The Damascus Foundation for Thought, Culture and Development is a Syrian non-profit foundation established in Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic, pursuant to Decision No. 2547 of the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, dated July 6, 2025.

Dimasheq Association for Culture, Studies and Development – a non-profit cultural association serving the public benefit, registered under No. 2276, Tax No. 309/5851/2117, and tax-exempt pursuant to §§ 51 and 52 of the German Fiscal Code (Abgabenordnung) and § 5 of the German Corporate Income Tax Act (Körperschaftsteuergesetz). First founded in 2012, it published the intellectual and cultural magazine "Dimasheq".

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Ibrahim Al-Jabin

Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Dimasheq Magazine

Nouri Al-Jarrah

Trustees and Advisors

Dr. Burhan Ghalioun

Prof. Dr. Stefan Weber

George Sabra

Fares Al-Helou

Murad Al-Natour

Dr. Ahmed Abdel Aziz

Persa Koumoutsē

Dr. Khaldoun Al-Shamaa

Josephine Al-Jabin

Dr. Ahmad Ibesh

Tayseer Khalaf

Asaad Farzat

Dr. Mahmoud Al-Hamza

José Miguel Puerta

Yasser Al-Farhan

Dr. Adnan Wahoud

Dr. Khattar Abou Diab

Dr. Mumtaz Al-Sheikh

Mazen Al-Natour

Peren birsaygili mut

Francesca Maria Corrao

Dr. Ahmad Barqawi

Khaled Al-Saai

Awad Ali

Muwaffaq Qat

Khaled Al-Attar

Dr. Hisham Al-Dhahabi

Mufid Najm

Dr. Osama Kadi

Fares Al-Dhahabi

Dr. Abdul Razzaq Moaz

Zuhair Abu Shayeb

Adham Jabin Chief Financial & Operating Officer (CFOO)

Bashar Zarkan

Maher Sleibi

Advisors: Absent, Yet Ever Present

They contributed their ideas and writings to the early issues of Dimasheq magazine, beginning in 2012.

Hani Fahs

Father Paolo Dall’Oglio

Salameh Kaileh

Dr. Sadiq Jalal Al-Azm

Salma Khadra Jayyusi

Karin Adrian von Roques

Imad Al-Armashi