

• Abdullah Awad

  Founding Director, Institute for Critical Thought & Herchel Smith Fellow, University of Cambridge

• Kinan Azmeh

  Composer and Clarinetist

• Kinan Bahnassi

  Expert on Inclusive Labour Market, Employment and Entrepreneurship

• Amer Baroudi (Syria & Worcester 2019)

  MSc candidate in Nature, Society and Environmental Governance, University of Oxford

• Jad Bitar

  Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group

• Dawn Chatty

  Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and Forced Migration, University of Oxford

• Rana Dajani

  Associate Professor, Hashemite University & Founder and Director, We Love Reading

• Nafez Dakkak

  CEO & MD, QRF (London) & Executive Chairman, Edraak.org

• Fadi Ghandour

  Executive Chairman, Wamda Group, Founder of Aramex

• Mr Mohamad Hafez

  Architect, University of Chicago & Artist, Hafez Studio

• Mariana Haydar

  Managing Director of MED Research Team & Resident Physician in Paediatrics at Paediatrics and Obstetrics Hospital of Latakia

• Mohammad Herzallah

  Founding Director, Palestinian Neuroscience Initiative, Al-Quds University in Jerusalem, Palestine

• Syed Jaffar Hussain

  Chef de Cabinet, World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

• Joseph Jabbra

  President of the Lebanese American University (LAU)

• Maysa Jalbout

  Special Advisor to MIT & ASU on the UN SDGs

• Saroj Kumar Jha

  Regional Director, Middle East Department, World Bank Group

• Bilal Malaeb

  Postdoctoral Research Officer, London School of Economics

• Adeel Malik (Pakistan & St Peter's 1999)

  Globe Fellow in the Economies of Muslim Societies and Associate Professor, University

• Samaya Mansour

  Education researcher and consultant

• Kevork Mourad

  Visual artist

• Amro Najjar

  Research Assistant (PhD), University of Luxembourg

• Becher Najjar

  TV presenter, Syria TV and writer & Teacher assistant, BSB School of Business

• Peter Pormann (Germany & Corpus Christi 1997)

  Professor of Classics and Graeco-Arabic Studies, The University of Manchester

• Christian Sahner (New Jersey & St John's 2007)

  Associate Professor of Islamic History, University of Oxford

• Maya Said

  Founder and CEO, Outcomes4Me Inc.

• Shadi Saleh

  Associate Vice President for Health Affairs & Founding Director of Global Health Institute

• Fadi Salem

  Co-Founder and Board Member, Jusoor

• Hiba Salem

  Research Associate, University of Cambridge

• Mayssoun Sukarieh

  International Development Studies Lecturer, King's College London

• Joumana Talhouk (Lebanon & Queen's 2019)

  MPhil candidate in Development Studies, University of Oxford

• David Wheeler

  Founding Editor, Al-Fanar Media

• Alex Youssef (Syria & St Cross 2018)

  DPhil Candidate in Engineering Science, University of Oxford

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