2009 team

Dr. Mary Mikhail is president of the Near East School of Theology in Beirut. She serves on the executive and theological committees of the Fellowship of Middle East Evangelical Churches. She is a recognized authority on the church in the Middle East and a noted writer and lecturer on Christian theology and the position of women in the church. She has organized many Christian-Muslim conversations at the Near East School of Theology.

Dr. Muhammad Sammak is a well-known writer and columnist, counselor to the Mufti of Lebanon, and secretary-general of the Christian-Muslim Committee for Dialogue in Lebanon. Dr. Sammak is also counselor to the leader of the Almustaqbal Parliamentary Group. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Arab Christian-Muslim Working Group, on the Board of the Islamic Call organization and as a president of the World Conference of Religions for Peace. His background is in political science and Islamic thought.