Hind Kabawat

• Senior Research Associate, Public Diplomacy; Director, Conflict Resolution Program of Syria
  Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University

Master's in Law and Diplomacy, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. Currently: International Counsel, Janssen and Associates, Toronto; Foreign Affairs Director, Syrian Public Relations Association; Senior Research Associate in Public Diplomacy and Director, Conflict Resolution Program of Syria, Center for World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution (CRDC), George Mason University, responsible for Syrian Reconciliation programme. Has led a variety of public diplomacy efforts in recent years in Syria to promote interfaith tolerance and cooperation, modernization and reform, as well as educational innovations in conflict resolution and diplomacy education. Member of the Board, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank, for the Arab Spring. Recipient: Peacemakers in Action Award, Tanenbaum Centre for Interreligious Understanding, New York (2007); Public Diplomacy Award, CRDC, George Mason University (2009).