Dr. Renee Hattar Holds a PhD in Peace Studies from the University of Granada-Spain; she is specialized in Music and Peace with focus on Arab Christian Studies, Interfaith and Peacebuilding. Between 2006 and 2016 she has worked as Coordinator of the Middle East Department at the International Centre for the Study of Christian Orient in Granada- Spain. She served as consultant of interfaith relations (Christianity-Islam) for the Spanish Episcopal Conference, 2012 to 2016. In 2016, Dr Hattar joined the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies as Head of International Studies, Programs and Projects and in August 2021 she was appointed RIIFS Director.