Sinda Arfaoui

Sinda Arfaoui has been working as an English Language Teacher for two years, and sees herself as a pursuer of knowledge. She is a MEPI Student Leaders program alumna and took summer courses in Civic Engagement and Leadership at Montana State University. She worked with multiple initiatives focussing on education before joining Initiatives of Change and co-founding MENNA Initiative. For the past two years she has been working for IREX as a selection committee member for the Civic Engagement Exchange Program.

Ahmed Abdelsalam

Ahmed Abdelsalam is 26 years old and from Egypt. He is a student, learner, educator, facilitator and storymaker, striving for quality.

Nuhu Abdulmalik

Nuhu Abdulmalik is a trained educator, graphics designer, video editor, photographer, actor, radio drama script writer and producer and loves creativity and innovation. Nuhu believes in teamwork and is convinced that friendship is a lubricant that smoothens interpersonal relationships.

Dhruti Rathod

An award-winning director and a brown woman, who also identifies as gender-neutral, Dhruti Rathod was born and raised in India.

Dalia Ihab Younis

Dalia Ihab Younis is a medical doctor by training, a content creator and a strategist in the development sector by profession, but by passion she is an independent artist and activist.

Dalia began taking music more seriously in 2017. She started community-based singing initiatives, performed on stage and in churches, wrote her own lyrics, music and a cappella arrangements, joined and led choirs and facilitated a cappella and song-writing workshops.

Saba Kher Bek

Saba Kher Bek is a highly-motivated Syrian graduate from the faculty of pharmacy. Saba works as a sales pharmacist and researcher at a medical company. She discovered her passion for voluntary work during her first year of college and has since volunteered in various places. She has been a part of the IofC community since 2018 and is an alumni of the Caux Peace and Leadership Programme. Saba believes in the power of kindness and compassion to create a safer, more loving space for the generations to come.

Leen Salim

Leen Salim is a young Syrian who believes in the power of youth and their ability to build a more peaceful, just and sustainable world where all people are equal in dignity and rights. She is a medical student and volunteered as a student coordinator in Paper Airplanes (NGO) that provides free virtual language and skills instruction to conflict-affected people and enables them to pursue their higher education and employment. Leen is always happy to take up new opportunities and she considers herself as a lifelong learner.

Jill Barakat

Jill Barakat currently serves as regional account coordinator at a business consultancy firm where she is the principal communicator in charge of the preservation and expansion of the company's customer database by identifying opportunities and nurturing them into long-term profitable relationships.

Mohammed Alkafafy

Mohammed Alkafafy is a master student at Lund University in Sweden. He is the founder of Knowledge and Beyond Community and an IFMSA and freelance trainer.

Bhargav Hasurkar

Bhargav Hasurkar is an advocate whose practice is spreading across India and he is one of the leading corporate litigation strategy consultants and practitioners in the country. His story of change is intense and challenging. He first met IofC in 2020 when he attended a virtual conference organized by IofC-LMAD and where he began his inner journey, practising moments of quiet reflection. This enabled him to become more conscious and aware of anger management and work stress issues.

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