Islam and Inclusion U.S.-Islamic World Forum June 9–11, 2014 Doha, Qatar Welcome

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WILLIAM On behalf of the Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic MCCANTS World, housed in the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, we welcome you Director and Fellow to the eleventh annual U.S.-Islamic World Forum. In partnership with the Project on U.S. Relations with the State of Qatar, Brookings convenes this Forum annually under the gracious Islamic World auspices of H.R.H. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar.

TED PICCONE Acting Vice Last year, we discussed the impending withdrawal of the United States President from Afghanistan, the interdependence of democracy and development, and Director and shifting politics and identities of the Middle East in the wake of the Foreign Policy Arab Spring. This year, we meet as America’s allies question its commit- at Brookings ment to the Middle East, the Syria conflict stretches into its third year, TAMARA and the peace process shows signs of life. COFMAN WITTES Senior Fellow and Director During our three days together, we have arranged a variety of formats Saban Center for candid dialogue and engagement: at Brookings • A series of keynote remarks at our opening session from world leaders,

KENNETH discussing the challenges and opportunities confronting relations between POLLACK the United States and Muslim communities around the globe; Senior Fellow • Televised and webcast plenary sessions to explore in-depth key devel- Saban Center opments, transitions and crises affecting our world; at Brookings • A set of three targeted working groups bringing together practitioners and BRUCE RIEDEL experts from specific fields to develop practical partnerships and policy Senior Fellow recommendations for our governments. This year we are also adding a Saban Center at Brookings new action group to launch a new initiative that will benefit relations between the United States and the Muslim world. SALMAN SHAIKH Director Fellow We are grateful to His Highness the Emir for his leadership and generosity Brookings in enabling us to come together for these three days of candid discussion. Doha Center We would also like to thank the Prime Minister and Interior Minister of Qatar, H.E. Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Foreign SHIBLEY TELHAMI Anwar Sadat Chair Minister, H.E. Dr. Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah, H.E. Sheikh Mo- University hammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, the Minister’s Assistant of Maryland for International Cooperation, and the entire Ministry of Foreign Affairs for their support. In particular, we would like to recognize H.E. Rashed Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa Minister’s Assistant for Services and Follow-up Head of the Permanent Committee for Organizing Conferences, as well as the Permanent Committee’s Executive Director, Ambassador Abdulla Fakhroo, at Brookings and the ministry’s entire staff for their support.

Thank you for joining us and we look forward to welcoming you to Doha. Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Tamara Cofman Wittes William McCants Washington, DC 20036 Senior Fellow and Director Fellow and Director www.brookings.edu/islamic-world Saban Center for Middle East Policy Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World 1

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2 3 Agenda at a Glance All Sessions will be held in the Al Wosail Ballroom Current to May 27, 2014

Sunday, June 8 6:00PM Conference Registration 7:00PM Welcome Reception

Monday, June 9 6:30AM Breakfast 8:30AM–9:30AM Conference Registration 10:00AM–10:50AM Welcoming Remarks 10:50AM–11:00AM Break 11:00AM–12:30PM Plenary I: The Future of the United States in the Middle East and South Asia 12:45PM–2:00PM Lunch (Al Mukhtasar Hall) 2:00PM–3:30PM Plenary II: Are Jihadis Winning the Arab Spring? 3:30PM–4:00PM Break 4:00PM–5:45PM Working and Action Group Sessions 7:00PM–10:00PM Gala Dinner

Tuesday, June 10 6:30AM Breakfast 9:30AM–11:00AM Plenary III: The Conflict in Syria 11:00AM–11:15AM Break 11:15AM–12:45PM Working and Action Group Sessions 1:00PM–2:00PM Lunch (Al Mukhtasar Hall) 2:15PM–3:45PM Plenary IV: Defining the Future: Palestinian Voices 4:00PM–5:45PM Working and Action Group Sessions 7:00PM–10:00PM Offsite Dinner at Mamig Restaurant, Katara

Wednesday, June 11 6:30AM Breakfast 8:30AM–10:15AM Working and Action Group Sessions 10:30AM–12:00PM Plenary V: Accommodating Religious Diversity 12:00PM–12:30PM Closing Remarks and Summary 12:30PM–2:30PM Lunch (Al Mukhtasar Hall)

