Born and raised in Yemen and now based in Sweden, Ahmed has become a leading advocate for coexistence, challenging extremism, antisemitism and misinformation while offering a hopeful vision for the future of the region. Together, they will explore identity, freedom, dialogue and what it takes to build bridges across some of today's deepest divides.

Luai Ahmed is a 32-year-old Yemeni journalist and content creator. He was born and raised in the capital of Sanaa and moved to Sweden when he was 20 years old in 2014 where he still lives. He worked as a columnist and journalist at the local Swedish newspaper Bulletin where he focused on integration, migration and radical Islam. In 2024, after he started making content in English, he worked as a host for Builders of the Middle East, an online content hub that fosters interfaith kinship and fights extremism, radicalization, fake news, antisemitism and racism on the internet.

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