Ilan Amit
Building a Shared Society in the Hardest of Times: The Arab-Jewish Emergency Response Center for the Negev Bedouins

Dr. Ilan Amit has been developing, managing, and leading community planning and development programs promoting a joint Arab-Jewish society for two decades. He has worked with the Arab-Bedouin society in the Negev and within the Israeli-Palestinian space while simultaneously researching, writing, and publishing academic papers related to his fieldwork. In his work in civil society, Ilan laid the foundations for programs narrowing gaps in health, environmental development programs, and education for a shared society. In the academic world, Ilan lectured at the Ben-Gurion University, the University of Amsterdam, the Open University, and the Amsterdam University College in programs focused on the Middle East and civil society.

Kher Albaz is an expert on government social policy and current trends in Bedouin society. He is involved in a broad range of projects related to community planning and development, both at the local and national level. Kher has spent many years as manager of the regional welfare authority, which provided services to Segev Shalom, Kseifeh, Ar’ara, and the unrecognized Bedouin localities in the Negev. He has worked as welfare and social worker in Canada for three years.

Carly Maisel is the global CEO of Kirsh Philanthropies.