Committees

Committee on Conscience

The Committee on Conscience, chaired by veteran French diplomat Jacques Andréani, is the international advisory board of the Aladdin Project. Its members are distinguished public figures from different countries and cultural backgrounds.

Mr. Iyad Allawi, former Prime Minister of Iraq

Mr. Mustafa Ceric, Grand Mufti of Bosnia

Mr. Driss Khrouz, director of the National Library of Morocco

Mrs. Hélé Béji, President of the Collège international de Tunis, Tunisia

Mr. Ilber Ortayli, historian, President of Topkapi Museum in Istanbul, Turkey

Mr. Cengiz Aktar, professor of European studies, Istanbul, Turkey

Mr. Mohammed Dajani Daoudi, founder of the Wasatia movement and the professor at Al-Quds University

Mr. Jean Daniel, journalist and writer, founder of the French weekly Nouvel Observateur, France

Mr. Ahmed Anwar Dezaye, President of Erbil University in Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq

Mr. Salah Stétié, poet and former diplomat from Lebanon

Mr. Daryoush Shayegan, philosopher and author, Iran

Mr. Doudou Diene, former United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Senegal

Mr. Tarek Heggy, Egyptian thinker and writer

Book Committee

Chair: Jean Mouttapa, Senior Editor at Editions Albin Michel

Henry Rousso, historian, specialist of World War II France, director of research at CNRS

Joel Kotek, historian, professor at Université Libre de Bruxelles

Djénane Kareh Tager, Franco-Lebanese author and journalist

Joseph Maila, professor of political sociology, expert on Islam and Middle East, former Rector of the Catholic Institute in Paris

Jean-François Colosimo, President of Centre national du Livre (CNL), philosopher, theologian, editor

Rachid Benzine, expert on Islam, author, lecturer at l'Institut d'études politiques in Aix-en-Provence.

“History Collection” Experts Committee

Chair: Abdou Filali-Ansary, director of the Institute for the Study of Islamic Civilizations, London

Series editor: Michel Abitbol, born in Morocco, Franco-Israeli historian

Mohamed Hawary, professor of Jewish Studies, University of Ain-Shams, Cairo

Habib Kazdaghli, historian, University of Tunis-Manouba

Tudor Parfitt, Professor of Modern Jewish Studies, SOAS, University of London

Darioush Shayegan, Iranian philosopher and author

Lucette Valensi, historian, emeritus director of research, EHESS

Ilber Ortaylı, President of the Topkapi Palace Museum

Gilles Veinstein, professor of Ottoman and Turkish history, College de France, Paris

Academic Committee

Chair: Abdou Filali-Ansary

Julia Kristeva, philosopher, director of the Graduate School for Language, Literature, Picture, Civilization and Humanities at the University of Paris 7 (Denis-Diderot)

Nilüfer Göle, director of research at EHESS

Anny Dayan-Rosenman, lecturer on literature at the University of Paris 7 (Denis-Diderot)

Daniel Nahon, professor emeritus, geologist, University of Aix-Marseille III,

"living together" Committee

Chair: Anne Hidalgo

Anny Dayan-Rosenman, lecturer on literature at the University of Paris 7 (Denis-Diderot)

Hakim El Karoui, President of the Institute for the Cultures of Islam by Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë. A director at Rothschild & Cie Bank

Martine Ouaknine, lawyer, deputy mayor of the city of Nice

Chahla Chafiq, sociologist, essayist and women's rights activist from Iran

Interfaith Committee

Chair: Dr. Aly Elsamman, President of the Committee for Interfaith Dialogue at the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs of Egypt

Hon.president oh the Interfaith Committee : Rene Samuel Sirat, former Chief Rabbi of France