Sayyed Jawad Al-Khoei is the head of the Dar Al-Ilm religious seminary of the Al-Khoei Institute in Najaf, Iraq, a leading center that integrates traditional Islamic seminary education with contemporary interfaith dialogue initiatives. Sayyed Jawad Al-Khoei pursued his early Islamic studies at the Hawza of Qom, Iran, before returning to Najaf in 2003 to continue his education. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University for Islamic Studies in London (2008) and a master’s degree in Islamic theology from the University of Islamic Studies in Amman. In addition to his role at the Al-Khoei Institute, Sayyed Jawad Al-Khoei serves as the UNESCO Chair for the Development of Interreligious Dialogue Studies in the Islamic World at the University of Kufa. As a researcher in Islamic Affairs, Sayyed Jawad has authored various studies and articles on religious minorities in Iraq and the need for intra and interfaith dialogue.