CHANGE HAPPENS ON THE GROUND
Advocacy Fellows are the hands and feet of The Philos Project. Each one is a Near Eastern activist who represents a distinctive community, tradition, or perspective, and together they symbolize the likeminded friends (Greek, philoi) that Philos supports in the region. In addition to telling their unique stories, all Philos fellows oversee special projects that promote leadership and friendship between peoples.
Giulia Nembrini is the Advocacy Director of the Philos Project. She has a degree in Political Science with a specialization in International Relations, which she obtained at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, located in Milan, Italy. After her experience as a humanitarian worker in the town of Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais, Brazil), Giulia decided to continue her studies and moved to New York City, and then to Tel Aviv, where she graduated from the International Master's Program in Security and Diplomacy at Tel Aviv University (TAU). After serving on the Holy See Permanent Observation Mission to the United Nations in New York, Giulia returned to Rome, Italy. Her career has spanned topics such as international diplomacy, geopolitics of the Near East, religious freedom, human rights of refugees, peacemaking, nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.






DIGITAL NINEVEH
Spring 2020
Education is one of the greatest needs of Christians who are still living in Iraq today. Digital Nineveh raised $25,000 USD to provide much needed computer labs for Christian schools in northern Iraq. It is the campaign’s objective to not only support these students who had to endure tremendous hardship, but also to promote change and pave the path for a brighter future.
GAZA EXODUS
Winter 2020
Every year, people around the world gather together for the holidays during the winter season. Families across the Palestinian Territories-- from Bethlehem to Gaza City-- remain separated due to significant discrimination. Through our Gaza Exodus initiative, led by Philos Fellow Khalil Sayegh, The Philos Project raised $20,000 for four Gazan Christian families.
COPTIC LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE
Summer 2019
The Coptic Leadership Initiative is an education-based advocacy campaign that celebrates the Coptic community's most prominent contributions to Christianity and Egyptian culture.
TERROR & HOPE
Fall/Winter 2018
Terror & Hope: Christians of the Near East is a photography collection that provides a comparison of the lives of Christians living in the Near East.