Lobna Luby Ismail
Intercultural Competence for Diverse, Equitable, Inclusive Results Islamophobia, Muslim Awareness/ Award Winning Speaker
- Role
- Founder and President at Connecting Cultures
- Location
- Silver Spring, MD, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Lobna Luby Ismail
A leading authority on Cultural Competence, Arab and US American cultures, Islamophobia…
Experience
Founder and President
Aug 1990 — Present · DC, US
Luby delivers webinars & trainings on intercultural competence, Arab cultures, Islamophobia, and religious diversity in the workplace. Selected as a Peace Fellow for Seeds of Peace and a Malone Fellow in Middle East and Islamic Studies. Luby is an expert on understanding the nuances and complexities of communication across cultures and faiths. As an award winning speaker with Toastmasters International and the National Speakers Association, she presented at the Arabian Society for Human Resource Management conference, SIETAR USA Annual conference as a keynote speaker and Society for Human Resources’ Workplace Diversity and annual conferences on emerging cultural and religious diversity issues.Luby helped launch America’s Unofficial Ambassadors & to promote dialogue across faiths with award winning PBS documentaries.Luby\'s training has been conducted for Federal and State agencies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations and private corporations including Microsoft, Walt Disney World, U.S. Department of Justice, Campbell Soup Company, CVS, Darden Restaurants, King Abdullah University for Science and Technology, Foreign Service Institute, IBM, Shell Chemicals, Institute for International Education, Fulbright Program, Air Force Academy and NIKE.
Education
Lesley University
Master's degree
1986 — 1988
American University
B.A
1980 — 1984
Skills
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Peacebuilding
- Cross-Cultural Communication Skills
- Cultural Sensitivity
- Conflict Management
- Organizational Development
- Arabic
- Culture Change
- Cultural Awareness
- Nonprofits
- Equal Opportunities
- Conflict Resolution
- Program Management
- Program Facilitation
- Interfaith
- Executive Coaching
- Facilitation
- Youth Development
- Diversity Training
- Coaching
- Workshop Facilitation
- Cultural Diversity
- Intercultural Relations
- Mbti
- Cross-Cultural Teams
- Human Rights
- Intercultural Training
- Middle East
- Training
- Emotional Intelligence
- Public Speaking
- Executive Development
- Nonprofit Organizations
- International Education
- International Relations
- Social Entrepreneurship
- International Development
- Business
- Proposal Writing
- Leadership
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