The Danish House in Palestine is both an association and an independent institution. The board of the Danish House in Palestine is responsible for both the association, which consists of supporters, and the independent institution, which is placed in Ramallah.
MA in International Development Studies and Management from Roskilde University (1993). She is the former director of the Danish House in Palestine. Started her career at UNDP in Jerusalem, followed by 17 years at the Danish Refugee Council, where she worked with refugees and internally displaced persons in the Caucasus, Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, with a particular focus on the war in Syria.
Art Historian. Gry has developed exhibitions in Copenhagen and has worked as assistant curator at Arken Museum for Modern Art. Most recently she has developed projects focusing on contemporary art of the Middle East in Copenhagen and Cairo, including the project Streets of Cairo.
Principal at Hvidovre Gymnasium & HF in Copenhagen, a senior high school with an ethnically and socially diverse group of students. Co-organiser of several successful Master Classes in Palestine for students and teachers from senior high schools in Denmark.
BA in International Business Communication from the University of Southern Denmark. Former project coordinator at the Danish House in Palestine and three time Danish champion in boxing. Former member of an advisory board under the Danish Ministry of Culture.
Former Information Director at Birzeit University’s Institute of Law and now active in Palestinian civil society in Ramallah. Ghassan writes and translates on issues in science, development and Palestinian politics.
Holds a master degree in International Cooperation and Development from Bethlehem University and Pavia University/Italy, and a BA in Finance from Birzeit University. She carries extensive experience in programme management in the fields of arts and culture, community development, emergency response and research.
Danish-Palestinian actress and comedian living in Copenhagen, and she has also studied business communication. Sara became “world famous” in Denmark with her very funny Arab character “Latifah” in the Danish national satirical TV-series “Det Slører Stadig”.
Director of Jerusalem Arts Network ”SHAFAQ”. BA in Political Science (2009) and MA in Jerusalem Studies from Al-Quds University (2018). Former youth program manager at Jerusalem Health Work Committee (HWC). Has also worked as a local/alternative tour guide in Jerusalem.
Danish culture profile, for many years working both politically and as a leader within the fields of arts and culture in the Municipality of Copenhagen, and he also has a master in political science. Bjarne is now leader of Amagerbro Kultur, a cultural institution in the capital’s district of Amager.