Lucy Nusseibeh

Lucy is the founder and executive chair of MEND (Middle East Nonviolence and Democracy) in East Jerusalem, focusing on media, education and pioneering approaches for the promotion of the principles and practice of active nonviolence. Within GPPAC, in addition to being a Board Member, she is the Chair of the Improving Practice Working Group, a member of the Gender Core Group and the Peace Education Working Group. She is one of the founders of MENAPPAC, the GPPAC regional branch.

She is also the Chair of the board of the Geneva-based Nonviolent Peaceforce International. 

From 2007-2016, Lucy was head of the Institute of Modern Media at Al-Quds University, and before that, she taught Cultural Studies at BirZeit University, both in the occupied West Bank. As a board member of the Israel-Palestine journal, she co-edited the issue on "Women and Power" and on “1325 20 years”. From 2004-2005, she was a senior research fellow at the Women and Public Policy Programme at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She has published a wide range of articles and book chapters, including editing: "Une Philosophie a l'epreuve de paix". Her writings include a chapter on "The Power of Media in Peacebuilding" ("Pathways to Peace" MIT 2014) and "Statelessness and Insecurity in the Occupied Palestinian Territory" (GPPAC 2014). Her talk, “The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to Nonviolence”, on TEDx HolyLand can be seen here.

Lucy has been associated with GPPAC since its launch in New York in 2005.