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Students at the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center come from all over the world and from all walks of life. Every fellow shares the goal of creating a more peaceful world, but each in their own way and within various divergent disciplines. Read more about the Fellows – their stories, their goals - in their words.

Peace Fellows

Tibeb Abate Asfaw

— Ethiopia —
Master in International Development Policy

Laila Abed

— Palestine —
Master in International Development Policy

Priskila Arulpragasam

— Sri Lanka —
School of Social Work

Patrick Henry Asiñero

— Philippines —
Master in International Development Policy

Jacinta Bailey

— Australia —
Global Studies

Oliver Ebwor

— Uganda —
Master in International Development Policy

Mohammed Fakhry

— Yemen —
School of Global Public Health

Haruna Fukaya

— Japan —
Master in International Development Policy

Sharmeen Hakim Indorewala

— India —
Global Studies

Hanan Kadi Abafita

— Ethiopia —
School of Global Public Health

Gideon Kapalasa

— Malawi —
School of Global Public Health

Debby Karemera

— Rwanda —
School of Social Work

Nishchhal Kharal

— Nepal —
Master in International Development Policy

Rory Newbery

— United Kingdom —
Global Studies

Paola Saldivias Mendez

— Bolivia —
Global Studies

Khaled Shaath

— Palestine —
Global Studies

Lilian Villanova

— Brazil —
Master in International Development Policy

Aleksandra Zaborowska

— Poland —
Master in International Development Policy