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Anh Nga Longva teaches at the University of Bergen in Norway.

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Christopher M. Davidson, a senior lecturer in the School of Government and International Affairs...

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Colin Rowat is professor of economics at the University of Birmingham, UK.

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David Katz is project coordinator for Friends of the Earth-Middle East.

An editor of this magazine, David McMurray teaches anthropology at Oregon State University.

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Denise Natali is the Minerva Chair at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National...

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Eric Denis is a researcher at the SEDET Research Center of CNRS-Paris 7 University.

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Georg Stauth teaches sociology at the National University of Singapore.

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Hugh Roberts is an independent writer, lecturer and consultant based in Cairo.

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Isis Nusair is associate professor of women’s studies and international studies at Denison...

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Jack Trumpbour teaches at Harvard Law School.

Jake Hess is a freelance writer based in Washington, DC. He can be reached at jakerhess [at]...

James A. Bill is professor of government at the College of William and Mary.

James E. Bishara is an editor of this publication.

James Fine spent the summer of 1991 in Iraq as a consultant on relief and reconstruction for the...

James McDougall teaches in the History Department at the School of Oriental and African Studies...

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Jay O’Brien taught at the Universities of Khartoum and Gezira and did research on...

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Jeannie Sowers is an associate professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire...

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Jeffrey Blankfort is the editor of the Middle East Labor Bulletin in San Francisco.

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Jennifer Loewenstein is the Associate Director of the Middle East Studies Program at the...

Jennifer Olmsted is assistant professor of economics at Drew University.

Jenny White is professor of anthropology at Boston University.

Jessica Winegar is assistant professor of anthropology at Northwestern University and an editor...

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Joan Gross teaches anthropology at Oregon State University.

Joan Smith/Kocamahhul is a research assistant for the Strategies of Language Revitalization...

Jochen Hippler, a contributing editor of this magazine, is a Political Scientist at the...

Joel Campagna is the Middle East and North Africa program coordinator at the Committee to...

Joel Beinin is Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History and professor of Middle East history at...

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John Damis was director of Middle East studies at Portland State University.

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John Sfakianakis is a research fellow at Harvard University, Center for Middle Eastern Studies...

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Joost Jongerden is assistant professor at the Social Sciences Group of the Wageningen University...

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Joshua Handler is research coordinator at Greenpeace in Washington, DC.

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Julia Pitner was regional director of civil society programs in the Middle East and North Africa...

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Karima Benabdallah-Gambier is a doctoral student at the University of Louvain la Neuve in...

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Kathryn Libal is assistant professor of family studies and social work at the University of...

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Keith Feldman was a MERIP intern in the summer of 2002.

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Kristen Smith Diwan is assistant professor of Middle East politics at the School of...

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Laleh Khalili is lecturer in Middle East politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies...

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Lauren Geiser was an intern at MERIP in the summer of 2010.

Laurie King-Irani, former editor of Middle East Report, is a freelance writer and editor in...

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Linda Herrera writes on education, Islam and social change in Muslim states.

Lisa Frank works with Cleis Press in Pittsburgh.

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Lisa Wynn is a PhD candidate in the department of anthropology at Princeton University.

Lizabeth Zack is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of South Carolina Upstate...

Lori Allen teaches anthropology at Cambridge University.

Lucine Taminian is a senior researcher in residence at The American Academic Research Institute...

Lysandra Ohrstrom is a Beirut-based journalist.

Maad Abu-Ghazalah is president of the San Francisco chapter of the American-Arab Anti-...

Maggy Zanger, a former assistant editor of Middle East Report, is professor at the University of...

Mahsa Shekarloo is a founding member of the Women's Cultural Center, an NGO based in Iran...

Malcolm Byrne is deputy director of the National Security Archive in Washington, DC.

Marc J. Sirois is a Canadian journalist based in Beirut since 1997.

Marcie J. Patton is associate professor of politics at Fairfield University.

Margaret Emery is a former policy analyst for the US Committee for Refugees.

Marianne Torres, a graduate student at San Francisco State University, is a founding member of...

Marie-Joëlle Zahar is associate professor of political science at the Université de Montréal...

Marilyn Neimark is on the board of directors of the American-Israeli Civil Liberties Coalition...

Marion Farouk-Sluglett teaches politics at the University College of Wales, Swansea.

Marisa Escribano is an anthropologist and photographer from Barcelona who lives in New York and...

Mark Duffield teaches at the School of Public Policy, University of Birmingham, UK.

Mark Levine is professor of history at the University of California, Irvine.

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Marsha Pripstein Posusney teaches political science at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode...

Martin Stokes is King Edward Professor of Music at King’s College, University of London....

Mary Ann Tétreault is Una Chapman Cox Distinguished Professor of International Affairs...

Mary Layoun teaches comparative literature at the University of Wisconson in Madison.

Mary Neznek is a freelance writer and researcher in Washington, DC.

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Maxine Molyneux teaches sociology at the University of Essex and is on the editorial board of...

Maya Jaggi is a write for Guardian Review.

Mayssun Sukarieh is a teacher in Beirut.

