Lama Kannout is a Syrian feminist, political activist, and researcher, and is currently the executive director of the Syrian Feminist Lobby in Beirut. She earned a BA in Interior Design, and owned and directed Lama Advertising Agency between 1992 and 2014. She was a member of the political office of the Arab Socialists Movement from 2000 to 2008, and has co-founded several civil society organisations. She is also an executive office member of the Musawa organisation, chairperson of the board of directors of the Syrian Centre for Citizenship, and coordinator of the studies committee in the Syrian Feminist Lobby. Ms Kannout participated in the indirect talks of Gevena II in 2014 as a member of the follow-up committee of the Syrian Women Initiative for Peace and Democracy.

Participant in: April/May 2019 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes; MENA Focus