Fakhira Halloun

Fakhira Halloun

Dr. Fakhira is an experienced researcher and practitioner in the field of conflict analysis and resolution, conflict prevention, and peacebuilding with extensive professional experience in intergovernmental, international organizations, academia, think tanks, and non-governmental organizations. She specializes in ethnic-national identities in conflict, narrative, and power dynamics.

Fakhira has worked with civil society in promoting peacebuilding approaches in a violent conflict zone. Between 2020-2022 she worked with the UN Office of the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace in Jerusalem (UNSCO), as the first civil society and peacebuilding consultant; in that capacity, she designed UNSCO strategies and actions plans with civil society organizations leading peacebuilding efforts to enhance their impact on political processes toward peace, and worked to promote Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda.

Fakhira has extensive experience in training for conflict resolution, facilitating dialogue between groups in conflict, and evaluating conflict prevention and peacebuilding programs. She was involved in fieldwork projects of the United State Institute for Peace (USIP) and the USAID to evaluate conflict resolution and peacebuilding programs. She has also taught conflict resolution at the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University.

During her PhD studies, Fakhira coordinated for four years a leadership program with civil society leaders from the Middle East Countries – Leaders for Democracy Fellowship (LDF) – sponsored by the US State Department and implemented by Syracuse University (Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs). She designed the LDF -DC program, developed partnerships with DC institutions, and trained the participants on leadership and communication to maximize their advocacy engagements in Washington D.C.