Naji holds a Bachelor in art and philosophy and is currently studying Masters in Philosophy of Human Rights and Non-violence and Educational Methodology at the Academic University for Nonviolence and Human rights in the Arab World (AUNOHR) in Beirut, Lebanon.

Naji is an expert trainer on different topics such as: Peace building, conflict transformation, non-violent communication, non-violence education, informal education, mediation, advocacy and negotiation. He has intensive experience in training of trainers and developing facilitators capacities.

Naji is the co-partner in Steps, he has more than 15 years of experience in working with civil society leading organization and providing consultation in different fields. He is a board member on different national NGOs in Lebanon and has launched successful campaigns in the country.

He has expertise in interactive educational approaches and capacity building, he supported the empowerment of many teams in different NGOs. He developed several curricula’s and toolkits in the field of conflict transformation such as: Eye Not for an Eye and Youth for Peace.