James Rubin

Special Envoy and Coordinator for the U.S. Department of State’s Global Engagement Center, Served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs in the Clinton Administration from 1997–2000

Ben Kacyra

Founding Director of CyArk, 3D Digital Preservation of Cultural Heritage Sites Worldwide

Richard Wolffe

Digital Executive, Best-Selling Author & Columnist at The Guardian

Mona Eltahawy

Author, Commentator & Disruptor of Patriarchy

Bret Stephens

U.S. Foreign Policy Expert & Highly-Awarded Columnist for The New York Times

Taraneh Salke

Filmmaker & Founder, Family Health Alliance.

Sadika Hameed

Fellow, Program on Crisis, Conflict, and Cooperation

Sharon Squassoni

Director and Senior Fellow, Proliferation Prevention Program

Tanja Magas

Web3 & Data Science Expert

Emma Sky

British Expert on the Middle East, Former Political Advisor in Iraq, Current Director of Yale World Fellows

Thomas Ricks

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Washington Post Journalist, Military History Columnist & Best-Selling Author of "Fiasco" and "The Gamble"

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Zainab Al-Suwaij

Executive Director of the American Islamic Congress

Amani Al-Khatahbeh

Author & Entrepreneur, Muslimgirl.com

Deborah E. Lipstadt

Professor of Modern Jewish & Holocaust Studies at Emory University

Michael Smerconish

Independent Political Analyst; Host of "The Michael Smerconish Program" on SiriusXM, Host of CNN's "Smerconish"; Newspaper Columnist & Best-Selling Author

Maz Jobrani

Comedian & Founding Member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Group

Florence Eid-Oakden

CEO & Chief Economist of Arabia Monitor

Aziz Abu Sarah

National Geographic Explorer, Cultural Educator & Peace Activist. Has been included numerous times in Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre's list of "500 Most Influential Muslims"

Sahar Delijani

Iranian Author, Best Known for "Children of the Jacaranda Tree"

Aaron David Miller

Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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