Moderator of the 1st Session
Prof. Dr. Mouldi Lahmar
Professor in Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. He studied Sociology and Anthropology and received his PhD in Sociology (the field of Sociology of Rural Societies) from EHESS, Paris. He moved after to teach at Tunis University, Department of Sociology, where he received another PhD in the field of Political Sociology. He is a member of the executive board of the Tunisian Society for Political Studies, and a member of the editorial board of Tunisian periodicals, and a member of Maghrebian Studies laboratory.
He recently published “Trade Union Activities and Transitional Challenges in the context of the “Arab Spring”: Example of Tunisian General Labour Union” (Siyassat Arabia Journal, Issue No. 30, 2018). He translated “Emic and Etic in Re-theorizing «Tribe» A Step toward an Arab Anthropological Discourse” (Omran Academic Journal, Issue No. 19, 2017). He coauthored “The Tunisian Revolution: The Local Trigger through the Prism of the Social Sciences” (2014), and authored “The Social Roots of the Modern State in Libya: the Individual, the Group, and the Leadership building of the Political Phenomena” (2009). He authored “From Sheep to Olive, an Attempt to the Social Transformation of Maghreb rurales” (1994).
Moderator of the 2nd Session
Prof. Dr. Lahay AbdulHussein
She is a Professor of Sociology at University of Baghdad. She worked as an Associate Professor, Department of Sociology at University of Garyounis University, Libya. She worked also as a Visiting Professor at Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, USA (2007). She is a member of the Higher Education Council and a member of the Council of Experts at the Faculty of Arts at Baghdad University. She received a PhD in Sociology, Utah University, USA. Her Dissertation was about “Gender Inequality in Iraq” (1991).
Lahay participated in numerous national and international forums and conferences. She received several awards including: the Fulbright Award to Dickinson College in Pennsylvania (2007), Award of Ministry of Higher Education in Social Research (2015), and the Honor Trophy from Faculty of Arts, Baghdad University for her retirement (2018). She published research in Arab and International Journals (Social Affairs, Idafat, Omran…), in addition to several translations from English into Arabic, most recent of which is the dissertation of Dr. Ali Al-wardi about Ibn Khaldon’s Theory entitled: “On Sociology of Knowledge” (2018).
Moderator of the 3rd Session
Dr. Ali A.Hadi Al Shawi
He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at Qatar University and President of the faculty executive member’s council at the same university. He received a Bachelor of Sociology from Qatar University in 1990 and pursue his studies in United States of America. He received a Master of Political Sociology from the University of West Michigan in 1994 and a PhD in Political Sociology from the University of Mississippi 2002.
Dr. Ali is concerned with social theories and issues of globalization and political sociology such as political participation, political socialization, tribal loyalty, citizenship, and identity. He has published several researches including a study on Tribal Loyalty in the Arab Gulf: a Case Study of the State of Qatar.
Moderator of Discussion Session
Dr. Nayef Bin Nahar
The Director of Ibn Khaldon Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, and Professor at Qatar University. He has received a Master and PhD degrees in Fiqh and its principles for a Dissertation on "Islamic Banking in Qatar". He received a second doctorate in political sciences about "The Static and the Dynamic in the Democratic System". Dr. Nayef published seven scientific books, as well as extensive scientific researches in the fields of Sharia, Politics, International Relations, Sociology, Philosophy, Logic and Islamic Economy. He participated in about 25 international conferences.