About GALMUN
The eleventh GALMUN conference hosted by St. Joseph Seminary & High School-Almotran and Retorika for Multiculturalism, will take place on February 3-4, 2026 in Nazareth. It is our school's vision to bring up generations of future leaders who are devoted to research, virtue and peace; and to building bridges between the diverse communities in Israel. Our school has been taking part in local and international MUN conferences since 2005 and promises to deliver another outstanding conference this year.
Our eleventh conference will host students from the diverse communities of Israel. It will offer them the chance to become global citizens, exposing them to relevant and recent regional and global issues. They will conduct research at a high level, improve their public speaking skills, and develop their English beyond the classroom setting.
We invite delegates from Grades 10-12 to GALMUN 2026, accompanied by an advisor. We welcome beginner and advanced delegates alike. Delegates should prepare a position paper and draft clauses that address the issues of their committees, following the Research Report and RoPs.
We look forward to seeing you at our conference in Nazareth and hope it will be a fruitful and meaningful experience.
Meet the Team
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Deputy SG
Ayob Farah
Co-Director
Ayob Farah first became involved in Model United Nations in 2010 when he joined the MUN club in St. Joseph Seminary and High School. He has worked as a debate and MUN instructor in different capacities, both in schools and at universities for the past eight years. In 2018, he became the president of the Haifa University MUN Society; and since 2021, he has taught MUN courses run by Retorika for Multiculturalism. Currently, he is Retorika’s Head of Pedagogy, developing MUN materials and educational activities for Retorika’s MUN courses, assisting in the management of said courses, and co-directing Retorika’s two MUN conferences, GALCON and GALMUN, alongside Lily Shehady.
Lily Shehady
Co-Director
Lily Shehady is a poet, translator, and educator. Her work focuses on language, identity, culture, and belonging, and has been published in Tupelo Quarterly and Zócalo Public Square, among others. She earned an MFA in creative writing from Bar-Ilan University, and is an experienced Waldorf English teacher and debate/MUN instructor. Her latest work, The In-Between, a joint publication with two women writers, is forthcoming in a bilingual English-German edition with Verlagshaus, Berlin. She has recently joined Retorika for Multiculturalism as a representative and co-director of the EXCEL Teacher-Training Institute in partnership with Jerusalem Peacebuilders; and as the Head of Programs for Retorika’s MUN courses, assisting in the pedagogy of said courses, and co-directing Retorika’s two MUN conferences, GALCON and GALMUN, alongside Ayob Farah.
Ibrahim Fakhoury
Director of Logistics
Ibrahim Fakhoury is the Director of Logistics at Retorika for Multiculturalism and a graduate of St. Joseph Seminary and High School. He has been planning conferences for 4 years, focusing primarily on website maintenance and graphic design. Ibrahim is also in charge of coordinating any logistical tasks, such as conference sites, printing materials, and registration. In addition, he is an undergraduate in the Department of English Language and Literature at Oranim Academic College of Education as well as a Retorika MUN advisor.
