Fellows

Abdul Basit Zafar GF 2024 – Postdoctoral researcher
at the University of Bonn’s Centre for Comparative Theology and Social Issues
(CTSI)

Abdulghaffar S. Khourshid GF 2026 – Imam and academic researcher in the field of
interfaith dialogue, a member of the Community Peacebuilding Council in Erbil

Abdullah Rıdvan Goekbel GF 2023 – PhD candidate at
the Center for Islamic Theology, University of Tübingen, Germany

Ahmed Ragab Abdelhay GF 2020 – Aassistant lecturer at
the Faculty of Languages and Translation at Al-Azhar University and PhD
candidate at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.

André Stephany GF 2024 – PhD candidate at the
University of Bern and ordained Deacon and Priest in the Anglican Church

Arwa Ahmed Qandeel GF 2024 – English teacher at the
Future University in Egypt and Masters student in Linguistics

Asmaa Al-Askary GF 2023 – Graduate of Al-Azhar
University, Faculty of Shari’a and Law, English section and administrator of
the International Criminal Court Mooting Competition in the MENA region

Asmaa Elzieny GF 2024 – Foreign Relations and
International Cooperation’s official at the Education Development Centre for
Al-Azhar International Students, pursuing a Ph.D. in Linguistic and Cultural
Studies at Al-Azhar University

Asmaa Qtb Badr
Imam GF 2020

Avinoam Stillman GF 2025 – PhD graduate from the
Institute for Jewish Studies at Freie Universität Berlin

Baxter McRolston GF 2024 – Priest in the Church of
England with an interest in interfaith relations, specifically in Christian and
Muslim dialogues

Benjamin Kamine GF 2023 – PhD candidate in Midrash
and adjunct instructor in Rabbinic Literatures and Cultures at the Jewish
Theological Seminary of America 

Bothina Ghandour GF 2020 – PhD student at Al-Azhar
University in the Creeds and Philosophies Department

Calum Burke GF 2021 – Interim Priest-in- Charge of
the Benefice of Thornbury, Woodhall and Waterloo, within the Bradford Episcopal
Area

Carlos Ortega Sanchės GF 2024 – PhD candidate in
Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul University

Daniel Fleming GF 2023 – Priest serving in the Church
of Ireland at the Waterford Union of Parishes

Dianne van den Bosch GF 2025 – PhD candidate in
Ethics at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies at Lund University,
Sweden

Doaa Baumi GF 2018 – PhD student at the University of
Birmingham

Edward Martin GF 2026  – GINGKO Editorial Assistant; MA in Middle
Eastern Studies and Intensive Arabic from SOAS University of London.

Elena Dini GF 2024 – Senior Program Manager of the
John Paul II Centre for Interreligious Dialogue hosted at the Pontifical
University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome

Emmanuel Kwame Tettey GF 2018 – PhD student in Islam
and Christian-Muslim Relations at the University of Edinburgh

Fatemeh Moslehzadeh GF 2025 – PhD candidate in
Islamic studies at Lund University, Sweden

Hadje Sadje GF 2025 – PhD candidate at University of
Vienna, Austria

Hoda El-Saeed GF 2020 – Student of Shari’ah and Law
at Al-Azhar University

Ilyas Dekkar GF 2025 – Lecturer in Comparative
Religions, Theology and Interreligious Dialogue at Bouira University

Imran Khan GF 2018 – PhD Candidate in Theology and
Religious Studies at the University of Cambridge; Researcher (Arabic Poetry in
the Cairo Genizah) at Trinity College Dublin

Joel David Pierce GF 2018 – Administrator of Christ’s
College, Aberdeen

Katarzyna Kowalska GF 2025 – PhD graduate from the
Open University and Leo Baeck College, London (Religious Studies/Jewish
Studies)

Kate Butler GF 2026 – Vicar of Ingol St Margaret,
Preston

Lana Kazkaz GF 2025 – Postdoctoral researcher based
at the Blanquerna Observatory on Media, Religion and Culture in Barcelona

Lauren Morry GF 2020 – DPhil Candidate in Theology
and Religion at the University of Oxford

