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Dr. Pamela Chrabieh (married Badine) is a Lebanese-Canadian visual artist, researcher, activist, writer, co-founder & CEO of Lebanon-based creative hub Kulturnest, and consultant with extensive 30+ years of multidisciplinary and international experience in university teaching (2004-present: Canada, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates), academic research (2001-present), visual arts and art direction/curation (1996-present), creative communications & content creation in the fields of education, international organizations/NGOs, arts & culture, humanities, and healthcare & bioethics (2001-present), as well as project and program management, training, and conference/workshop organization (1998-present), AI Auditing (Bias & Accuracy in Humanities & Cultural Data) & Human–AI Communication (Dialogue Design & Ethical Interfaces).

Dr. Chrabieh holds a Higher Diploma in Fine Arts and Restoration of Icons (1999, Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts [ALBA], University of Balamand, Lebanon). She pursued her higher studies at the University of Montreal in Quebec – Canada: Minor in Religious Sciences (1999), MA in Theology, Religions, and Cultures (2001), Ph.D. in Theology-Sciences of Religions (2005), and held two Postdoctoral Fellowship positions financed by the Governments of Quebec and Canada from 2005 to 2008.

In addition, Dr. Chrabieh is certified in Digital Branding and Engagement, Business Communication, Deep Learning, Therapeutic Advanced Art Life Coaching, and Digital Healthcare/Medical Communication - Harvard Graduate School of Education, Rice University, Curtin University, The University of Queensland, Rochester Institute of Technology (2018-2020).

Dr. Chrabieh is the author of numerous publications - books, book chapters, academic papers, and online articles - in the fields of sciences of religions, theology, interreligious/intercultural dialogue, gender studies, youth studies, cultural studies, arts and culture, digital transformation, AI & Culture, etc. in French, Modern Standard Arabic, and English.

As a visual artist, Dr. Chrabieh exhibited her work in Canada, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, Italy, Spain, Greece, Poland, Hong Kong, China, Korea, the UK, the USA, and the metaverse.

As an activist, she has been a member of local/international NGOs and a member of executive committees and advisory/editorial boards of several organizations since 1995. She founded an online platform for writers and artists focused on gender issues, Red Lips High Heels, which was active from 2012 to 2018; and established a non-profit digital platform and inclusive virtual exhibition for artists in Lebanon following the Beirut Port Explosion (operational from 2021 to 2024), under the Nabad project by Dar al-Kalima University: arleb.org.

Selected as one of the 100 most influential women in Lebanon (Women Leaders Directory 2013, Smart Center and Women in Front, Beirut) and ‘Most Exceptional Teaching Fellow’ in 2008 (University of Montreal), Dr. Chrabieh won several national and regional prizes in Canada (including Forces Avenir Université de Montréal, Forces Avenir Québec, Prix Lieutenant-Gouverneur du Québec). Her Peace Education ‘Diplomacy of the Dish’ activity was selected as one of the most innovative activities during the Innovation Week of the United Arab Emirates in 2015.

Chrabieh's artistic journey, heavily influenced by her upbringing during Lebanon's wartime, has led her to seek connections between cultures, traditions, and digital expressions. Her childhood experiences, where she used art and music to cope with the horrors of war, laid the foundation for her lifelong commitment to healing collective memory wounds and promoting unity through arts and culture.

Her journey began with traditional iconography and icon restoration, followed by explorations in Kufic calligraphy and the evolution of her visual style, themes, and medium. Dr. Chrabieh's art has transitioned from traditional techniques in the 1990s to mixed media in the 2000s, then digital and hybrid arts in the 2010s. She draws inspiration from Byzantine and Syriac iconography, incorporating stylized forms and specific lighting to convey human divinization, while also addressing contemporary issues such as women's rights, intercultural dialogue, and peacebuilding.

Her art is a multifaceted expression of her identity, embracing her local and global experiences in Canada, Europe, and Southwestern Asia. Each artwork strives to bring invisible perspectives to light, convey fragments of collective memory, and bridge cultural narratives, ultimately sublimating reality without elevating it to an ontological 'hyper-real' state but presenting it as beautifully different.