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Plenary Sessions

Plenary I Plenary III Plenary V The Future of the United States The Conflict in Syria A Dialogue on Accommodating in the Middle East and South Asia Religious Diversity As violence in Syria continues to escalate, the The United States is ending more than a decade conflict has embroiled the region and there is no The United States, similar to many Muslim-ma- of intensive military engagement in the broader resolution in sight. What are the near-term conse- jority countries, has diverse religious populations, Middle East and approaching domestic energy in- quences of the ongoing Syrian war, and what more which can be a source of national strength but also dependence. These two facts raise questions about could international and regional actors do to bring sometimes a focus for social and political tension. the trajectory of America’s role in the region. Some it to an end? How do dynamics amongst the global Governments face the challenge of protecting the question the United States’ commitment to main- powers, and regional actors, shape efforts to address rights of these diverse communities while respect- taining stability in the region, while others ask how the Syrian crisis? And how will non-state actors like ing the preferences of majority communities in so- America intends to pursue security interests like refugees or wealthy private donors shift the course cial policy and legislation. Community leaders from counter-terrorism. What effect will America’s rela- of the conflict? both majority and minority groups grapple with tive military drawdown have on U.S. relationships how to be good citizens and good neighbors, while in the region? How do American diplomatic efforts, preserving their community’s religious identity and like negotiations with Iran, shape its approach to Plenary IV freedom to worship. Both officials and community the region? What do regional governments, and so- Defining the Future: Palestinian Voices leaders must navigate the delicate issue of religion’s cieties, want to see from the United States as they role in political life and public policy—an issue work for peace, stability, and development? While news stories about the Palestinian territo- especially salient for newly emerging democracies. ries focus almost exclusively on the negotiations This panel will bring together government officials with Israel, there is a generational earthquake un- and community leaders from the United States and Plenary II derway inside the territories itself that will reshape the Muslim world for a candid discussion of how Are Jihadis Winning the Arab Spring? its society, economics, and politics. This panel will they strike the balance in valuing religious diversity, offer a variety of Palestinian perspectives on im- respecting religious expression, and preserving the People in the Middle East and around the world mediate priorities for Palestinian society, pros- unique role of the state. hailed the Arab uprisings as a positive turning point pects for political unity and stability, and the role in the history of the region. But since then, we’ve also Palestinians envision for their friends and allies in seen militants capitalize on political turmoil to expand bringing about positive political change and inde- their reach and impact. What are the prospects for pendent statehood. nonviolent political movements in the region as these extremist threats mount? How do governmental se- curity responses—from actors inside and outside the region—affect the chances for peaceful change?

