About GALCON
The second Galilee Convention (GALCON) is Retorika for Multiculturalism’s home conference, welcoming schools who are affiliated with Retorika and its Model UN courses. The conference will take place on March 24th, 2026 at the Golden Crown Hotel in Nazareth.
GALCON is Retorika’s new conference of innovation with special committees and topics. Our aim is to foster the delegates’ critical thinking and research skills in committees that discuss important and interesting topics. GALCON will also allow Retorika’s eighth graders to experience their first conference in an optimal setting of an eighth-graders’ beginner committee.
Retorika thanks the advisors who have worked throughout the year in the Model UN courses to prepare the students for the conference. Last but not least, thank you to you, teachers and students alike, for trusting us with this journey.
We hope you enjoy the research process ahead of the conference as well as your experience in it.
Meet the Team
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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.
