Alison Weir

Alison WeirFormer journalist Alison Weir is president of the Council for the National Interest and the founder and executive director of If Americans Knew, a non-profit that specializes in media

Archbishop Atallah Hanna

Atallah Hanna
Theodosios (Hanna) of Sebastia is the Archbishop of Sebastia from the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Also known by his given name of Atallah Hanna, the archbishop

Dr. Francis Boyle

francis boyle Dr. Francis Boyle is a scholar in the areas of international law and human rights. Dr. Boyle received a J.D. degree magna cum laude and A.M. and Ph.D. degrees in political science

Dr. Norton Mezvinsky

mezvinskyDr. Norton Mezvinsky is a distinguished University Professor of History (Emeritus) at Connecticut State University; President of the International Council for Middle East Studies,

Fadwa Barghouti

fadwa barhouthi Fadwa Barghouti is the wife of political prisoner Marwan Barghouti. Marwan and Fadwa met in Birseit University, where Fadwa completed her Bachelors and Masters degrees

Israa Abdel-Fattah

Israa Abdel-Fatah Long before the Arab Spring, a young Egyptian woman named Israa Abdel-Fattah organized the first Facebook-generated general strike in Egypt in 2008.

Khalil Meek

khalil meekKhalil Meek is the president of the Muslim Legal Fund of America, a nonprofit organization that's dedicated to protecting the civil and legal rights of Islamic organizations

Max Blumenthal

max blumenthalMax Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author whose articles and video documentaries have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles

Mohammad Al-Abdallah

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Mohammad Al-Abdallah is a Syrian journalist, blogger and human rights activist. While working in Syria, he faced two military trials and was imprisoned for his writing. 

Norman G. Finkelstein

norman finkelsteinNorman G. Finkelstein received his doctorate in 1988 from the Department of Politics at Princeton University. For many years he taught political theory and the Israel-Palestine

Othman Atta

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Milwaukee attorney Othman Atta is the executive director of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, where he has served in various positions for the past 30 years.

Sami Kishawi

sami kishawiSami Kishawi is a Palestinian-American currently studying biology and human rights as an undergraduate at the University of Chicago.  He heads the University of Chicago's

Sheikh Amin Al-Ali

amin aliSheikh Amin Al-Ali is the Imam of the Islamic Community Center of Illinois

Sheikh Ziad Hamdan

ziad hamdanZiad Hamdan is currently the Imam of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee. He earned his B.A. in Middle Eastern Studies and Political Science from BirZiet University, his Masters in Mass

Anna Baltzer

anna baltzer Anna Baltzer is a Jewish-American Columbia graduate, former-Fulbright scholar, the granddaughter of Holocaust refugees, and an award-winning lecturer, author, and activist

Dina Omar

dina omarDina Omar is a Palestinian poet and graduate from the University California Berkeley in Middle Eastern Studies and Anthropology. She is now a graduate student in Anthropology

Dr. Hatem Bazian

Hatem BazianDr. Hatem Bazian is the chairman of the American Muslims for Palestine, a national, grassroots organization, whose mission is to educate the public about issues related to Palestine and

Imam Zaid Shakir

zaid shakirImam Zaid Shakir was born in Berkeley, CA and accepted Islam in 1977 while serving in the United States Air Force. He obtained a BA with honors in International Relations

Janan Najeeb

palestien conference Janan Najeeb, a founding member and the current President of the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition has been a spokeswoman for Milwaukee’s Muslim community to media

Kristin Szremski

kristinKristin Szremski is a journalist, spending more than 20 years as an investigative reporter and editor. Her writing has won awards from the Associated Press, the Illinois Press

Mezna Qato

mezna qato Mezna Qato is completing her DPhil in History from St. Antony’s College, Oxford, on the history of educational regimes for Palestinians. Mezna is a national coordinating

Nihad Awad

nihad awad

Nihad Awad is the executive director and co-founder of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest non-profit Muslim civil rights organization  in the United States.

Osama Abu Irshaid

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Osama Abu Irshaid, AMP board member, is the founder and editor of Al Meezan newspaper. He is also a highly sought after political analyst and commentator.

Safaa Zarzour

safaaSafaa Zarzour holds a Juris Doctor degree from DePaul University School of Law, a Masters in Education from the University of Illinois in Chicago, and a Bachelor of

Sheikh Abdool Rahman Khan

abdelrahman khan Sheikh Abdool Rahman Khan is the resident scholar of the Islamic Foundation mosque in Villa Park, IL.

Sheikh Jamal Said

jamal saidSheikh Jamal Said, imam and director of the Mosque Foundation of Bridgeview, is well-known throughout the United States for his religious opinions and guidance.

Zaher Sahloul

sahloul zaherDr. Zaher Sahloul is a Chicago community activist and the chairman of the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (CIOGC), a federation of over 50 Islamic