7 Abstracts

Empowering Pakistan’s Civil Society Muslim Communities in Europe Justice in Postconflict Settings: Action Group: The Timbuktu Renaissance to Counter Violent Extremism & North America: A Transatlantic Islamic Law and Muslim Communities Dialogue on Contextualized Religion as Stakeholders in Successful Transition Cynthia Schneider, Christopher Hedieh Mirahmadi, Robert Lamb, Shields, Mohamed Ali Ansar, Waleed Ziad, and Mehreen Farooq Peter Mandaville and Dilwar Hussain Hamid Khan, M. Cherif Bassiouni, and Salif Romano Niang and Corrinne Zoli Pakistan is one of the most strategically important This Working Group will discuss the nature and The Timbuktu Renaissance (TR) Action Group countries for the United States and the Muslim significance of a key problem facing Muslim com- Postconflict transition and reconciliation is a major addresses the challenges Mali faces in the wake of world. Since 9/11, the United States has focused on munities in Europe and North America: the chal- problem today. Recurrent conflicts, civilian deaths the 2012 crisis when violent extremists overthrew securing a more stable and democratic Pakistan that lenge of achieving a contextualized understanding outpacing combatant deaths, transnational armed Timbuktu, the cradle of the Blues music and the is capable of countering violent extremism (CVE); of their religion that is suited to the unique circum- actors destabilizing whole regions, failing states, historic center of Islamic knowledge in Africa, and however, despite investing over $30 billion, Paki- stances, challenges, and opportunities that face re- and the reluctance of strong states to intervene brutally dividing the country in the process. The stan remains a base for numerous U.S.-designated ligious minorities in contemporary Western societ- make it difficult to knit societies back together after TR strategy—to promote reconciliation and sus- terrorist groups. In lieu of a robust government-led ies. The first part of the discussion will provide a conflict ends. Despite these challenges, the interna- tainable development in Mali through a revival of strategy, Pakistan’s civil society has had to take the brief comparative overview of Muslim communi- tional community has found effective ways to bring its culture and heritage—has broader implications lead in CVE. Although civil society organizations ties on both sides of the Atlantic, identifying both war criminals to justice and reconcile competing for post-conflict reconstruction and for under- (CSOs) have developed innovative peacebuilding points of similarity and differences with respect to factions. Sometimes, however, local actors ques- standing Islam in its global diversity. Specifically, initiatives at the grassroots level to counter violent demographics as well as socioeconomic issues (such tion the cultural legitimacy of these legal and po- the TR agenda includes the return of the legendary extremism, they must overcome numerous obsta- as employment and education) and political ques- litical tools in light of their own indigenous means Festival Au Désert to its home in Timbuktu; and cles in creating a nationwide movement. With this tions surrounding civic engagement, identity, and of conflict resolution. This is particularly true in until then, its touring incarnation as a Festival in challenge in mind, how can the United States and discrimination. The next part of the discussion will Muslim-majority countries, where the Islamic legal Exile; an accompanying, academy award produced the international community adopt a more system- explore the impetus behind recent efforts to devel- tradition is preeminent. Although the Islamic prin- documentary film; star-infused compilation al- atic approach to strengthen Pakistan’s civil society? op responses to these practical issues that are based ciples of dealing with conflict are largely compat- bums; the restoration and traveling exhibition of This Working Group will address this question by on the Islamic tradition but specific to context, and ible with international norms of postconflict transi- the famed manuscripts; and the development of a assessing the capacity of existing CVE programs in identifies some of the key figures and major ideas tion and reconciliation, no one has yet enumerated long term plan to house these pillars of culture per- Pakistan, determining good practices in engaging that constitute this debate. Next, analysis will be and elaborated them systematically. The purpose of manently in Timbuktu. To achieve our goals, the local actors, and identifying regional challenges offered of the major obstacles that have prevented this Working Group will be to explain how Islamic TR Action Group will convene in Doha a unique to implementing programs. This Working Group such efforts from advancing—drawing, where ap- principles apply to post-conflict modalities, which configuration of public and private sector leaders, will also consider how lessons learned in Pakistan propriate—on the experiences of other faith com- will benefit Muslims in post-conflict countries who executives, scholars and artists, as well as high level can be applied in other countries that are at risk of munities, including Christians and Jews, that have want to be faithful to their religion and non-Mus- representatives from the UN, the OIC and the Ma- violent extremism. Finally, the Working Group will met similar challenges. The issues covered here will lim practitioners who work in those countries. lian government.Working with a diverse group of develop recommendations for national and provin- include questions of representation and legitimacy, regional stakeholders, the TR Action Group hopes cial strategies to empower civil society as a bulwark the challenge of creating spaces for intra-Muslim to share Mali’s culture with the world by providing against extremism. discussion and understanding, intergenerational a foundation that supports a unified, pluralistic and differences with respect to religious life and under- economically viable future for the country. standing, and the role of institutions and leaders.

