Mohamed El-Erian

President at Queens'​ College, Cambridge; Former CEO and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Pacific Investment Management Co. (PIMCO); Author of the best-selling book "When Markets Collide"

Gail Harris

Highest Ranking African American Woman in the US Navy

Suheir Hammad

Palestinian-American Poet & Playwright

Chris Hedges

Foreign Correspondent & Author

Roya Hakakian

Iranian Poet, Journalist & Author

Mona Eltahawy

Author, Commentator & Disruptor of Patriarchy

Seymour Hersh

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Investigative Journalist, Reporter & Political Writer

Paul Anka

Singer / Songwriter

Josh Rushing

Award-Winning Journalist

Gillian Sorensen

Senior Advisor, UN Foundation

Alon Pinkas

Foreign Relations Expert & Fmr. Consul General of Israel

Anthony H. Cordesman

Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy

Rashid Khalidi

Palestinian-American Historian, Award-Winning Author & Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University

Rashid Khalidi on why memory of the Nakba is stronger than ever

Hala Gorani

Anchor and Correspondent, CNN

Jennifer Miller

Author & Journalist

Stephen Kinzer

Award-winning Correspondent / Author

Jytte Klausen

Expert on Islam, Author

Shlomo Ben-Ami

Former Israeli Foreign Minister; Vice President of the Toledo International Center for Peace

Dean Obeidallah

Political Comedian & Writer

Amos Yadlin

Head of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS); Former Head of the IDF’s Military Intelligence Directorate