Ali Gohar, works as a Program Officer with Oxfam on ending honour killing. He has a degree in International Relations from Quaid-E-Azam University, Pakistan. For thirteen years, he served as Additional Commissioner in the Social Welfare Cell for Afghan refugees--a project of (UNHCR). During his tenure, he sought to make public the plight of street children among Afghan refugees. He wrote two Pushto plays for Pakistan Television Corporation on HIV awareness & Domestic Violence. Recently he has completed a Master’s degree in Conflict Transformation as a Fulbright Scholar from Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA. Ali Gohar has co-written “The Little Book of Restorative Justice” in Pak- Afghan context, originally authored by Prof. Howard Zehr. He was also instrumental in the development of a peace story and song, "In your song, I hear my voice," sung in twenty languages with distinguished scholar, John Paul Lederach. (http://www.dreamthelight.com)

E-mail: alibaba1956@hotmail.com

Hassan M Yousufzai has a Master’s degree in political Science from Peshawar University and a Master’s Degree in Conflict Transformation from the Eastern Mennonite University Harrisonburg VA, USA. As a government official in the District Management Group, he has experience of interaction with communities in conflict particularly during his service as Assistant Commissioner at Matta (Swat), Chitral and Assistant Political Agent in Bajaur Agency. Presently, he is a volunteer associate of Just Peace International inc. Recently he completed an assignment with the Asian Development bank as a Capacity Development Specialist to support the Decentralization Support  Program of the Government of Pakistan.

E-mail: hassanyousufzai@hotmail.com

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