Mehdi Abedi is research associate in anthropology at Rice University.

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Meriem Verges lives in Paris and finished her thesis on the urban transformation of contemporary...

Mervat Hatem teaches political science at Howard University in Washington, DC.

Michael Gilsenan is David B. Kriser Professor in the Humanities and professor of Middle East...

Michael Klare is director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies,...

Michael MccGuire is a senior fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings...

Michael Renner is a Senior Researcher at the Worldwide Institute, Washington, DC.

Michael Wahid Hanna is a senior fellow at the Century Foundation in New York.

Michael Webb is Managing Director, Financial Sector Development and Policy of the Qatar...

Michaelle Browers is associate professor of Middle East politics at Wake Forest University.

Mick Dumper is professor of Middle East Politics at the University of Exeter. He is the author...

Mimi Kirk is editor at the National University of Singapore’s Middle East Institute.

Misagh Parsa is an associate professor of sociology at Dartmouth College.

Modjtaba Sadria teaches in the Faculty of Policy Studies at Chuo University, Tokyo.

Mohamed Sid-Ahmed was a long-serving contributing editor of this magazine, an Egyptian activist...

Mohja Kahf teaches in the English department at the University of Arkansas.

Mona Atia is assistant professor of geography at George Washington University.

Mona Harb is an assistant professor at the American University of Beirut.

Monica Tarazi holds a J.D. from the UCLA School of Law and an M.A. in Arab studies from...

Morten Valbjorn is based at the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Southern...

Mostafa Vaziri was a visiting scholar at the Center of Middle East Studies at the University of...

Mounira Charrad teaches sociology at the University of Texas-Austin.

Moustafa Bayoumi is the author of “How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab...

Mudar Kassis is assistant professor of philosophy and cultural studies at Bir Zeit University...

Murat Paker, physician and clinical psychologist, has written on human rights and the psychology...

Nabeel Abraham teaches anthropology and is director of the Honors Program at Henry Ford...

Nada Shabout, an editor of this magazine, is associate professor of art history and art...

Nadia Marzouki is a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy...

Nadje Al-Ali is senior lecturer in social anthropology at the Institute of Arab and Islamic...

The Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek is president of Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in...

Nancy Reynolds is an associate professor of history at Washington University in St. Louis.

Naor Ben-Yehoyada is visiting lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and post-doctoral...

Naseer Aruri teaches political science at the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth.

Natasha J. Krahn was a member of the Christian Peacemakers Team in Hebron.

Nathalie Peutz is assistant professor of anthropology in the Program in Arab Crossroads Studies...

Nazanin Shahrokni is a doctoral candidate in sociology at the University of California-Berkeley...

Negar Mottahedeh teaches in the Program on Literature at Duke University.

Neve Gordon teaches political science at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel.

Nicholas Blanford is a journalist based in Beirut.

Nico Kielstra is professor of anthropology at the University of Amsterdam.

Nicolas Pelham is a correspondent for The Economist reporting on Middle East affairs....

Nida Alahmad is a visiting fellow at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the...

Nina Farnia is the Equal Justice Works Litigation Fellow at the Impact Fund and participated in...

Nisreen Salti is assistant professor of economics at the American University of Beirut.

Nizar Qabbani (1923-1998) was a Syrian poet.

Norbert Hirschhorn is a medical doctor and vice-president of John Snow, Inc., an international...

Norman Finkelstein is a New York-based scholar who writes frequently on the Israel-Palestinian...

Nu‘man Kanafani is research director at the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute...

Nukte Devrim-Bouvard is a journalist in Turkey who writes for La Croix and L’...

Olivier Roy is a researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris and...

Omar Razzaz teaches at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at Massachusetts Institute...

Ömer Karasapan was a member of MERIP’s editorial committee.

Oren Yiftachel is professor of geography at Ben Gurion University in Beersheva, Israel, and a...

Parastou Dokouhaki is a Tehran-based journalist.

Pat Aufderheide was culture editor of In These Times from 1978-1986.

Patrick Gilkes has worked for many years in the Horn of Africa as a journalist for the BBC and...

Paul Lalor was a doctoral student at St. Anthony’s College, Oxford.

Paul Schemm is a journalist based in Cairo.

Paul Silverstein is associate professor of anthropology at Reed College and chair of MERIP's...

Per Oskar Klevnas is former research officer for the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq, based...

Peri Raouf is an Iraqi entrepreneur and consultant doing business in Iraq and surrounding...

Persis M. Karim is a doctoral candidate in comparative literature at the University of Texas at...

Pete Moore is associate professor of political science at Case Western Reserve University and an...

Peter Harling is Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria program director for the International Crisis...

Peter Hinchcliffe is the former British ambassador to Jordan and Kuwait.

Peter Ogram was an intern for Middle East Research and Information Project.

Peter Verney is editor of Sudan Update, based in London.

Philip McCrum is an independent Middle East commentator.

Philippe Fargues is a demorgrapher and director of the Centre d'etudes et de documentation...

Pierre-Jean Luizard is a researcher with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and...

Quil Lawrence is a staff correspondent for Public Radio International's "The World."

