مجموعة مختارة من رواد الفكر والأدب من أكاديميين وقادة رأي الذين يعملون للإخاء الإنساني، ويؤمنون بالأسرة الإنسانية الواحدة، ويقدمون نتاجاً فكرياً وعلمياً ومجتمعياً في خدم هذه الغايات.
تأسس مركز الدراسات لبحوث الإخاء الإنساني في مدينة الشارقة بالإمارات، ضمن جهود الإمارة لتكون مركزاً ثقافياً ومعرفياً في الخليج العربي، وذلك بالقرار رقم ( 4205096.01 ) تاريخ(14 نوفمبر 2022) وتنص أهداف تأسيسه على نشر البحوث والدراسات والكتب والمجلات العلمية.
وتتجه نية المركز لإطلاق موقع علمي لرصد بحوث الإخاء الإنساني ومجلة محكمة متخصصة في الإخاء الإنساني، ونظراً لما عرف عنكم من سعة اطلاع وخبرة عميقة في دراسات الإخاء الإنساني فإننا نتطلع إلى موافقتكم على تسميتكم في الهيئة الاستشارية للمجلة والموقع، خلال عامي 2023-2024
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نأمل موافقتكم الكريمة، وحال الموافقة سينشر اسمكم الكريم في الهيئة الاستشارية، وسيشار إليكم في برامج المركز ونشاطاته ومراسلاته، وسننشر سيرتكم الذاتية وأعمالكم العلمية على صفحات الموقع.
Keith Best. TD, MA, Cert in Public Management Services.. Currently Chair Charity Forum and charities: Chair Universal Peace Federation (UK) involved with Young Achievers; Chair & CEO Wyndham Place Charlemagne Trust, Chair St Nazaire Raid Memorial Trust; Secretary Parliamentary Outreach Trust; trustee Commonwealth Countries League, One World Trust. NED of Arhag Housing Association; adviser to Board of London Hotels Group; Patron of European-Atlantic Movement; PCC Secretary St James’s Piccadilly; Secretary/Treasurer American Friends of St James’s Inc; Clerk to the Wren Project
Liveryman (Loriner); Freeman City of London; life member RSA.
Author several books and articles; keynote speeches both in the UK and abroad (including Lyndon Johnson Memorial Lecture in Texas); lecturer at various American Universities. Speaks French and Welsh; married, two daughters. Ran London Marathon and abseiled down the highest hospital tower in the world (Guy’s) for charity. Enjoys being useful and keeping busy!
Formerly CEO of national charities SurvivorsUK; Freedom from Torture; IAS (Immigration Advisory Service); Prisoners Abroad with frequent media appearances on migration and other matters; Vice Chair of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles; served on Foreign Secretary’s Advisory Panel on Torture Prevention; Executive Chair World Federalist Movement/Institute for Global Policy.
Practising barrister and Member of Parliament (Anglesey/Ynys Môn); Parliamentary Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Wales; named in the Society Guardian as one of the 100 most influential people in public services in the UK; Major in airborne and commando (artillery) forces.
Dr. Azza Karam is secretary general of Religions for Peace International and professor of religion and development at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Previously, she served as a senior advisor on culture at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); coordinator/chair of the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Religion and Development; senior policy research advisor at the United Nations Development Program in the Regional Bureau for Arab States; and president of the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations. She is the lead facilitator for the United Nations’ Strategic Learning Exchanges on Religion, Development and Diplomacy, building on a legacy of serving as a trainer cum facilitator of intercultural leadership and management in the Arab region as well as Europe and Central Asia.
Ali Watfa is a Syrian academic and linguist. He worked at Kuwait University for several decades, issued a large number of scientific works, and runs an important enlightening program through a peer-reviewed journal entitled Criticism and Enlightenment.
He holds a PhD in educational sociology from the University of Cannes in France in 1988. He obtained a master’s degree in education and sociology from the same university in 1983, and a BA in philosophy and sociology from the University of Damascus in 1979. He works as an associate professor in the Department of Fundamentals of Education at the Faculty of Education. Education at Kuwait University since 1997. He worked as a professor of educational sociology at the Faculty of Education at Damascus University in the period 1988-1997, where he held a number of administrative positions.
He has a number of published books, including: “The Structure of Authority and the Problem of Educational Authoritarianism in the Arab World” (Beirut: Center for Arab Unity Studies, 1999); and “Educational Sociology and Contemporary Life Issues” (Kuwait: Al-Falah Library, 1988); And “Educational Sociology” (Damascus: Al-Wahda Press, Damascus University, 1992). He also translated a number of books, including: Emile Durkheim, “Education and Society” (Damascus: Dar Al-Wasim, 1991); Alex Micheli, “Identity” (Damascus: Dar Al-Wasim, 1993); and Jean Claudeville, “The Unconscious” (Damascus: Dar Al-Ma’ad, 1995). He also published several studies in Arab periodicals and newspapers.
