Karima Anbar, CEO of Intisar Foundation
Focus areas: Diversity, inclusion, women’s empowerment, and peacebuilding in the Arab world.
Education: A bachelor’s degree in Arabic Language, History, and Heritage from Universite Lyon 3 Jean Moulin, a master’s degree in Arabic Language and Literature from Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, and a master's degree in Political Sciences from the Institute of Political Sciences in Lyon, France.
Career:
- Eight years at the MoFA France, working as the Head of Educational Mission of France in the UAE (2007-2008), a political advisor at the French Embassy in Jordan (2009-2011), a communication and political advisor at the French General Consulate in Jerusalem and the French mission in the Palestinian Territories (2011-2013), and the Head of the Cultural and Cooperation Department at the French Embassy in Kuwait (2013-2017). Anbar considers the fact that she - a daughter of an illiterate Arab, Muslim immigrant - got an opportunity at MoFA is proof that France is a country that embraces people of all nationalities, religions, and social backgrounds.
- In 2017, she took the helm of Intisar Foundation, a UK-registered humanitarian organisation and the first charity to provide psychological support programmes of drama therapy to Arab women affected by war and violence, in order to support its founder's HH Sheikha Intisar AlSabah’s vision to bring peace to the Arab world.

Anbar's vision is to facilitate change in the lives of people, especially of the French youth with a migrant background, by serving as an example of a young woman who indeed has a deep sense of belonging both to her Arab origins and to the French Republic.
In addition to her devotion to diversity and inclusion, Anbar is also ambitious about empowering every woman to feel free from any religious, cultural, or social stereotype and to be given opportunities to excel in life, just like Anbar herself has been given by her country of birth - France.