Lecturers
Current Lecturers
Amal Jibril is a creative misfit, gut feeling follower, and a dreamer. A dentist turned humanitarian and then social entrepreneur with over five years of experience in refugee protection, communicating with communities, livelihoods and innovation.
Suha Nabhan is a strategic communications expert with more than seven years of experience. Passionate about social impact of storytelling with special focus on migration, equality, and justice.
Justin Fonkeu is a member of the management team for the Silent University Ruhr in Mulheim, Germany. Immigrated from Cameroon with his wife Bridget Fonkeu in 1998, Diploma as Pharmaceutical Technician, Student of political science, active member of the Green party in Mulheim an der Ruhr. In 2014 he founded the registered association “Afro Mulheimers” to bring together and empower immigrants from Africa.
Fahyma Alnablsi studied of Politics and Economy at Damascus University in Syria. She is leaving in Sweden since 20 years and teaching Swedish at Women’s Center Tensta. Silent University Stockholm coordinator, consultant and lecturer Fahyma Alnablsi has taught Swedish language to 600 undocumented new comers and has been awarded the Local Hero of the year in 2020.
Bridget Fonkeu is a member of the management team for the Silent University Ruhr in Mulheim, Germany. Immigrated as a refugee from Cameroon in 1998. She made her M.A. in English Linguistics at Ruhr University Bochum/ Germany. Currently she is scientific academic at Technische Universitat Dortmund. She has four adult children.
Salah Zater is a journalist from Libya. He was working as a reporter for Al-Aseema TV and Al-Nabaa news channels. He is fighting for peace, freedom of speech and human rights and is specialized in investigative reports about poverty, child labour, sexual abuse, rape, the drug trade and the spread of weapons as well as kidnapping, torture. Salah has been member of the coordinator team of the Silent University Hamburg.
Odugbesan Abimbola is a refugee from Nigeria, a teacher of Social Study and English language. He had two years working experience as teacher in Nigeria. Abimbola has been member of the coordinator team of the Silent University Hamburg.
Previous Lecturers
Abdullah Al Soud
Stockholm
Abdullah Al Soud is an Asylum Seeker from Hebron, Palestinian. He studied English Literature at Jarush University. He was an Arabic Language Teacher for two years.
Course topic
- Didactics for Learning New Languages (In Arabic)
Abdulrazaq Alzuhayri
Mülheim an der Ruhr
Abdulrazaq Alzuhayri was a pharmacist in Iraq, is trained in alternative medicine and works as a health consultant. From 1976–2002 he was a selfemployed construction engineer in Iraq. Current occupation: lecturer as nutrition advisor Course Topics: Balanced nutrition
Ahmad Alharahsheh
Stockholm
Ahmad Alharahsheh is an Asylum Seeker from Almafraq, Jordan. He studied Computer Engineering at Technical University of Moldova.
Course topic
- Types of Networks; Local Area Network and Wide Area Network (In Russian)
Alain-Aime Hatungimana
Hamburg
was born in Bujumbura (Burundi), holds a Master in Technical Sciences and was working as electrical ingenieur and as a technician in Burundi and Ukraine.
Alireza Moghadam
Athens
Alireza Moghadam is a filmmaker from Iran, born in Iran Gorgan, 1350, 1972. He did his training in film at the Iranian Young Cinema Society. Most of his activities have been in the field of cinema, directing, filming and photography, respectively. He makes mostly documentary films. Active in the field of cinema, he has made about.
Asuquo Udo
Asuquo Udo is a refugee from Nigeria. He worked as a journalist for two years and reported on environmental and political issues. With a focus on Niger Delta to report to Nigerian society and beyond. Udo is the initiator of and a speaker for the group Lampedusa in Hamburg.
B. K.
London
Course topic
- Cash Book for good accounting (In French)
B. N.
London
B. N. is a nurse from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Course topic
- Consultation process before Surgery (In French)
Behnam Al-Agzeer
London
Behnam Al Agzeer is a Calligrapher from Mosul, Iraq. He graduated from the Institute of Teacher Education and worked as deputy headmaster and then headmaster of the School of Syrian Catholics in Mosul.
