Feisal Abdul Rauf

Founder and Chairman

The Cordoba Initiative

United States

 

Azamat Abdymomunov

CEO

JSC National Science and Technology Holding Samghau

Kazakhstan

 

Abdel Monem Abouel Fetouh

General Secretary

Arab Medical Union

Egypt

 

Ziad Abu Amr

President

Palestinian Council on Foreign Relations

Palestine

 

Riah Abu El Assal

Former Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem

Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East
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Director of Studies

Al-Ghad

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Odeh Aburdene

Managing Director

CT Capital International

United States

 

Muna AbuSulayman

Executive Director

Kingdom Foundation        

Saudi Arabia

 

Salman Ahmad

Musician

Pakistan

 

M.J. Akbar

Editor-in-Chief

The Asian Age

India

 

Kaouthar Al-Bachraoui

Host

Al Hiwar TV

Tunisia

 

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Principal

The Albright Group

United States

 

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Assistant Executive Manager, Strategic Studies

Kingdom Foundation

Saudi Arabia

 

Muean Aljabiry

Filmmaker and Political Consultant       

Iraq

 

Mufid Mohammad Jawad Al-Jazairi

Chair, Cultural Committee

Council of Representatives of Iraq

Iraq

 

Beriwan Muslih Al-Khailany

Consultant, Ministry of Higher Education

Kurdistan Regional Government

Iraq

 

Madhi Alkhamees

General Secretary

Arab Media Forum

Kuwait

 

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President

Umma National Party

Sudan

 

Aisha Al-Mannai

Dean, College of Sharia and Islamic Studies

University of Qatar

Qatar

 

Salam Al-Marayati

Executive Director

Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)

United States

 

Hafez Al-Mirazi

Vice Chairman

Sigma Media Group

Egypt

 

Fouad Al-Rawi

Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP)

Iraq

 

Mohammed Abdullah Mutib Al-Rumaihi

Assistant Foreign Minister of Follow-Up Affairs

Qatar

 

Nashwa Ali Al-Ruwaini

CEO

Pyramedia, LLC

Egypt

 

Mahmoud Al-Sumaidaie

Imam

Umm al-Qura Mosque

Iraq

 

Hamad bin Jassim Al-Thani

Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs

Qatar

 

Harith Al-Ubaidi

Member, Iraqi Accordance Front,

Council of Representatives of Iraq

Iraq

 

Omar Amanat

Co-Chair

Alliance of Civilizations Media Fund

United States

 

Shahed Amanullah

Editor-in-Chief

AltMuslim.com

United States

 

Hady Amr

Fellow and Director, Brookings Doha Center

Saban Center at Brookings

United States

 

Mohammad Syafi'i Anwar

Executive Director

International Center on Islam and Pluralism (ICIP)

Indonesia

 

Martin A. Apple

President

Council of Scientific Society Presidents

United States

 

Muhammad Nurayn Ashafa

Joint Executive Director

Inter-Faith Mediation Centre

Nigeria

 

Kamel Ayadi

President

World Federation of Engineering Organizations

Tunisia

 

Ali Babacan

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Turkey

 

Akram Baker

Managing Director

Brandicate Consultants

Palestine

 

Yasser (YAS) Bakhtiari

Singer/Songwriter        

Iran

 

David Barno

Director, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA Center)

National Defense University

United States

 

Hamid Basyaib

Director of Programs

Freedom Institute

Indonesia

 

Evan Bayh, III

Senator (Indiana)

United States

 

Endy Mouzardi Bayuni

Editor-in-Chief

The Jakarta Post

Indonesia

 

Ahmet Mithat Bereket

Senior Correspondent

CNN Turk TVTurkey

 

Samuel R. Berger

Chairman

Stonebridge International, LLC

United States

 

Jason Brownlee

Assistant Professor, Department of Government

University of Texas

United States

 

Ronald Bruder

Founder and CEO

Education for Employment Foundation

United States

 

Hala Bsaisu Lattouf

Minister of Social Development

Jordan

 

