Born in Bratislava. Redactor of inZine magazine and editor-in-chief of the multimedia magazine music5d.sk. Studied esthetics at University of Nitra. Published several books translated into Polish, Czech and German. The most important representative of Cyberpunk in Vienna and Bratislava.
Wassim Ibrahim was born in Damascus, Syria in 1978. He is an educated musician and composer. He entered the Higher Institute of Music in Damascus in 2005; graduating in 2010. Ibrahim completed a Master of Music degree in composition at the Music Academy of Krakow, Poland in 2015 under the direction of Prof. Józef Rychlik. Currently he is a PhD candidate in Music Composition at the Music Academy of Krakow, Poland. Ibrahim's professional work as a composer began in 2002, His compositions have been premiered and performed in Poland during the International Warsaw Autumn Festival; for the contemporary music in the Austrian Cultural Forum in Warsaw. His Orchestra' piece Behind the Death was performed in The Concert Hall of Philharmonic-Krakow- Poland, Axes festival at the Music Academy of Krakow-Poland, Ibrahim's Soliloquist have been featured for the Syrian Cultural Days Festival in the Muth Theatre Vienna, Austria; an independent concert in Burgtheater Kasino, Vienna, Austria, Eherbal saal Vienna, Austria. In 2015 Ibrahim's composition Damascus Breeze was premiered in New Jersey, USA and in 2016, Elegy was performed in Wisconsin. His compositions have also been enjoyed in Germany, Russia, Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon and the Opera House of Damascus.
An Assistant Professor of Social Economics, at the Faculty of Management and Administration, Jagiellonian University, (Cracow). Wrote over fifty publications, studies and articles (mainly in Polish) which center upon civil society, culture, economy and non-profit sector. Most recent works include a research into civil society in Europe entitled Cultural citizenship: civil society and cultural policy in Europe. Lead many research projects commissioned by the Ministry of Culture and Art.and the Polish Scientific Committee (KBN). Has been a Council of Europe expert and consultant for: The Program of Evaluation Cultural Policies in Europe (1995); The Latvian Report (1997); Privatization and Desetatisation: National cultural institutions in Transition (1998/1999); Mosaic project for Romania and Bulgaria (2001).
Vice-President of the Board, Director for Policy and Foreign Affairs of DaimlerChrysler in Stuttgart (Germany). Studied Political Sciences, Public Law as well as Medieval and Contemporary History at the University of Bonn and at the Center for International and Strategic Affairs (CISA) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Former editor of: WELT am SONNTAG, Hamburg; Rheinischer Merkur, Bonn and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Berlin. Head of the Berlin offices of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung and Die WELT. Author of several books (i.e. The German role during the Gulf-war 1991 and The relationship between church and democracy in Germany) and publications regarding economic and foreign affairs. The latest one is an essay on the relationship between politics and new economy. Award Winner 2002 for “creative branding of new terms” of the German publishing and dictionary group Klett/Pons in Stuttgart.
Nadiia Ivanova, Prague-based specialist on human rights, alumna of National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (2010) and University of Economics in Prague (2012), holds BSc in Finance and MSc in Management of Public Sphere and Regional Development.
Her career in human rights started in 2010, when she volunteered for Amnesty International Ukraine. She subsequently interned at Amnesty International Czech Republic and then the Czech Development Agency. Ms. Ivanova also participated in the Swedish Institute Summer School “Human Rights in an Open Society” in Sweden (2011).
Since 2014, Ms. Ivanova has been working in People in Need, Central Eastern Europe's largest NGO, at the Center for Human Rights and Democracy. She first coordinated projects in Transnistrian region of Moldova and from 2017, she led a team for capacity-building projects (Transnistria, Ukraine, Russia, Armenia). Since 2019, she has been heading the entire East European program, becoming Deputy Director of the Center for Human Rights and Democracy in 2021 and Director in 2022.
Ms. Ivanova is a native speaker of Ukrainian and Russian, proficient in English and Czech.
Executive director of International Visegrad Fund. Firstly, she obtained her MA at the Philosophy/Sociology Faculty in Culture studies then graduated at the Faculty of Law and Administration at Warsaw University. Later she went to the University of Cambridge to obtain diploma in English and European Union Law. She has worked for the Ministry of Economy of Poland as deputy director (2006-2009) then as director (2009-2011). Since 2014 she has been a ministerial advisor of the Ministry of Economy (2014-2015), later of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland (2015).
Until 2006 executive director of the International Visegrad Fund. Essayist and translator from Czech into Polish. Correspondent of Gazeta Wyborcza (1990-96). Author of the Visegrad Festival.
PhD of Political Science and History. The Assistant Professor in Naval Academy in Gdynia. The author of books and articles about migration, minorities and Greek modern policy. The member of Greek Political Specialist Group PSA; Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism; Ceske spolecnosti pro politicke vedy and Polskiego Towarzystwa Nauk Politycznych. As the guest lecturer regularly gives her speeches: at Bologna University, Cretan University, Athens University and St Lucie University in Madrid. She cooperates in the international teams and prepares her research about the European state's conditions and migration issue in UE. She is also keen on modern literature as a typical worm book.
Vicepresident and director of operations at Res Publica Foundation since mid-2017, where she manages and supports key ventures, including institutional cooperation and partnerships, strategic development, and program management. She is also responsible for operational planning. Earlier, from 2015 till 2017, Magda has established the presence of and served the role of Director of Operations at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) Warsaw Office. In 2016 Magda has earned a diploma from the Leadership Academy for Poland featuring a Harvard-type leadership and management development program. Previously, Magda worked at the Polish Institute of International Affairs. She holds a degree from the faculty of Languages for Specific Purposes at the University of Warsaw and from International Relations at the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH).
Poet, novelist, essayist and translator. Born in Iraq, near Babylon. Since 1976 lives in Poland. BA in Arabic Language and Literature from the University of Baghdad, MA in Polish Language and Literature from the University of Warsaw and PhD in Drama Studies from the Warsaw University, where he now lectures on Arabic Language and Literature. 1985-1988 lecturer of Arabic Literature and Drama in the University of Tizi-Ouzu in Algeria, 1993-1994 visiting scholar at the Indiana University. Author of books of poetry, criticism and translation. Numerous poetry prizes, e.g.: The Polish ZAiKS Prize for Translation, (Warsaw 2003), Witold Hulewicz Award for all works, (Warsaw 2003), International Day of Poetry and the magazine “Poezja Dzisiaj” Award for all works, (Warsaw 2005). His poems were published in many languages: Arabic, English, French, German, Czech, Kurdish, Slovak, Spanish, Persian, Polish, and Russian. His poems have appeared in many Arab, English and Polish magazines and anthologies, such as The Space Between Our Footsteps - poems and paintings from the Middle East, Simon & Schuster Books, Literatures of Asia, Africa and Latin America, Prentice Hall with Simon & Schuster Books and Pisarze Świata (The Writers of the World), Encyclopedia PWN. Author of Arabic Theatre: origins, history and quest, Dialog (Poland). Main translator of the Polish literature into Arabic (translated more than 40 polish authors, among others Słowacki, Mickiewicz, Miłosz, Herbert, Szymborska, Różewicz, Grochowiak, Zagajewski, Stachura, Wojaczek, Kapuściński, Kołakowski) and Arabic literature in Polish. Member of Polish P.E.N. Centre Board (till November 2003), The Union of Polish Writers, the Polish Oriental Association and the Middle East Studies Association of North America.
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