Course topic
- Ten types of Arabic calligraphy (In Arabic)
Dr. Amrou Al-Mhaini
Mülheim an der Ruhr
Dr. Amrou Al-Mhaini is from Syria 32 years old, he lives in Germany for about two years graduated from Egypt in 2013, one year experienced in Dubai Health Authority. Course Topic: Cardio pulmonary resuscitation The topic was about CPR one of the Emergencies procedure in ER department, With a small statistic study and the prognosis
Dr. Nazar Pola
London
Nazar Pola is a Doctor from Mosul, Iraq. He graduated from The College of Medicine University of Baghdad.
Course topic
- What is Health? (In English)
Geraldine Takundwa
London
Course topic
- Outside of asylum (In English)
Gholamabbas Memarian
Mülheim an der Ruhr
Abbas Memariam came from Iran to Hattingen in 2014 with his family. In Silent University Ruhr he had reported on his 24 years lasting work and experiences in an iranian postoffice. Furthermore he has a bachelor in accountancy and working experiences as painter and musician. – Course Topic: The postsystem of Iran
Iraqi academic
Amman
Title: Iraqi Stories from the Heart: A Historical Look at the Ethnic and Social Composition of Iraq a lecture given by an Iraqi academic shedding light on various topics relating to the ethnic and social composition of Iraq and the region at large from a historical perspective and until the present day. العنوان: أحاديث عراقية من Register to read more »
Course topic
- Iraqi Stories from the Heart: A Historical Look at the Ethnic and Social Composition of Iraq (In Arabic)
Jabbar Abdullah
Mülheim an der Ruhr
Archaeologist graduated from Syria – Course Topic: Rakka on the Rhine
Kurosh Dadgar
Athens
Kurosh Dadgar is from Iran. He studied in Iran and holds a Masters Degree of Art in Islamic Sciences and Penal Law. He worked in TV Production for 13 years as an art expert. He has been in Greece the last 7 years.
Miguel Teixeira
London
Miguel Teixeira is a chef from Angola. He studied to be a Chef de Commis and is specializing in the history of food.
Course topic
- The history of food preparation through the visual arts (In Portuguese)
Mohammed Hlabia
Athens
Mohammad Hlabia was born in Syria where he lived until 2013. He graduated from the Technical University of Aleppo with a degree from the Department of Computer Science. He lived in Turkey and worked as a tailor for 3 years and arrived in Greece in February.
Mulugeta Fikadu
London
Mulugeta Fikadu was born in Eritrea and from an early age he moved to Cuba and grew up there. He has a degree in physiotherapy, especialist in T.S.D and veterinari Universidad de siencias medica de Santiago de cuba.
Course topic
- Sexually transmitted diseases & the history of HIV (In Spanish)
Noory Fakhry (Rebwar)
Stockholm
Noory Fakhry (Rebwar) is an Asylum Seeker from Iranian Kurdistan. He received his master degree on International Human Rights at Lund University
Course topic
- Grounds for Asylum According to the 1951 Convention (In Kurdish)
Okba Hazeem
Mülheim an der Ruhr
Okba Hazeem has graduated from the Media faculty in Damascus with a big passion for filmmaking. Since 2006 Okba has worked as a freelancer with major companies in Syria). He has edit many Projects and short Films as a director in Syria , Jordan , Lebanon and Germany .
Course Topic
- Syria From inside
Papa Wilane
Mülheim an der Ruhr
Papa Wilane, political activist from Senegal Lucture: The underdevelopment of west Africa and the french monetary policy
Rachid Garnaoui
Mülheim an der Ruhr
Rachid Garnaoui is a psychologist from Morocco. In Germany he additionally graduated from social work. He is founder of an intercultural social care service for families.
Course topic
- What children (in migrant families) need for their psychosocial development (In German)
Seida Ndoloma
London
Seida Ndoloma was born in Kinshasa and worked in a cement company and then started his own clothing importing business.
Course topic
- How to set up your own business (In French)
Sherko Jahani
Stockholm
Sherko Jahani is a political refugee from Mahabad, Iranian Kurdistan. He is a journalist, writer, human rights activist, Kurdish Language Teacher and photographer.
Course topic
- The History of Kurdish Literature (In Kurdish)
X. A.
Stockholm
X. A. is an Asylum Seeker from Ürümqi, capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China. She studied at Xinjiang Agricultural University Ürümqi.
Course topic
- Failures of Education System in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (In Uiguriska)