Kurt Campbell

CEO

Center for a New American Security

United States

 

Cengiz Çandar

Chief Columnist

Referans

Turkey

 

Mustafa Ceric

Grand Mufti

Bosnia-Herzegovina

 

John Bryson Chane

Bishop

Episcopal Diocese of Washington

United States

 

Benjamin Chavis

President, CEO

Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN)

United States

 

Steven Cook

Douglas Dillon Fellow

Council on Foreign Relations

United States

 

Elizabeth Daley

Dean, School of Cinematic Arts

University of Southern California

United States

 

Richard E. Darilek

Director

RAND-Qatar Policy Institute

United States

 

Rola Dashti

Chairperson

Kuwait Economic Society

Kuwait

 

Alexander Dehgan

Office of the Science Advisor to the Secretary of State

Department of State

United States

 

Vishakha N. Desai

President

Asia Society

United States

 

Mona Dreicer

Deputy Program Leader - Nonproliferation and Global Nuclear Material Management

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

United States

 

Hasan Salah Dweik

Executive Vice President

Al-Quds University

Palestine

 

Mustafa El Tayeb

Director, Natural Sciences Sector, Division of Science Analysis and Policies

UNESCO – Paris

France

 

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Honorary Chief Officer

United Nations Multilateral (Ozone) Fund

Egypt

 

Mohamed Elmenshawy

Editor-in-Chief

Arab Insight/Taqrir Washington

Egypt

 

Saeb Erekat

Chief Negotiator

Palestinian Authority

Palestine

 

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Founding Director, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding

Georgetown University

United States

 

Betsy Fader

Chief Program Officer

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

United States

 

William J. Fallon

Commander

U.S. Central Command

United States

 

Taib Fassi-Fihri

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

Morocco

 

Daniel Feldman

Attorney

Foley Hoag, LLP

United States

 

Michael J. Feuer

Executive Director, Division of Behavioral, Social Sciences and Education

National Research Council

United States

 

Rokhsana Fiaz

Director

The Change Institute

United Kingdom

 

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Chairman

Capital Group International, Inc.

United States

 

Marianna Fisher

Capital Group International, Inc.

United States

 

Joshua Fouts

Co-CEO and Chief Global Strategist

Dancing Ink Productions

United States

 

Francis Fukuyama

Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy

Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies

United States

 

Edward Gabriel

President and CEO

The Gabriel Company, LLC

United States

 

Marc Ginsberg

Senior Vice President

APCO Worldwide

United States

 

Mohamed Hassan Gohar

CEO

Video Cairo Sat

Egypt

 

Amr Gohar

CEO and Managing Director

National Telecom Card Company (NTCC)

Egypt

 

Howard Gordon

Executive Producer

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Stephen R. Grand

Fellow and Director, Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World

Saban Center at Brookings

United States

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Executive Director

Business for Diplomatic Action

United States

 

Richard N. Haass

President

Council on Foreign Relations

United States

 

Mohammed Habash

Executive Director       

Islamic Studies Center

Syria

 

L. Michael Hager         

President         

Education for Employment Foundation 

United States

 

Ibrahim Hamidi

Bureau Chief   

Al-Hayat         

Syria

 

Bambang Harymurti

Corporate Chief Editor

TEMPO Media Group

Indonesia

 

Mohamed H.A. Hassan           

Executive Director       

The Academy of Sciences for the Third World 

Sudan

 

Ibrahim Helal

Deputy Managing Director, News and Programmes     

Al Jazeera English       

Egypt

 

Hisham Hellyer

Fellow, Centre for Islamic Studies        

University of Oxford    

United Kingdom

 

Joel C.  Hunter

Senior Pastor   

Northland, A Church Distributed          

United States

 

Saad Eddin Ibrahim

Chairman         

Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies   

Egypt

 

Shamil Idriss    

Acting Director, Alliance of Civilizations           

United Nations

United States

 