Rachid Tlemcani teaches political science at the University of Algiers. His book, State and...

Rajan Menon is the Chair of the Department of International Relations and at Lehigh University...

Ralf Bäcker is program coordinator for Medico International in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Ramin Sadighi is director of Hermes Records, an independent label with over 50 titles.

Ranjit Singh is assistant professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington in...

Rashid Khalidi, a contributing editor to this magazine, is the the Edward Said Professor of...

Ray Bush teaches at the University of Leeds.

Rebecca Milligan is a researcher for Human Rights Watch.

Rebecca L. Stein is associate professor of cultural anthropology at Duke University and author...

Reem Haddad is a correspondent for The Daily Star, Beirut's only daily English language...

Reidar Visser is a research fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and...

Rema Hammami is an anthropologist teaching at Birzeit University in the West Bank.

Rend Rahim Francke is the director of the Iraq Foundation in Washington, DC.

Rex Brynen teaches political science at the University of Calgary, Alberta.

Rhoda Kanaaneh is a PhD candidate in social anthropology at Columbia University.

Richard Falk, professor emeritus of international law and practice at Princeton University, is a...

Richard Sale is a veteran intelligence reporter.

Rita Giacaman is a member of the Women’s Studies Program and director of Birzeit...

Robert Fisk, foreign correspondent for The Independent, was declared overall winner of...

Robert Naiman is National Coordinator of Just Foreign Policy.

Robert Vitalis is author of America's Kingdom: Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil Frontier (Stanford,...

Roderic Pitty is finishing a doctoral dissertation in politics at the Australian National...

Roger Diwan is the Managing Director at the consulting firm PFC Energy.

Roger Normand is a co-founder and former Executive Director of the Center for Economic and...

Rola Abimourched is a researcher on migration, with a specialization in the Middle East.

Roni Krouzman is a freelance writer and photographer who travels frequently to Israel and...

Roschanack Shaery is a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious...

Sa'eda Kilani is director of the Arab Archives Institute and a human rights activist in...

Saadallah Wannou (1941-1997) was an internationally-renowned Syrian playwright. He was diagnosed...

Saba Mahmood is an associate professor of anthropology at University of California, Berkeley....

Salah D. Hassan teaches English at Michigan State University, and serves on the editorial...

Salim Tamari is director of the Institute for Jerusalem Studies and a contributing editor of...

Salwa Ismail is professor of Middle East politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies...

Seam Husseini is the former media director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee...

Sameera Fazili is an economic development specialist and an adjunct lecturer at Yale University'...

Samera Esmeir, an editor of Middle East Report, is a former lawyer who now teaches in...

Samia Mehrez teaches Arabic literature at the American University in Cairo.

Samir al-Khalil is the author of the Republic of Fear: Saddam's Iraq (Pantheon) and The Monument...

Sandra Beth Doherty graduated in 2008 from Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab...

Sandy Russell Jones holds a Ph.D. in religious studies from the University of Pennsylvania.

Sara Scalenghe is assistant professor of Middle East history at Loyola University in Baltimore...

Sarah Graham-Brown has written extensively on the Middle East. She is the author of Sanctioning...

Sarah Waheed is a historian of South Asia. She has taught at Georgetown University, George Mason...

Saree Makdisi is assistant professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of...

Sateh Nourredine is managing editor of the Beirut daily newspaper As-Safir.

Scott Cutler Shershow is professor of English at the University of California, Davis.

Scott Long is a researcher for Human Rights Watch, and has been an advocate for sexual rights on...

Sean L. Yom is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Government at Harvard University.

Sha'banali Bahrampour is a sociologist at Tehran's Center for Media Studies and Research...

Shahriar Khateri, a veteran of the Iran-Iraq war, is a physician in Tehran.

Shalini Mathur is a women's rights activist associated with Suraksha, an anti-dowry...

Sharif Elmusa is associate professor of political science at the American University in Cairo,...

Sharry Lapp is a writer working at the Women’s Studies Centre in Jerusalem.

Shayna Silverstein received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in ethnomusicology.

Sheila Ryan was a contributing editor of Middle East Report from 1982-1994 and director...

Sherene Seikaly is assistant professor of history and Middle East studies at the American...

Shira Robinson, an editor of this magazine, is assistant professor of Middle East history at...

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Simona Sharoni, assistant professor of peace and conflict resolution at American University, is...

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Stefanie Nanes is assitant professor of political science at Hofstra University.

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Timothy Mitchell, a contributing editor to Middle East Report, teaches politics and...

Toby Jones, an editor of this magazine, is assistant professor of Middle East history at Rutgers...

Tom Abowd is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Wayne State University.

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Ursula Lindsey is a Cairo-based reporter and writer. She contributes regularly to The Arabist...

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Yael Ben-zvi is in the modern thought and literature program at Stanford University.

Yahya Sadowski is an Arizona-based consultant for PFC Energy.

Yavuz Yaşar is associate professor of economics at the University of Denver.

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Yuksel Taskin is associate professor of politics at Marmara University in Istanbul.

Zachary Lockman is professor of modern Middle East history at New York University and a...

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