Laila Lutf Al-Thawr is the Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the Political Bureau and Relations for the Arab Hope Party. She is also Head of the Sam Initiative for Peace and Human Rights. She is a political and human-rights activist in the field of peacebuilding and an expert in negotiation and the resolution of armed conflict. Laila is a member of the Women’s Solidarity Network and a recipient of the Peace Track Initiative fellowship for feminist leadership.