Thoraya Obaid (Saudi Arabia)
Thoraya Obaid is the former Executive Director of the UN Population Fund (2000–2010) and a former Under–Secretary–General of the United Nations. The first Saudi national to be appointed head of a UN agency, she was previously Director of the Fund’s Division for Arab States and Europe, as well as Deputy Executive Secretary for the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia. Thoraya Obaid holds a Ph.D. from Wayne State University in Michigan and was the first Saudi woman to receive a government scholarship to study in the U.S. Throughout her career, she has focused on helping governments establish programs to empower women and has emphasized the significance of culture and religion to development.
Board of Advisors
- Lisa Anderson (U.S.)>
- H.E. Ambassador Nassir Abdelaziz Al-Nasser (Qatar) >
- Hoda Badran (Egypt)>
- John Brademas (U.S.)>
- Marc Perrin de Brichambaut (France)>
- Reis-ul-Ulema Mustafa Cerić (Bosnia)>
- Viscount Étienne Davignon (Belgium)>
- Rakhamim Emanuilov (Russia)>
- HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal (Jordan)>
- Farooq Kathwari (U.S.)>
- Maleeha Lodhi (Pakistan)>
- Chandra Muzaffar (Malaysia)>
- Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (U.K.)>
- Farhan A. Nizami (India/U.K.)>
- Thoraya Obaid (Saudi Arabia)>
- Eduardo Serra Rexach (Spain)>
- Seyed Mohammad Kazem Sajjadpour (Iran)>
- Frank Wisner (U.S.)>
- Mortimer B. Zuckerman (U.S.)>
Benefactors
- Austrian Federal Ministry of
European and International Affairs > - Carnegie Corporation >
- Civilizations Interaction Foundation
- Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs >
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France >
- Farooq Kathwari >
- Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany >
- El legado andalusí >
- The MacArthur Foundation>
- Majlis El Hassan >
- Malaysia >
- The Netherlands Ministry of
Foreign Affairs > - State of Qatar >
- Qatar Foundation >
- The Rockefeller Brothers Fund>
- The Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Fund
- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia >
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom >
- Mortimer B. Zuckerman >
The Center for Dialogues Staff
- Mustapha Tlili, Founder and Director >
- Richard Bulliet, Senior Academic Advisor to the Director >
- Saumya Kurup, Junior Research Scholar >
- Aubrey Clark-Brown, Junior Research Scholar >
- Samea Shanori, Junior Research Scholar >
- Shara Kay, Consulting Editor >
- Christa Bianchi, Brand Manager, Designer and Developer >
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