Part A – The Role of Religious Leaders in Responding to Crises in the Arab Region

In cooperation with the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID)

Focus Session 5.1

Opening Remarks
Faisal bin Muaammar, Secretary General of the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID)

Moderator
Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Senior Advisor at the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID)

Keynote Speaker
Aram I Keshishian, Patriarch of the Catholic seat of the Great House of Cilicia

Panel Speakers
Pshtiwan Sadeq Abdullah, Minister of Religious Affairs in Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Sayyed Jawad Mohammed Taqi Al-Khoei, Secretary General of the Al-Khoei Institute, Co-Founder of the Iraqi Council for Interfaith Dialogue (ICID), and UNESCO Chair for Development of Interreligious Dialogue Studies, University of Kufa
Pasquale Ferrara, DG of Political Affairs and Security at MFA Italy
Abdullah Alhomaid, Secretary General of the National Committee for Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Hind Kabawat, Director of Interfaith Peacebuilding at the Centre for World Religions and Diplomacy
Nayla Tabbara, President of Adyan Foundation