Lea Schlenker GF 2022 – PhD candidate at University
of Tuebingen, studying the intersection of Protestant and Islamic Theology

Lucy Schouten GF 2018 – Project Coordinator for the
Christian-Muslim Studies Network at the University of Edinburgh

Maayan Raveh GF 2025 – Academic Director of the Haifa
Laboratory for Religious Studies at the University of Haifa

Mahmoud Gomaa Afifi GF 2018 – PhD student in
Religious Studies at Lancaster University in the UK with a focus on the
feminist interpretation of the Quran

Margo Hughes-Robinson GF 2025 – Executive Director of
Partners for Progressive Israel

Mariam Amin GF 2018 – Lecturer at Al-Azhar University

Mohamed Abdelgaber GF 2020 –PhD candidate at Birkbeck
College, working on public and private distinctions in criminal law

Mohammed Al Dhfar GF 2018 – Deputy Head of Innovation
& Business Development at King Faisal University

Mohammed Gamal Abdelnour GF 2018 – Postdoctoral
Researcher at the University of York and Lecturer at Al-Azhar University

Mohamed Ibraheem GF 2023 – Researcher and translator
in the field of religious studies, in particular kalam theology and philosophy
of religion

Muhammad al-Marakeby GF 2018 – Tutor of Islamic
Studies at the University of Edinburgh

Natalie Mylonas GF 2026 – postdoctoral research
fellow and interfaith program director at Trinity Theological College,
Melbourne

Natan Levy GF 2023 – Head of Operations for Faiths
Forum for London and a senior lecturer at Leo Baeck College

Negin Bavili GF 2026 – PhD of Political
Science and Public Administration at Ankara University

Omnia Taher GF 2020 – Assistant Lecturer at Al-Azhar
University in the Faculty of Law and Shari’a, Al-Azhar University

Rachel Dryden GF 2020 – PhD Candidate at the
University of Cambridge

Rawdah Fawzy GF 2018 – PhD candidate at the
University of Birmingham and Teaching Assistant at Al-Azhar University, Cairo

Romina Istratii GF 2018 – UKRI Future Leaders Fellow
at the School of History, Religions and Philosophies, SOAS University of London

Said Mahathir GF 2025 – Architect, urban planner, and
assistant professor at Ar-Raniry Islamic State University in Indonesia

Saida Mirsadri GF 2026 – Senior Lecturer at the
University of Geneva, Faculty of Protestant Theology

Samuel Murillo Torres GF 2021 – PhD Candidate in
Systematic Theology and Teaching Assistant, University of Aberdeen Divinity
School

Sara Shaltout GF 2023 – PhD candidate in
International Relations at the University of St. Andrews, focusing on
Christian–Muslim relations with a particular focus on gender issues

Şenol Yağdı GF 2026 – Islamic Religious Education teacher in Vienna and
a lecturer and researcher at the Institute for Islamic Theological Studies at
the University of Vienna

Shady Anis GF 2021 – PhD Candidate at the University
of Cambridge in Theology

Stefan Zeljkovic GF 2026 –PhD candidate at the
Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Belgrade

Steven Firmin GF 2018 – DPhil Candidate in Theology
at the University of Oxford

Tijana Petković-Bertsch GF 2025 – PhD candidate at
the University of Tübingen

Trevor Laurence GF 2018 – Executive Director of the
Cateclesia Institute

Usama Khaled GF 2026 – Serves in the Office of the
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar

Wen Pin Leow GF 2019 – Director of the Centre for
Disability Ministry in Asia, and Lecturer in Biblical and Interdisciplinary
Studies at the Biblical Graduate School of Theology, Singapore

Yasmeen Hekal GF 2023 –Teaching assistant at Al-Azhar
University in the Department of Public International Law

Yomna Youssef GF 2023 –  English instructor at
the American University in Cairo in the Department of English Language
Instruction and the Academic Coordinator of the English Programs at the School
of Continuing Education at the British University in Egypt (BUE)

Yumna M. Aly GF 2023 – Foreign Language Teacher with
11 years of teaching experience

Zachary Ryan Brigante GF 2018 – High School Science
Teacher for Garrison High School, North Dakota, USA