IN SHORT

Melhem Khalaf has always felt that faith should create unity, not division. From Red Cross first-aid volunteer to attorney, and from co-founder of Offrejoie to vice-chair of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, he has used three core values of his faith—love, respect and forgiveness—as tools to restore the Lebanon he cherishes. “As the Good Book says, we are here to serve, not to be served,” he explains.