A Tribute to Elza Maalouf

IEC Conference: 2025-pending

Elza Maalouf (1965 – 2024)  was an attorney, author, visionary and humanist. It was at an Integral Leadership program in the early 2000’s that Elza learned about Spiral Dynamics and the work of Don Beck. Intrigued by Don and Spiral, Elza recognized she could offer a perspective arising from her experience growing up with the trauma of civil war-torn Lebanon and ethnocentric rivalries. She worked side-by-side with Don Beck in the early 2000’s and together they forged a vision for Palestine based upon Spiral Dynamics values systems and conflict resolution principles. Maalouf and Beck co-founded Human Emergence-Middle East, with Board members Beck, Jean Houston, Said Dawlabani, and Fadwa Al-Homaizi. She and her husband Said Dawlabani  influenced business, politics, economics, and leadership. Elza was a spiritual person at her core.  She was an example of “living the change you want to see”. Those who knew her, knew her big heart, her beauty, her optimism, and her unique intelligence. An interview of Elza by Russ Wolckmann was published in Integral Leadership in Review in June 2013, providing an overview of her work and leadership up to that time. Her life is an example of personal evolution and creating profound hope and change for a better world. She was truly loved and admired by those who knew her spirit, generosity, and brilliance. Elza was a survivor, a visionary, who used her talents for the greater good.

 

BASER HABIB, Christine

United States

Christine Baser Habib, R.N., Ph.D. applies Integral Theory in her practice as a clinical psychologist. She specializes in working with people who have chronic illness and complex grief.  An interest in the female psyche has led her to explore the Spiral stages of women’s influence, women’s development and leadership, and how women voice their AQAL experiences. Christine has been active in San Diego Integral, providing hospitality and presentations on Integral topics.  She also meets regularly with other Integrally-informed women on Women’s Matters, hosted by The Wisdom Factory.