Razan Abou-Watfa

Razan Abou-Watfa

Razan Abou-watfa is a passionate activist known for turning conviction into action. With a background in political science and currently pursuing a Master of Science in Risk Analysis at UiS, she combines academic knowledge with on-the-ground organising. As a leading...
Imaan Mazari-Hazir

Imaan Mazari-Hazir

Imaan Mazari-Hazir is a lawyer and human rights activist, whose work primarily focused on enforced disappearances, press freedom, freedom of expression and the rights of vulnerable/marginalized ethnic and other minority communities.
Louis Hall

Louis Hall

Brought up in Scotland, Louis is a writer interested in myth, nature and culture. Along with his horse Sasha, he travelled 111 days across Europe, creating the first conclusive horse-trail across the Ligurian Alps in recorded history. His debut book, In Green, follows...
Kokob Tesfaldet

Kokob Tesfaldet

I was born in 1997 in a small town in Eritrea, where the rich oral traditions, poetry, and music around me sparked my creativity. From a young age, I was drawn to hymnal poems and singing, which I explored further through my involvement in the church choir. When I...
Omar Alshogre

Omar Alshogre

Omar Alshogre is a Syrian public speaker, human rights advocate, and former political prisoner. Arrested at 15 for participating in pro-democracy demonstrations, he survived three years of unjust detention, enduring torture and starvation before being smuggled to...
Samuel Rechek

Samuel Rechek

Sam Rechek is Program Coordinator for the Debate Team at Braver Angels, a U.S. nonprofit that combats political polarization. Sam has spent the last several years defending Americans’ free expression rights. While completing his undergraduate studies at the...