Martin Indyk

Director           

Saban Center at Brookings      

United States

 

Hassan Jaber   

Executive Director       

Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS)

United States

 

Sherman Jackson         

Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies           

University of Michigan 

United States

 

Asma Jahangir

Rapporteur of Freedom of Religion      

United Nations Human Rights Council  

Pakistan

 

Said T. Jawad 

Ambassador to the United States         

Afghanistan

 

Mohamed Jawhar        

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer  

Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS)     

Malaysia

 

Bruce Jones     

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on International Cooperation          

New York University   

United States

 

Mehran Kamrava        

Director, Center for International and Regional Studies 

Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar       

Qatar

 

Marwan Kardoosh      

Editor-in-Chief

Jordan Business Magazine       

Jordan

 

Tony Karon     

Senior Editor   

TIME.com

United States

 

Hamid Karzai

President         

Afghanistan

 

Amr Khaled    

Chairman         

Right Start Foundation International      

Egypt

 

Lydia Khalil     

Senior Fellow  

MacQuarie University  

United States

 

Peter Khalil     

Senior Adviser, Minister of Defence     

Government of Australia          

Australia

 

Zalmay Khalilzad         

Ambassador    

United States Mission to the United Nations     

United States

 

M. Salahuddin Khan

Publisher         

Islamica Magazine

United States’

 

Rami Khouri

Director

Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs 

Lebanon

 

Rita J. King     

Co-CEO and Creative Director           

Dancing Ink Productions          

United States

 

James Kitfield

Foreign Affairs Correspondent 

National Journal        

United States

 

Joe Klein         

Columnist

TIME

United States

 

Peter Knobel

President

Central Conference of American Rabbis           

United States

 

Andrew Kohut

President

Pew Research Center  

United States

 

Alpha Oumar Konaré  

Chairperson     

African Union Commission       

Mali

 

Stephen D. Krasner     

Professor of Political Science

Stanford University      

United States

 

Steven  Kull

Director           

Program on International Policy Attitudes         

United States

 

Steven Lawry  

Senior Research Associate, Kennedy School of Government    

Harvard University       

United States

 

Aaron Lobel    

President         

America Abroad Media           

United States

 

Kristin Lord     

Associate Dean, Elliot School of International Relations

The George Washington University      

United States

 

Marc Lynch     

Associate Professor, Political Science

The George Washington University      

United States

 

Mohammad Mughrabi

Lead Singer

G-Town the Palestinian Hip-Hop Makers        

Palestine

 

Robert Malley

Middle East and North Africa Program Director           

International Crisis Group        

United States

 

Suzanne Maloney        

Senior Fellow  

Saban Center at Brookings      

United States

 

Katherine Marshall      

Director, Development Dialogue on Ethics and Values  

World Bank    

United States

 

Jeffrey Milstein

Senior Broadcast Producer      

America Abroad Media           

United States

 

Dalia Mogahed

Executive Director, Center for Muslim Studies  

The Gallup Organization           

United States

 

Saad Mohseini

Chairman

Moby Capital Partners 

Afghanistan

 

Sami Moubayed          

Professor, Faculty of International Relations     

Al-Kalamoun University           

Syria

 

Ali A. Mufuruki           

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer  

Infotech Investment Group LTD           

Tanzania

 

Musdah Mulia 

Professor         

Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah       

Indonesia

 

Said Murad     

Director-General         

Sabreen Association for Artistic Development  

Palestine

 

Tanveer Kausar Naim  

Consultant       

OIC Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH)

Pakistan

 

Kristina Nelson

Consultant                   

United States

 

Omnia Nour    

Director

Reach Out To Asia (ROTA)    

Qatar

 

Maen Nsour    

CEO

Jordan Investment Board

Jordan

 

Hidayat Nur Wahid

Chairman

People's Consultative Assembly

Indonesia

 

Michael O'Hanlon        

Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies

The Brookings Institution

United States

 

Athar Osama   

Senior Consultant        

ANGLE plc.

