Lucia B. Ruiz

Anas Alabbadi is Senior Programme Manager,Professional Development and Learning. For more than 15 years, Anas has built several professional programmes in the area of peace and conflict resolution, interreligious and intercultural dialogue, and youth empowerment and participation. His experience includes the consultation, training, and facilitation of groups and people from diverse international and cultural backgrounds, including through contracts with international organizations and NGOs. Anas served as a Global Trustee with the United Religions Initiative from 2008 to 2012 and was actively involved with several other interreligious initiatives as well. He has conducted training programmes on interreligious and intercultural dialogue in many countries around the globe. He also has a Master in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from the American University in Washington DC. At KAICIID, Anas manages and provides consultation on programmes related to “Training of Trainers”, youth, and the KAICIID Fellows Programme. He is the author of The Role of Culture in International Negotiation: the Jordanian-Israeli Peace Negotiation as a Case-Study (Beyrouni publishers, Jordan, 2012).