An Iraqi religious scholar leads an enlightening current within the scientific seminary in Najaf, and a professor of Islamic philosophy. Born in Dhi Qar – Iraq, in 1954. He holds several academic degrees, including a Ph., 1988, and an Agricultural Technical Diploma, 1975. He has a philosophical vision on reform and the methods of religious thinking, in recognition of the mission undertaken by the Journal of Contemporary Islamic Issues (which he founded and headed editor).
In building a new science of theology and philosophy of religion in the Arabic language, and as the most important periodical specialized in religions in Arabic, the “Pontifical Institute in Rome of the Vatican” devoted its annual book in 2012 to this magazine. Contemporary Islamic Issues is a quarterly intellectual magazine concerned with building the philosophy of religion and the science of new theology. It was founded and edited by Abd al-Jabbar al-Rifai nearly a quarter of a century ago, and it is still published today.
Dr. Abdul-Jabbar wrote a number of scientific works, and his works achieved a wide spread, and among his most prominent works are:
He was born in Damascus 1952Civil engineer graduated from Damascus University 1975He worked in the field of religious thought and renewalmm in Saudi ArabiaParticipate in conferences and seminarsFounding member of the National Coordination Authority in SyriaParticipate in initiatives to strengthen national unity in Syria and communicate with the displacedHe is the director of talk shows at the Center for Human Fraternity Studies in Abu Dhabi.
An Egyptian scientist majoring in linguistics and social and political studies from the University of Salford, then majoring in a Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom.
He worked in the academic field, and became Vice President of Al Hosn University, then Dean of the College of Social and Human Studies at Al Madinah University in Ajman.
He published a number of specialized research papers in social and linguistic studies, including 54-refereed research, all his research is in English, and some of it has been translated into Arabic.
Dr. Radwan Al-Jarrah
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia 2004, then Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford until 2011, then Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Abu Dhabi University until 2015
Dr. Al-Jarrah achieved successive scientific successes, especially in his specialization in the field of mathematics. He also contributed during his work at Abu Dhabi University to a number of human fraternity programs.
Dr. Radwan Al-Jarrah Announces Retirement from SWOSU 12.22.2011 Dr. Radwan Al-Jarrah, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, has announced that he will retire from the university effective March 1, 2012. Dr. Al-Jarrah joined the SWOSU faculty as a professor of mathematics in 1991. He was selected as the chair of the Department of Mathematics in 1995 and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 2004. Prior to his position at SWOSU, he served on the mathematics faculties of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia and Yarmouk University in Jordan and as a visiting professor at Ohio State University. During his career, he remained active in mathematics research that included approximation theory, orthogonal polynomials and numerical analysis. SWOSU Provost Dr. Blake Sonobe said Dr. Al-Jarrah provided significant academic leadership throughout his career at SWOSU and will be greatly missed.
Mohammad Zaghourani
Associate Professor at the College of Democratic Islam at the University of Rojava in northern Syria.
Dr. Zaghourani leads an enlightenment current at the academic and popular levels in northern Syria and Turkey, and adopts a project of religious reform and the revival of mystical values in Islam.
A poet, critic and academic, one of the most prominent Arab thinkers, a Syrian-Lebanese-French thinker, who became famous as Adonis, the Phoenician legend.
He was born on January 1, 1930), was born in the village of Qasabin in the city of Jableh in Syria.
He has been repeatedly invited as a visiting professor to universities and research centers in France, Switzerland, the United States and Germany. He received a number of international awards and titles of honor, and his works have been translated into thirteen languages. He is a member of many advisory and scientific bodies in the world.
Adonis’s publications include twenty volumes of poetry and thirteen volumes of criticism. He has dozens of books translated into Arabic, including the poetry of Saint John Perse and Yves Bonvois, and the first complete Arabic translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses (2002). His multi-volume anthology of Arabic poetry (“Diwan al-Sha’ar al-‘Arabi”) has been reprinted more than once since its publication in 1964, and covers nearly two thousand years of poetry. His scientific and literary works exceeded about a hundred books>
Abdul Ghani Maa Bared
President of Damascus University 1994-2000
Dr. Abd al-Rahman Badrakhan is a professor at the Faculty of Religious Sciences in al-Hasakah
Adopts the project of democratic Islam, and ways of developing religious discourse in line with the needs of the times, and calls for developing the tools of Islamic jurisprudence in accordance with the democratic needs of the nation
He also actively participates in the Naqshbandi mystical movement in northern Syria, in which tens of thousands of devotees and adherents of the mystical behavior participate.
Dr. Amer al hafi
Professor of Doctrines at the Faculty of Jurisprudence Studies at Al al-Bayt University, Jordan.
