On Cover
Najwa Saba ‘Ayon Fares
Rafik Hariri University, Meshref, Lebanon
“Education should not only transmit knowledge, but also cultivate critical thinking, empathy, adaptability, and meaningful human connection“



Cover Story
Some educators arrive at their vocation through a single defining moment. Najwa Saba ‘Ayon Fares arrived through a sustained and deepening curiosity, one that began with language and grew into something far larger: a conviction that education, when done right, does not merely transfer knowledge but fundamentally transforms the people who receive it.
Sally Jones
For decades, child protection systems across the world have largely operated in response mode intervening after harm has occurred, after disclosures have been made, and after trauma has already begun shaping a child’s emotional development. Sally Jones believes that model is no longer enough.


Samita Bhattacharya
In the bustling landscape of international education, where standardized curricula often threaten to reduce literature to formulaic analysis, one educator stands as a beacon of transformative teaching.
