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Samer Abboud
Associate Professor of Global Interdisciplinary Studies, Villanova University
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Yasemin Akış
Visiting Professor of Religious Studies, Villanova University
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Ahmad Al-Sholi
PhD candidate, Stony Brook University
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Sa'ed Atshan
Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies and Anthropology, Swarthmore College Chair of the Department of Anthropology, Swarthmore College
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Ibrahim Bakri
Associate Director, Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy
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Abdulrahman Bindamnan
PhD Candidate in Education, University of Minnesota
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Khalid Blankinship
Professor of Religion, Temple University
Jennie Bradbury
Assistant Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College
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Megan Brown
Assistant Professor of History, Swarthmore College
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Pardis Dabashi
Assistant Professor of Literature, Bryn Mawr College
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Lawrence Davidson
Professor Emeritus of History, West Chester University
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Arnon Degani
Fellow, Molad: Center for the Renewal of Israeli Democracy
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Mert Deniz
Fulbright Scholar, University of Pennsylvania
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Sotirios Dimitriadis
Post-doctoral fellow, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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Jennifer Dixon
Associate Professor of Political Science, Villanova University
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Yasser Elsheshtawy
Adjunct Professor, Columbia University
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Noura Erakat
Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Criminal Justice, Rutgers University
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Hadar Feldman Samet
Assistant Professor of Jewish History, Tel Aviv University
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Alexa Firat
Associate Professor (Instructional) of Arabic Studies, Temple University
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Farha Ghannam
Eugene Lang Research Professor of Anthropology, Swarthmore College
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Mohannad Ghawanmeh
Executive Director, Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture
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Bridget Guarasci
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Franklin & Marshall College
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Bassam Haddad
Director, Middle East and Islamic Studies Program, George Mason University Associate Professor, Policy and Government
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David Heayn-Menendez
PhD Candidate in History, CUNY Graduate Center
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Ghaidaa Hetou
Lecturer in Political Science, Rutgers University
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Shams Inati
Professor of Islamic Philosophy, Villanova University
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Artemy Kalinovsky
Professor of History and Political Science, Temple University
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Yuval Katz
Postdoctoral fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication, Annenberg School for Communication
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alma khasawnih
Assistant Professor of Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, The College of New Jersey
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Ann Lesch
Professor Emerita of Political Science, American University in Cairo
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Ikram Masmoudi
Associate Professor of Arabic Language, Literature and Culture, University of Delaware
Nada Matta
Assistant Professor of Global Studies and Sociology, Drexel University
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Barak Mendelsohn
Associate Professor of Political Science, Haverford College
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Betsy Mesard
Barbieri Scholar in the Humanities, Villanova University
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Josh Mugler
Curator of Eastern Christian and Islamic Manuscripts, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
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Qais Munhazim
Assistant Professor of Global Studies, Thomas Jefferson University
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Emily Neumeier
Assistant Professor of Art History, Temple University
Wazhmah Osman
Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Production, Temple University
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Barbara Romaine
Independent Scholar
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Mario Ruiz
Associate Professor of Modern Middle East History, Hofstra University
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James Ryan
Executive Director of the Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP)
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Eileen Ryan
Associate Professor of History, Temple University
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Zainab Saleh
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Haverford College
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Rubina Salikuddin
Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern, Central Asian & North African Studies, Bryn Mawr College
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Aytuğ Şaşmaz
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Bryn Mawr College
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Matthew Sharp
Independent Scholar
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Ahmad Shokr
Assistant Professor of History, Swarthmore College
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Deniz Türker Cerda
Assistant Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture, Rutgers
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Sara Vakili
Adjunct Lecturer in Women's and Gender Studies, West Chester University
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Gordon Witty
Assistant Professor of Arabic, Temple University
![Asil Yaman](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_list/public/2023-01/Asil%20Yaman.png?itok=EPkqP_rD)
Asil Yaman
Adjunct Assistant Professor at Villanova University Director of the Phoenix Archaeological Project (PAP), Consulting Professor at Penn Museum, Mediterranean Section
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Sean Yom
Associate Professor of Political Science, Temple University
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Eszter Zimanyi
Postdoctoral fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication, Annenberg School for Communication
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Adnan Zulfiqar
Associate Professor, Rutgers Law School