United States

 

Meghan O'Sullivan

Lecturer and Senior Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government   

Harvard University       

United States

 

Walter F. Parkes         

Producer         

The Kite Runner         

United States

 

Carlos Pascual

Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy Studies     

The Brookings Institution         

United States

 

Jack Persekian

Artistic Director

Sharjah Biennial

Palestine

 

Rouzbeh Pirouz

Chairman         

The Civility Programme on Middle East Reform           

United Kingdom

 

Diaa Rashwan

Director, Comparative Politics Unit      

Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies      

Egypt

 

Amina  Rasul-Bernardo           

Lead Convenor           

Philippine Council for Islam and Democracy

Philippines

 

Michael Alan Ratney    

Charge d'Affaires         

U.S. Embassy in Qatar

United States

 

Guy Raz

International Defense Correspondent

National Public Radio

United States

 

William Reese

President and CEO      

International Youth Foundation

United States

 

Keith Reinhard

President

Business for Diplomatic Action

United States

 

Susan E. Rice

Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies

The Brookings Institution

United States

 

Bruce Riedel    

Senior Fellow  

Saban Center at Brookings      

United States

 

Bob Roberts, Jr.          

Senior Pastor   

NorthWood Church    

United States

 

Peter Rodman 

Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies  

The Brookings Institution         

United States

 

Steven Rood   

Country Representative, Philippines and Pacific Island Nations,

The Asia Foundation    

United States

 

Nadia Roumani

Program Officer           

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation       

United States

 

SorayaSalti     

Senior Vice President - MENA           

Junior Achievement Worldwide

Jordan

 

Gary Samore   

Vice President and Director of Studies 

Council on Foreign Relations    

United States

 

Neda Sarmast

Filmmaker       

Next Next Entertainment

United States

 

Beena Sarwar  

Journalist and Filmmaker                      

Pakistan

 

Cynthia P. Schneider   

Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy    

Georgetown University

United States

 

Chris Seiple     

President         

Institute for Global Engagement

United States

 

Saif Shahin      

Assistant Editor           

QatarTribune

Qatar

 

Salman Shaikh 

Director for Policy and Research          

Office of HH Sheikha Mozah   

Qatar

 

Mahmoud Shammam

Member, Board of Directors    

Al Jazeera       

Qatar

 

Khalil Shikaki

Director

Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research        

Palestine

 

Zafar Siddiqi

Chairman and CEO

CNBC Arabiya

UAE

 

Steven  Simon

Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies

Council on Foreign Relations

United States

 

Peter W. Singer

Senior Fellow and Director, 21st Century Defense Initiative      

The Brookings Institution

United States

 

Faouzi  Skali

Président         

Agence Par Chemins Concepts

Morocco

 

Stephen J. Stedman     

Senior Fellow, Center for International Security and Cooperation         

Stanford University      

United States

 

Awais Sufi       

Acting Vice President, Education Center          

International Youth Foundation

United States

 

Kania Sutisnawinata     

Co-Anchor      

IndonesiaNow           

Indonesia

 

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Chairman         

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Indonesia

 

Shibley Telhami           

Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development           

University of Maryland 

United States

 

Abdoulaye Wade        

President                     

Senegal

 

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Senior Fellow and Director, Project on Middle East Democracy and Development       

Saban Center at Brookings      

United States

 

James Movel Wuye     

Joint Executive Director           

Inter-Faith Mediation Centre    

Nigeria

 

Sakena Yacoobi

Executive Director       

Afghan Institute of Learning      

Afghanistan

 

Ahmed Younis

Senior Analyst, Center for Muslim Studies        

The Gallup Organization           

United States

 

Mohammed Youssry

Consultant

Egyptian Refugee Multicultural Council

Egypt

 

Issa Haji Ziddy

Director, Institute of Kiswahili and Foreign Languages

State University of Zanzibar     

Tanzania

 

Moneef Rafe' Zou'bi    

Director General          

Islamic World Academy of Sciences    

Jordan