Sulaiman Khatib was born in Hizmeh, a town just outside Jerusalem. He lives in Ramallah. He is a Board Member of Middle East Dreamers, and is former co-founder and former Co- Director of Combatants for Peace (CfP). CfP is a non-profit Israeli and Palestinian peace building organisation located in Bethlehm and Tel Aviv. Its founders are ex-Israeli solders and ex-Palestinian prisoners who decided to join hands in joint non-violent resistance as a means to end the occupation, and bring equality, freedom and peace to both peoples. Currently he serves as the Director of International Relations for Combatants for Peace.


Sulaiman was the founder and General Director of Al-Qud’s Association for Democracy and Dialogue, which he founded with fellow Palestinian peace activists in 2005. Al-Qud’s worked with youth in order to be able to create effective and sustainable projects and programs focusing on the promotion of peace, democracy, dialogue and civic participation in the Palestinian Territories.


At the age of 14, Sulaiman was sentenced to 15 years in prison and served a term of 10.5 years. He spent his time in jail learning about History, Hebrew, English and about other world conflicts and peace activists such as Gandhi and Mandela. He acquired his entire education and worldview in jail. This is when he started to have new thoughts about the conflict and the means for resolving it. As a result he is a committed advocate for peace in the Middle East and an active member of various programs aiming to promote a peaceful solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, within local communities, as well as on regional and international levels.


Sulaiman and Chen Alon, another co-founder of Combatants for Peace were nominated twice for the Nobel peace prize 2017 & 2018. Both times the nomination was on behalf of CfP.
Sulaiman has a biography titled ” In this place together” came out in April 13 , 2021 with beacon press. He also stared in the award winning film about Combatants for Peace, called ‘Disturbing the Peace,’ which was released in 2016.

Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, founder and spiritual director of Ligmincha International, is one of only a few masters of the Bön Dzogchen tradition presently living in the West.

Rinpoche is known for his ability to make Tibetan practices easily accessible to Western students. He is a highly respected and beloved teacher to students throughout the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Asia.

Rinpoche is the author of 10 books including ‘Awakening the Luminous Mind’ and ‘Spontaneous Creativity’.

My music comes directly from the heart and the spirit. The meditations are pure improvisations – there is no forethought given to what I will play before my fingers hit the keys. They are a channeling of the energies, emotions and thoughts which exist at a particular moment in time. With the advent of the Covid pandemic, I have taken to recording these meditations more regularly. I hope they bring the listener to a place of peace and calm, and perhaps to a place of greater understanding. For those who are interested, I am playing a 7 foot 4 inch Bosendorfer grand piano and recording on an Apple iPhone.
I intend to post additional music over time.
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I was fortunate to begin playing the piano at the age of 3. I studied classical music from kindergarten through law school, even as I played in various rock bands and jazz ensembles among the way. I studied piano and chamber music with Joan Panetti at the School of Music as a Yale undergraduate, and chamber music with Leon Kirschner and Patricia Zander while at Harvard Law School (Yo-Yo Ma was in the class!). I wrote two musical comedies in law school and have continued to write through the years. I have composed a number of scores for films and documentaries as well as music for dance. I’ve had the good fortune to play with many prominent artists, including Buddy Miles, Stanley Jordan, Grover Washington, Charlie Daniels, Keith Richards, Al Kooper, Paul Winter, Eugene Friesen, Paul McCandless, Shambhu and Greg Anton.

https://www.meninmusic.com/

 Durga Leela is an Ayurveda Practitioner and Yoga Therapist and the founder of Yoga of Recovery®, a comprehensive program that integrates Ayurveda and Yoga with recovery tools for all those affected by addiction and self-destructive behaviors. She teaches a holistic approach to recovery, integrating mind, body, and spirit. She overcame her own struggles with addiction and is a grateful member of 12-step fellowships for over 21 years. www.yogaofrecovery.com

Meena Srinivasan is a celebrated speaker, author, and edupreneur with over 20 years of expertise in integrating Mindfulness, Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), and Belonging. With over 2 million views, her TEDx talk on Tenderness, is one of the most popular of the year. As the Executive Director of TEL and CEO of Karuna Consulting, LLC, Meena champions systemic transformation through personal development. A former public school administrator, she was recognized as one of Mindful Magazine’s Powerful Women of the Mindfulness Movement. Meena has authored influential books and teaches at UC Berkeley. An ordained Zen Buddhist and Board member of the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation, she is dedicated to fostering a more compassionate and just world through transforming education.

Learn more: www.meenasrinivasan.com