Regional Director & Head of ProgramsRuwwad for Sustainable Development
Mrs. Samar Dudin Biography
(Jordan) Samar Dudin, one of the pioneers of Drama and Theatre in Education in Jordan and a lifelong cultural activist, is Regional Director and Head of Programs at Ruwwad Al Tanmeya a Community and Youth Empowerment Organization. Samar organizes community led campaigns tackling literacy, child safety and better parenting.
In 2006 she founded the youth empowering initiative Takween Open Spaces in Amman Jordan and has developed several innovative and multi-disciplinary initiatives that integrate education, development and the arts targeting mainly children, youth and their caretakers in local communities. She is also the director /creator of many innovative community based theatre pieces .
Samar graduated from Santa Clara California with a degree in Theatre Arts . She is a member of The Advisory Committee of the Arab Education Forum, a founding board member of Al Balad Theater, and a founding member of Mujtama3 an Arab platform for Community Organizers. Samar has also worked as member of the task force of the national agenda on social welfare and poverty and as a trainer on leadership with the International Women’s Forum. She dedicates her time in developing Ruwwad’s Programs and regional expansion in the Arab World .