Deputy Director of the Royal Institute for Religious Studies, a Jordanian researcher and academic, he held the position of editor-in-chief of the Jordanian Journal of Islamic Studies, and head of the Department of Fundamentals of Religion at Al al-Bayt University.
Among his most important books:
Ibn Rushd in Christian theology, love of neighbor in Islam, fundamentalisms in religions, political parties in Israel, worship in religions, introduction to the Babylonian Talmud, Islam’s view of other religions, Islam and religions from dialogue to fundamentalism.
Abdul Ghani Maa Bared
President of Damascus University 1994-2000
Riyad Hammoud Dirar
Born in 1954, a Syrian thinker and politician, social activist and author from Deir Ezzor
He led an important social struggle to defend human rights. He was arrested for five years and released in 2010, where he started an instinctive and political activity in the framework of human rights.
He was elected co-chair of the Syrian Democratic Council 2017
He has published several studies on religious reform and the culture of freedom
Syrian writer and researcher, writes on reforming religious thought, member of the Global Forum for Democratic Islam.
The Syrian thinker Ahmed Al-Ramah actively participates in religious reform programs and has published several well-reviewed studies on religious reform and human rights
He runs a center for studies specializing in the affairs of the Middle East and North Africa, and he achieves a remarkable presence on social media as the most influential voice in confronting traditional and populist currents.
Firas Al-Sawah is a Syrian writer, thinker, and researcher in mythology and the history of religions. He was born in Homs, Syria, in 1941.[3] He was a professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University. Since 1976, he has been studying Arab civilization and the history of religions in the Near East. He published 26 books on myths, history, and the history of religions
Firas Al-Sawah was born into a Hamoui Azhar family. His father, Ahmad Nawras Al-Sawah, was a teacher and journalist. He has three brothers, Sahban, Wael and Bashar, and a married sister. Firas obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Damascus.
Saudi academic and writer, holds a PhD in education
He is interested in issues of Islamic thought, Arab-American relations, terrorism, the voluntary sector, and sustainable development
He served in the diplomatic field in the Saudi Foreign Ministry, and his name appeared as a senior analyst in strategic affairs, and he was also chosen in the Saudi Shura Council
A Swedish citizen who follows the Islamic religion.He has pioneering contributions in building bridges between cultures, religions, and races, and an active participant in spreading moderation, moderation, and combating violent extremism, terrorism, and extremism. Fluent in Arabic, English, Swedish, Kurdish, Persian and TurkishImam, preacher and publicist He is the author of several books, articles and publications in the field of civilized communication, based on the principle of comprehensive citizenship, the promotion of diversity and respect for privacy within the human community.One of the most important authors:
Muhammad in the eyes of others, in Scandinavian, English and French.
An eye on Scandinavia, a journey in the depths of civilized communication, in English and Arabic
The Qur’an is a historical journey from revelation to modern applications
Let’s pray, four books in Swedish.
Supervising the translation of the meanings of the Noble Qur’an into the Swedish language and printing it in four sizes. The translation is considered the closest to the words of the Noble Qur’an.
Supervising the writing of methodological books to teach the children of Swedish citizens who follow the Islamic religion the ethics and ways of proper worship and spreading harmony and human coexistence.
Building and establishing several mosques and cultural centers for Scandinavian Muslim citizens
Establishing dozens of conferences, seminars and forums in the aspect of comprehensive citizenship, the most important of which is the conference on cultural communication, a future vision, endowments and their role in the development of Scandinavian societies.
He held several positions, including Secretary General of the Norwegian Endowment, Secretary General of the Icelandic Islamic Endowment, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Scandinavian Endowment for Education.
Writer and jurist from Syria
Rafida Habash graduated from the Faculty of Sharia at the University of Damascus, then obtained a PhD from the University of the Holy Qur’an in Khartoum. She was particularly active in religious education in Hama, Syria, and achieved remarkable success in promoting the religious awareness movement in Hama.
She left Syria with the onset of the recent events, and became active in the Arab media. Iqraa TV channel has been presenting successive programs for it for ten years, and its programs are still shown on the channel and achieve high viewership.
Rafida Al-Habash published a number of scientific works, including:
Eve date
Asma bint Abi Bakr
Asma bint Amis
Women’s work between Sharia and modern laws
A jurist and academic specializing in Islamic law and dialogue of religions, worked in the field of teaching and assumed the position of dean of the Islamic Call College in Damascus, and director of the Sheikh Ahmed Kaftaro Islamic Complex.
He managed the work of his father, Sheikh Ahmed Kaftaro, for forty years in Islamic unity and brotherhood of religions, and accompanied him on most of his international visits.
He currently lives between Damascus and Beirut, and he is the head of Dar Nadwat Al Ulama Cultural Center in Damascus.
An academic, translator, and researcher in Middle Eastern affairs, specializing in Islamic theology, extremism, and modernity.
