Our Common Humanity in the Information Age. Principles and Values for Development

Faouzi Skali, Ph.D., President, International Fez Forum
 
With a Doctorate in Anthropology, Ethnology and Sciences of Religions, Paris VII 
University, Dr. Faouzi Skali is a highly regarded cultural anthropologist, writer and 
speaker.
President of the International Forum “ Giving a soul to globalization” which examines 
vital global issues, Faouzi Skali created the Fes Festival of Sacred Music in 1994, after 
the Gulf war, as the world was polarising, with the intention of bringing people together. 
In 2001 he created the intellectual component of the Festival: the Fes Encounters 
Colloquium. The United Nations honoured him in 2001 as one of the seven unseen 
heroes, who have contributed in a remarkable way to the dialogue of cultures and 
civilizations.

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He is a member of the “Groupe des Sages”, a High-Level Advisory Group on the 
Dialogue between Peoples and Cultures of the Euro Mediterranean area, created at the 
initiative of Romano Prodi, ex-President of the European Commission; He is a member 
of the World Faith and Development Leaders, co-chaired par MM. George Carey and 
James Wolfensohn; He is also a member of the C100: Council of 100 personalities from 
the World Economic Forum (Davos) for the initiative of Dialogue between the West and 
the Muslim World. His published works include: "The Sufi Path" : A testimony about the 
path of knowledge that Sufism is within Islam (Editions Albin Michel-1985); 
"Futuwah": A Sufi Chivalry book ; translation and commentaries of an Arabic text 
written by a Persian author in the 11
th
 century (Editions Albin Michel-1989); "Traces de 
Lumière" (Traces of Light) : An initiatic narration of the spiritual journey (Editions Albin 
Michel-1993); "Le face à face des Cœurs" (The face to face of hearts) : The transcription 
of a choice of lectures on Sufism given in Europe (Editions Le Relié-2000, Presse Pocket-
2003); "Jesus in the Sufi Tradition" (Editions Albin Michel - 2004).