Meet our
Mentors
Leadership and Communications Consultant, Founder and Director of The Muslim Agency
Bilal Hassam
Economist at the World Bank, focusing on issues of social protection and job creation in the MENA region
Dalal Moosa
Managing Director of AJ+, an award-winning digital news service that launched by Al Jazeera Media Network.
Dima Alkhatib
Founding President of the Middle East Research Institute, former Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
Dlawer Ala'Aldeen
CEO and Founder of The Cordoba Foundation
Anas Altikriti
Assistant Dean of Innovation and Community Engagement and Associate Professor of Islam and Global Affairs at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)
Evren Tok
Founder of Islamic Relief Worldwide and Chairman at the Muslim Charities Forum and Zakat House
Hany El banna
Interim Provost of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) and Dean of HBKU’s College of Islamic Studies
Emad Shahin
Author and historian at the Department of History Studies at The Academic College in Beit Berl
Johnny Mansour
An award-winning journalist with a background in digital, radio and broadcast media
Mohamed Hassan
Professor at University Mohammed 1st, Morocco, and President of Brussels Forum for Cultural and Religious Dialogue
Khalid Hajji
Former Assistant Programme Officer with the Constitution Building Program at International IDEA in Tunis
Mariem Masmoudi
Industrial Engineer and Head Planner for Arab Innovation Network (AIN)
Muna Zarour
Lecturer in 'International Diplomacy & Soft Power' and 'British Politics', Founder and Chief Executive of Ramadan Tent Project
Omar Salha
Director of Durham Centre for Islamic Economics and Finance
Mehmet Asutay
President of the Diplomacy Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Mesut Ozcan
Visiting Scholar at the University of Richmond, fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University
Rana Dajani
Associate professor in the program of Public Policy at Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
Rabia Naguib
Co-founder & CEO of the Common Action Forum
Rafael Heiber
Director of Digital Strategy at TRT World, who previously founded AJ+
Riyaad Minty
Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management at University of Edinburgh Business School
Samer Abdelnour
A partner and managing director at the Center for Engineering and Planning (CEP)
Shireen Shelleh
President of Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF) and vice President World Ethnosport Confederation (WEC)
Taha Ayhan
Departmental Lecturer in Contemporary Islamic Studies at the University of Oxford
Usaama Al-Azami
Researcher on Peace and Human Rights
Yilmaz Ensaroglu
Executive Director for Nexus Action for advocacy & humanitarian diplomacy
