Featured Delegates

Haji Noor Deen Mi GuangjiangLecturer at the Islamic College at Zhengzhou,and also a researcher of Islamic culture at the Henan Academy of Sciences,he is an expert in the knowledge and practice of Islamic calligraphy,specializing in the Sini style which originated from the Chinese Muslim tradition. Peter FrankopanBritish historian and author of,among others,The Silk Roads:The Extraordinary History that Created Your World (2018)and The Earth Transformed:An Untold Story (2023).

He is also director of the Oxford Center for Byzantine Research and a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.Sofka ZinovieffBritish journalist and fiction and nonfiction author,whose works include Putney(2018),The Mad Boy,Lord Berners,My Grandmother and Me(2014),Red Princess:A Revolutionary Life(2007).

She read anthropology at Cambridge and has lived in Russia and Greece.Jessica BruderJournalist and award-winning author,among others,of Nomadland(2017),whose film adaptation won the Oscar for Best Picture,Snowden’s Box:Trust in the Age of Surveillance(2020).

She teaches creative writing at Columbia University.Azza El-HassanAward-winning filmmaker and a Professor of media practices at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies.

Her book,The Afterlife of Palestinian Images,uniquely addresses how plundered cultures relate to the actual remains of their archives.Razeen SallyRazeen Sally is a Sri Lankan-British writer.

His latest book,a travel memoir,is Return to Sri Lanka:Travels in a Paradoxical island.

He was a visiting associate professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. He is currently writing a travel book on the Buddhist world.Mumtaz MustafaA New York-based award-winning art director,specializing in book cover design and digital marketing,Mumtaz Mustafa is a co-author of Gather and Graze:Globally Inspired Small Bites and Gorgeous Table Scapes for Every Occasion.Clemens BergerA Vienna-based writer,Clemens Berger is a contributor and co-editor of Versopolis,The European Review of Poetry,Books,and Culture.

Berger has authored Der Prasident,and Haus des Flussgien Goldes.Umber KhairiA graduate of Princeton University,Umber Khairi cofounded Newslinemagazine.

She has worked as a radio broadcaster for the BBC World Service and recently written her first novel,Akbar in Wonderland. Sunela JayewardeneSri Lanka's leading environmental architect, Sunela Jayewardene is known for award-winning projects like Jetwing Vil Uyana and Rainforest Ecolodge.

Rooted in pre-colonial traditions, her work emphasizes ecological sustainability.

She is the author of The Line of Lanka and Ravana's Lanka.Iftikhar ArifIftikhar Hussain Arif is a renowned Urdu poet and former head of the Pakistan Academy of Letters and the National Language Authority.

He has been awarded Pakistan's highest literary honors, including the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, Hilal-e-Imtiaz, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, and the Presidential Pride of Performance Award. Eduardo Manzano Moreno Eduardo Manzano Moreno is a Spanish historian specializing in Al-Andalus and a Research Professor at the Spanish National Research Council.

His works include The Court of the Caliphate of Al-Andalus: Four Years in Umayyad Cordoba and Conquistadores, emires y califas. Haji Noor Deen Peter Frankopan Sofka Zinovieff

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