Vanessa Breidy is a lawyer, member of the Beirut Bar Association, she has a doctorate degree in Arabic and Islamic studies from PISAI, Rome. She is a researcher and advocator for the culture of dialogue. She has written essays about Islamic and Christian philosophy in the Middle Ages, which is the area of specialization of her doctoral thesis. She has worked with CSOs and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Lebanon for the development of the official school curriculum of philosophy and civic education. She has organized and participated in meetings and seminars in many cities of the world from which Beirut, London, Belfast, Bonn, Rome, Istanbul, and Washington. She is currently starting a new initiative called Mirdad for developing and spreading Arabic culture.