Dr. Mae Anna Chokr

Mae Chokr

Haldeneggsteig 4
8092 Zürich
Switzerland

Phone: +41 44 632 53 06
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Mae Anna Chokr is a Senior Program Officer in the Mediation Support Team at the Center for Security Studies. She is working on various projects within the Culture and Religion in Mediation (CARIM) program – a joint initiative of the CSS and the Human Security Division at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). The program aims to support mediation and conflict transformation processes that deal with the religious and cultural dimensions of conflicts. It promotes a non-​judgmental, culture-​ and gender-​sensitive approach to the role of religion in conflict.

Mae Anna Chokr holds a Ph.D. in Politics from the University of Westminster in London. Her thesis titled ‘Tribes, Memory and Politics in Mesopotamia’ explores themes of identity, religion and collective solidarities in Iraq as elements shaping the country’s political culture. She has also taught courses on Humanitarian Intervention and Middle East Politics in London. Mae previously worked as a researcher at the Middle East Institute (MEI) in Washington D.C., as well as Future Television in Beirut. She worked in different Ministries in Beirut, Lebanon and holds an MA in International Politics from the Lebanese American University

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