8 9 List of Participants As of May 23, 2014

Hasan Abbas Salah Al-Ansari Ibrahim Al-Naimi Abdullah Baabood Sean Brooks Khaled Daoud Professor of International Visiting Lecturer, Islamic Chairman of Doha International Director, Gulf Studies Center, Stability Operations Officer, Consultant for Academic Security Affairs Studies at Heythrop College, Center for Interfaith Dialogue Qatar University U.S. State Department Affairs to the Vice President National Defense University University of London Qatar Qatar United States and Chief Academic Officer, United States United Kingdom Qatar University Abdullah bin Nasser bin Durriya Badani Shahid Javed Burki Qatar Jamal Abdullah Mohammed S. Dajani Al Khalifa Al Thani Director of Government Affairs, Chairman, Institute Researcher, Gulf Studies Unit Daoudi Prime Minister and Dawat-e-Hadiyah of Public Policy, Lahore Rocky Dawuni Al Jazeera Center for Studies Director, American Studies Minister of Interior United States Pakistan Ghanaian International Musician Qatar Institute, Al Quds University Qatar and Humanitarian Activist Palestine Sultan Barakat Huma Chughtai Ghana Piotr Adamczyz Rashid Alvi Visiting Fellow, Brookings Freelance consultant Program Manager, Ahmed Al-Dawoody Deputy Director, Islamic Doha Center Pakistan Carmen de la Peña Google Cultural Institute Assistant Professor, Institute Legal Studies Program, Qatar Ambassador to Qatar United States for Islamic World Studies, Harvard Law School Innocent Chukwuma Spain Zayed University United States Mustafa Barghouthi Representative, Ford Foundation Angela Aggeler United Arab Emirates Member, Palestinian Parliament West Africa Everette E. Dennis Counselor for Public Affairs, Deborah Amos Palestine Nigeria Dean, Northwestern Embassy of the United States, Darwish Al Emadi Correspondent, National University, Qatar Islamabad Director, Social and Economic Public Radio Dwight Bashir John Crist Qatar Pakistan Survey Research Institute, United States Deputy Director for Policy and Director of Research, Qatar University Research, U.S. Commission on Georgetown University School Khaled Diab Waheed Ahmad Qatar Mohamed Ali (Manny) Ansar International Religious Freedom of Foreign Service, Qatar Director of Relief and Director, Human Rights Executive Director, Timbuktu United States Qatar International Development, and HIV/AIDS Center Rashad Ali Festival Au Désert Qatar Red Crescent Pakistan Labour Federation Lecturer, Derby University Mali M. Cherif Bassiouni Lisa Curtis Qatar Pakistan United Kingdom President, International Senior Fellow, Omar Ashour Institute of Higher Studies Heritage Foundation Michael Doran Houriya Ahmed Abdalhadi Alijla Nonresident Fellow, Brookings in Criminal Sciences United States Senior Fellow, Saban Center Special Projects, Executive Director, Institute for Doha Center United States for Middle East Policy, Office of the President Middle East Studies, Canada United Kingdom Jake Cusack Brookings Institution Qatar Foundation Italy Paul Bell Managing Partner, United States Qatar Abdi Aynte Director of Business CrossBoundary Moaz Al-Khatib Founder and Executive Development, Albany Associates United States Michele Dunne Sughra Ahmed Former President, National Director, Heritage Institute United Kingdom Senior Associate, Middle East Programs Manager, Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary for Policy Studies Sylvain Cypel Programs, Carnegie Endowment Centre Public Education and Opposition Forces Somalia Jenny Berglund Senior Editor, Le Monde for International Peace United Kingdom Syria Associate Professor, France United States Donya Aziz Sodorten University Abdul Rahman Al Ageli Luay Al-Khatteeb Vice Chair, Women’s Sweden Malik Dahlan Tokunboh Durasaro Representative, Decision Visiting Fellow, Brookings Parliamentary Network Principal, Institution Director, Oando Foundation Support Office at the Doha Center for the Global Organization Neven Bondokji Quraysh for Law and Policy Nigeria Prime Minister’s Office Qatar of Parliamentarians Visiting Fellow, Brookings United Kingdom Libya Against Corruption Doha Center Pakistan Qatar

