Team and governance

Trained in Geneva, Venice, Brussels, Copenhagen and Lausanne, Soumaya Hallak has built an operatic career while developing projects at the crossroads of music, theatre and learning. In 2018, she was named a Woman of Peace at the Belgian Senate for 1,2,3 HOPE, LOVE, LIFE for PEACE. In 2023, she opened an arts and community centre in Aleppo. Through voice, music, movement and creativity, the centre offers spaces where children, young people and women can regain confidence, connect with others and express themselves. Her recent artistic projects include Duo Syrham, an appearance at the Bayreuth Wagner Festival in summer 2025 and the 2026 creation Les Mains Noires.

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She also facilitates activities for children and young people, including drawing, colouring, singing, theatre, collaborative murals, handicrafts and psychomotor activities. She joined the centre to share skills, introduce new ideas and promote brotherhood, compassion and peace across religions, social backgrounds and cultures.

She is also a passionate flute teacher and brings organisation, creativity and a personal approach to her work. She values the humanitarian purpose of the centre, teamwork and the opportunity to learn, contribute and support others.

Passionate about drawing and handicrafts, she also works with children and young people through simple, accessible creative activities. She encourages imagination, self-expression and self-awareness while creating a calm space where participants can explore creativity and experience moments of inner peace.

At the centre, she leads Body Harmony, an activity for all generations combining breathing, stretching, dance and body awareness to support overall wellbeing. She shares the association’s values and is happy to help promote them by putting her skills at the service of people who need support most.

She wants to offer children and adults who missed essential parts of childhood a safe space where they can play, laugh, relax and reconnect with the spontaneity of being a child.

He manages beneficiary data, registrations, partner reports, procurement, maintenance, reception, translation and administrative tasks. He also supports funding applications and partnership development. Sam holds a BSc in Mathematics from Aleppo University and a Learning Facilitator certificate from the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.