Flynt Leverett

Flynt Leverett is an expert on the Middle East and international energy issues with insider credentials and a willingness to be outspoken.

Dov Waxman

Professor of Political Science, International Affairs, and Israel Studies at Northeastern University. Expert on Middle East Politics, US-Middle East Policy, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, and Israeli Politics and Foreign Policy.

Henry Hogger

Former British Ambassador to Syria

Alex Warren

Author, businessman and Expert of Middle East and Africa

Ray Takeyh

Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies

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

Kevin Abdulrahman

Inspirational & Motivational Keynote Speaker Available.

Avi Issacharoff

Israeli Journalist; The Times of Israel's Middle East Analyst

Dawn Chatty

Anthropologist & Author of "Displacement and Dispossession in the Modern Middle East Cambridge"

Robert Wexler

Former U.S. House Representative (Dem. FL); President of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace

Scott Bates

Middle East and National Security Expert

Jonathan Schanzer

Senior Vice President for Research at Foundation of Defense for Democracies

Neeshad Shafi

Sustainability Futurist, Social Change Advocate & Expert on Climate Policy in the Middle East; Founder of Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar

Judith Kipper

Judith Kipper is co-director of the Middle East Studies Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

Tasneem Alsultan

Investigative Photographer, Storyteller & Global Traveler

Trita Parsi

President of the National Iranian American Council & Author of Several Award-Winning Books on US Foreign Policy

Mona Eltahawy

Author, Commentator & Disruptor of Patriarchy

Nahlah Ayed

Foreign Correspondent for CBC News & "The National;" Author of "A Thousand Farewells: A Reporter's Journey From Refugee Camp To The Arab Spring"

Florence Eid-Oakden

CEO & Chief Economist of Arabia Monitor

Dr. David Oualaalou

Global-Affairs Analyst, Professor of International Security & Author of "Volatile State: Iran in the Nuclear Age"