2013
Diala Khamra
CEO
Haya Cultural Center
Diala Khamra is CEO of the Haya Cultural Center in Amman, an organization that impacts the lives of nearly 50,000 Jordanian children every year through education, arts, and culture. She is passionate about the roles art and culture play in bringing about meaningful social change and development.
Previously, Diala founded the Justice Center for Legal Aid based in Amman, Jordan. The Center provides the poor and the vulnerable with access to counsel and representation through legal aid clinics across the country. Diala has worked as a private consultant focusing on broad issues related to rule of law and governance, and has worked with USAID, the World Bank, and the Basel Institute on Governance in Switzerland.
The 2013 World Fellows
A diplomat who serves as Egypt’s representative to the Syrian opposition, a Dutch documentary filmmaker, a managing editor with The Economist Group in London, and an advocate for transparency in the Nigerian oil sector are among those selected as Yale’s World Fellows this year. “The 2013 class joins the extraordinary global network of World Fellows that Yale has been cultivating for more than a decade,” said former Yale President Richard C. Levin. “From the start, our aim has been to encourage leaders to continue learning about important global issues throughout their lives and careers, and to develop a deeper understanding of the perspectives of others.” “The Yale World Fellows Program...Read More