She holds a master’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies and International Relations from Leiden University in the Netherlands. Where I worked on research dealing with modern Islamic history and the modern history of Syria. She also works as a consultant on Middle East affairs at an independent think tank in London, where she undertakes regional research on Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. She has many articles and studies on the sectarian conflict in and around Syria.
Contributes to joint academic programs with the Dutch government dealing with religious and social reform to enhance understanding and brotherhood between religions in the Netherlands.
She also holds a master’s degree in translation from Damascus University. She actively contributed to the transfer of innovative Arab thought and modern Arabic literature to the English language while working as a literary consultant for publishing houses in London and New York. It has eleven translations into Arabic that include philosophical and literary works, including:
Eckhart Tolle “Towards a New Land” on Dar Al-Awael in Damascus.
Krishnamurti “The Network of Thought” for Dar Ma’aber in Damascus.
Jhumpa Lahiri, “The Low Land” by Dar Maskiliani in Tunis.
Charlie Higson, “Fear” for Dar Al-Saqi in Beirut.
James Doty, “In the Magic Store” for the Arab House of Science in Beirut.
Tom Phillips, “Humans: How Did We Screw It All Up?” About the Arab House for Science in Beirut.
عالم دين عراقي، يقود تياراً تنويرياً داخل الحوزة العلمية في النجف الأشرف وأستاذ فلسفة إسلامية، مواليد ذي قار – العراق، سنة 1954.حاصل على عدة شهادات أكاديمية منها دكتوراه فلسفة إسلامية، بتقدير امتياز، 2005، وماجستير علم كلام، 1990، وبكالوريوس دراسات إسلامية، 1988، ودبلوم فني زراعي، 1975. وله رؤية فلسفية حول الإصلاح ومناهج التفكير الديني، اعترافًا بالمهمة التي نهضت بها مجلةُ قضايا إسلامية معاصرة (والتي أسسها ويرأس تحريرها)، في بناء علم الكلام الجديد وفلسفة الدين باللغة العربية، وبوصفها الدوريةَ الأهمّ المتخصصة في الأديان بالعربية خصّص “المعهد البابوي في روما التابع للفاتيكان” كتابَه السنوي عام 2012 لهذه المجلة. وقضايا إسلامية معاصرة مجلة فكرية فصلية تهتم ببناء فلسفة الدين وعلم الكلام الجديد، أسّسها ويحرّرهاعبد الجبار الرفاعي منذ ربع قرن تقريبًا، ومازالت تصدر حتى اليوم
كتب الدكتور عبد الجبار عدداً من الأعمال العلمية وحققت أعماله انتشاراً واسعاً، ومن أبرز أعماله:
Ali Ahmed Saeed Esber “Adonis”
Poet, critic, and academic, one of the most prominent Arab thinkers, a Syrian-Lebanese-French thinker known as Adonis, the Phoenician legend.
He was born on January 1, 1930. In the village of Qasabin in the city of Jableh in Syria.
He was repeatedly invited as a visiting professor to universities and research centers in France, Switzerland, the United States, and Germany.
He has received a number of international awards and honors, and his works have been translated into thirteen languages. He is a member of many advisory and scientific bodies around the world.
Adonis’s publications include twenty volumes of poetry and thirteen volumes of criticism. He has dozens of books translated into Arabic, including the poetry of Saint John Perse and Yves Bonnefoy, and the first complete Arabic translation of Ovid’s book “Metamorphoses” (2002).
His multi-volume anthology of Arabic poetry (“The Diwan of Arabic Poetry”) has been reprinted more than once since its publication in 1964, and covers nearly two thousand years of poetry.
His scientific and literary works exceeded about one hundred books, the most important of which are:
Papers in the Wind, Dar Al-Adab, Beirut, 1988.
Songs of Mahyar Al-Dimashqi, Dar Al-Adab, Beirut, 1988.
Book of Transformations and Migration in the Regions of Day and Night, Dar Al-Adab, Beirut, 1988.
Conformities and Firsts, Dar Al-Adab, Beirut, 1988.
Theater and Mirrors, Dar Al-Adab, Beirut, 1988.
A Time Between Ashes and Roses, Dar Al-Adab, Beirut, 1980.
Lust advances in maps of matter, Toubkal Publishing House, Casablanca, 1988.
A Celebration of Obscure and Obvious Things, Dar Al-Adab, Beirut, 1988.
A Second Alphabet, Toubkal Publishing House, Casablanca, 1994.
Complete Poetical Works, Dar Al-Mada, Damascus, 1996
Water alone is not the answer to thirst, Dubai Cultural Magazine, 2008.
The Cradle: I Have a Race in the Soil of Yemen, Sanaa, 2004.
Syria, one pillow for heaven and earth, Dar Al-Saqi, Beirut 2017.