10 11 Issandr Elamrani Mohammad Fadel Stephen Grand Ihtisham Hibatullah Javed Jabbar Peter Knobel Head, International Crisis Associate Professor of Law, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Head of International Relations, Chairman and Chief Former President of the Central Group North Africa Project University of Toronto Project on U.S. Relations Al Jazeera Media Network Executive of J.J. Media, Ltd Conference of American Rabbis Canada with the Islamic World, Qatar Pakistan United States Khaled Elgindy Brookings Institution Fellow, Saban Center for Carol Christine Fair United States William Hickman Sherman Jackson Prem Kumar Middle East Policy, Brookings Assistant Professor Chief Executive Officer, King Faisal Chair of Islamic Senior Director for the United States Georgetown University Gwen Griffith-Dickson Atlantic Crossboarder, LLC Thought and Culture, University Middle East and North Africa, United States Vice Principal of Heythrop United States of Southern California National Security Staff Salem Ould Elhadj College, University of London United States United States Professor Mehreen Farooq United Kingdom Nichols Hopton Mali Senior Fellow, WORDE Ambassador to Qatar Asma Jahangir Robert Lamb United States Abdel Kader Haidara United Kingdom Chairperson of the Human Senior Fellow, Center for Illili Elmehdi Heir, Director and Curator Rights Commission, Pakistan Strategic and International Head of IT Management, Adel Gamar of the Mamma Haidara Qamar-ul Huda Pakistan Studies Timbuktu Festival Au Désert Former Adviser, Libyan Minister Memorial Library Director of Engagement United States Mali of Foreign Affairs Mali and Collaboration at the Joyce Karam Qatar International Center of Washington Bureau Chief, Lena Larsen Elobaid Ahmad Elobaid Shadi Hamid Excellence for Countering Al Hayat newspaper Director, Oslo Coalition on Head, United Nations Justin Gengler Fellow, Project on U.S. Violent Extremism, Hedayah United Kingdom Freedom of Religion or Belief, Human Rights Training and Senior Researcher, Social and Relations with the Islamic United Arab Emirates Center for Human Rights, Documentation Centre for Economic Survey Research World, Brookings Institution Amil Khan University of Oslo South-West Asia and the Institute, Qatar University United States Rahat Husain Advisor to the Syrian Norway Arab Region Qatar Director of Legal and Policy Opposition, Foreign Qatar Usama Hasan Affairs, UMAA Advocacy Commonwealth Office Farhan Latif Rachel Gillum Senior Researcher, United States United Kingdom Interim Executive Director at Mohamed Elsanousi Doctoral Candidate, Quaillam Foundation the Institute for Social Policy Secretariat and Director of Stanford University United Kingdom Dilwar Hussain Hamid M. Khan and Understanding External Relations for the United States Chair, New Horizons Senior Program Officer United States Network of Religious and Adnan Hayajneh in British Islam in Rule of Law, United States Traditional Peacemakers Ufuk Gokcen Visiting Professor of Political United Kingdom Institute of Peace Jonathan Laurence United States Ambassador and Permanent Science, Qatar University United States Nonresident Senior Fellow Observer, Organization of Qatar Rashad Hussain Brookings Institution Salah Eddin Elzein Islamic Cooperation U.S. Special Envoy, Sara Khan United States Director, Al Jazeera Centre Turkey H.A. Hellyer Organization of Director and Cofounder, Inspire for Studies Nonresident Fellow, Islamic Cooperation United Kingdom Hillel Levine Qatar Philip Gordon Brookings Institution United States Professor of Sociology and Special Assistant to the President United Kingdom Daniel Kimmage Religion, Boston University Saeb Erakat and White House Coordinator Syed Azhar Hussain Group Director for United States Chief Negotiator, Palestine for the Middle East, North Eric Herman Vice President for Preventive Digital Presence, Center for Liberation Organization Africa and the Gulf Region Founder and President, Democracy, International Strategic Counterterrorism Charles Lister Palestine United States Modiba Productions, LLC Center for Religion Communications, Visiting Fellow, Brookings United States and Diplomacy U.S. State Department Doha Center Reza Eslami-Somea United States United States Qatar Associate Professor and Director, Andrew Hernann Human Rights Department, Instructor, City University Shahid Beheshti University of New York Iran United States

