After losing her son in a terrorist attack, Latifa Ibn Ziaten has devoted her life to combatting radicalization with tolerance and interfaith understanding, teaching her children to value the education she never had and to embrace their dual cultural identities.
In 2012, an Islamist terrorist killed her son Imad, a French soldier. Desperate to channel her grief into something positive, she founded the Imad Association for Youth and Peace, starting a grassroots campaign to intervene in troubled communities. Ms. Ibn Ziaten now criss-crosses France promoting interfaith dialogue and the importance of helping young people develop a positive identity and sense of responsibility, and regularly organizes conferences to promote dialogue with young people in troubled neighborhoods to avoid radicalization.

Latifa Ibn Ziaten peacefully and fraternally embodies one of the new faces of Europe, a plural, multi-ethnic and multi-religious region.
As Europe deals with terror attacks and reports of rising extremism, Ms. Ibn Ziaten is a brave and uniquely credible voice for hope and coexistence.

In Morocco, Ibn Ziaten is involved in several projects with youth, especially in the north of the country, known to host several hotbeds for religious extremism.

Awards:
2014 AJC Moral Courage Award 2014 (American Jewish Committee)
2015 Conflict Prevention award (Fondation Chirac)
2015 Copernic Prize for Dialogue, Peace and Fraternity (Union Libérale Israélite de France)
2015 France Legion of Honour Medal (from President Hollande)
2016 International Women of Courage Award (from John Kerry)
2017 Global Hope Coalition Prize (from Irina Bokova) for her fight against violent extremism
2018 Trophée Marocain du Monde
2019 Nobel Peace Prize candidate