Elif Shafak

Elif Shafak

Elif Shafak was born in France in 1971 to Turkish parents. She moved back to Turkey in her teenage years and now lives in both London and Istanbul with her family. She is Turkey’s most widely read female author and an engaged political commentator and public...
Carolina Largo

Carolina Largo

Born and raised in Colombia, Carolina is an international development professional with experience across Latin America, the Caribbean, and East Africa. Through her work with multilateral organizations, government agencies, NGOs, and the private sector, she has...
Hanna Ustynova

Hanna Ustynova

Hanna Ustynova was born in Kyiv and graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Lviv National Ivan Franko University (emphasis in literary work in the media). Hanna worked as a journalist, copywriter, and editor. Since 2016, she works as a communication manager. Hanna...
Ketil Magnussen

Ketil Magnussen

Ketil Magnussen is the founder and director of Oslo Dokumentarkino (The Oslo Documentary Cinema) and HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival, formerly known as Human Rights Human Wrongs. Since 2003, he has worked with documentary film as a platform for public...
Celina Jerman Bright-Taylor

Celina Jerman Bright-Taylor

Celina Jerman Bright-Taylor is CEO at Safemuse – Safe Havens for Artists, and is chair of the human rights organization FIVAS. She has a background in international relations and international law. She has studied and worked with human rights issues in several...
Fatemah Farag

Fatemah Farag

Fatemah Farag is a veteran journalist, media innovator, and senior executive. She is the Founder and Director of Welad Elbalad Media Services LTD, a company dedicated to community media development and media excellence in Egypt. She is also senior editor of the...