Youmna Naufal is the Executive Director of the “Lebanese Youth Forum,” a Beirut based foundation focused on giving Lebanese youngins an opportunity to articulate their vision by preparing them for their professional endeavours and connecting them with the right stakeholders.
Naufal is the Producer and Host of “Y Chats,” Lebanon’s first up close and personal discussion show in the English.
Naufal has interviewed more than 600 figures including Former French President Nicolas
Sarkozy, WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange, former US Senator John McCain, Author of Science Lucy Hawking, UN Special Representative for Iraq Nikolay Mladenov and Brazilian Football Legend Ronaldinho.
Naufal has participated and/or moderated more than 70 high level panels, most recently in Davos where she took part in panels regarding the evolution of political Islam.
Naufal received her MA degree in International Relations/International Business from New York