12 13 Tanvi Madan Shafqat Mehmood Rami Nashashibi Tariq Parvez Donald Sampler, Jr. Albar Sheikh Fellow and Director, India Chairman, PAIMAN Founder and Executive Director, Head, Initiative for Assistant to the Administrator, Countering Violent Extremism Project, Brookings Institution Alumni Trust Inner City Muslim Action Public Security Office of Afghanistan-Pakistan Program Advisor, Bureau of United States Pakistan Network Pakistan Affairs, USAID Counterterrorism, U.S. State United States United States Department Mohammed Magid Hisham Melhem Ted Piccone United States President, Islamic Society Washington Bureau Chief, David Nassar Acting Vice President and Cynthia Schneider of North America Al Arabiya News Vice President for Director, Foreign Policy, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Christopher Shields United States United States Communications, Brookings Institution Project on U.S. Relations with Partner, EnTech Holdings Brookings Institution United States the Islamic World, Brookings Partner at Fn.org Abdul-Rehman Malik Michael Meredith United States Institution United States United States Programs Manager, Founder, Maximon Pictures Noor-ul-Haq Qadri Radical Middle Way United States Salif Romano Niang Founder, Junaidi Foundation Mark Schroeder Jaswant Singh United Kingdom Cofounder, Malo Pakistan Vice President of Africa Member of Parliament, Melvin Mezue Mali Analysis, Stratfor Indian Parliament Irfan Malik Founding Director, Sherry Rehman United States India President, US Pak Foundation Streamline Empire Amit Nizan President, Jinnah Institute United States United Kingdom Supervising Producer, Pakistan Farid Senzai Ramesh Srivivasan Return to Timbuktu Fellow, Institute for Social Associate Professor of Information Suzanne Maloney Hedieh Mirahmadi United States Bruce Riedel Policy and Understanding Studies, University of California Senior Fellow, Saban Center President, WORDE Senior Fellow, Saban Center United States Los Angeles for Middle East Policy, United States Iqbal Noor Ali for Middle East Policy, United States Brookings Institution CEO, Aga Khan Foundation Brookings Institution Daniel Serwer United States Mohammad Habibi Mojandeh United States United States Senior Research Professor and Stephen Tankel Assistant Professor of Law, Senior Fellow, Johns Hopkins Assistant Professor Peter Mandaville Mofid University Eileen O’Connor David Roberts University American University Director, Ali Vural Ak Center Iran Deputy Assistant Secretary Lecturer, King’s College London United States United States for Global Islamic Studies, of State for South and Central Qatar George Mason University Mouaz Moustafa Asia, U.S. State Department Omar Shaban Haris Tarin United States Political Director, Syrian United States Charles Robertson Founder, PalThink for Director, Muslim Public Affairs Emergency Task Force Canon to the Presiding Bishop, Strategic Studies Council Washington, D.C Alia Mansour United States Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson The Episcopal Church Palestine Office Member, Syrian National Development Director, United States United States Coalition Muhammad Munir Africa Center Niaz Shah Syria Associate Professor and United States Josh Rogin Associate Professor in Law, Shibley Telhami Chairman, International Senior Correspondent, Daily University of Hull Nonresident Senior Fellow, William McCants Islamic University Manal Omar Beast United Kingdom Project on U.S. Relations with Fellow and Director, Project on Pakistan Associate Vice President, Center United States the Islamic World, Brookings U.S. Relations with the Islamic for Middle East and Africa, Salman Shaikh Institution World, Brookings Institution Eiman Mustafawi United States Institute of Peace Lutforahman Saeed Fellow and Director, Brookings United States United States Dean, College of Arts and United States Country Director of Legal Doha Center Sciences, Qatar University Education Support Program, Qatar Vieux Farka Toure Sabrina Meddour Qatar Fadimata Walet Oumar Afghanistan (LESPA) Musician and Activist International Humanitarian Cofounder, Tartit Music Group Afghanistan Ibrahim Sharqieh Mali Movement Senior Coordinator, Mali Fellow and Deputy Director, Qatar Red Crescent Brookings Doha Center Qatar Qatar

14 15 Haroon K. Ullah Corrinne Zoli Secretary John Kerry’s Assistant Research Professor, Policy Planning Staff, Institute for National Security U.S. State Department and Counterterrorism United States United States

Karin von Hippel Husam S. Zomlot Deputy Assistant Secretary Senior Diplomat, for Overseas Operations, Fatah Commission for U.S. State Department International Affairs United States Palestine

Amina Wadud Mahmoud Zouber Visiting Scholar, Starr King Founder and Director, School for the Ministry Ahmed Baba Center United States Mali

Frederic Wehrey Mahjoob Zweiri Senior Associate, Middle East Associate Professor, Programs, Carnegie Endowment Qatar University for International Peace Qatar United States

Tamara Cofman Wittes Senior Fellow and Director, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution United States

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Chairman, Pakistan People’s Party Pakistan

Waleed Ziad Director, South and Central Asia Programs, WORDE United States

Syed Zia ul Noor Country Manager, Muslim Hands on Pakistan Pakistan

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Co-conveners of the U.S. Islamic World Forum

Khalid Bin Mohammed Ted Piccone Al Attiyah UNITED STATES QATAR Ted Piccone is Acting Vice Khalid Bin Mohammed Al President and Director of Attiyah is the Minister of the Foreign Policy Program Foreign Affairs of the State at the Brookings Institu- of Qatar. Prior to his appointment, he served as tion. In that capacity, he manages and oversees minister of state for foreign affairs and was a mem- the program’s 13 centers and initiatives as well ber of the Council of Ministers for two years. In as Brookings’ offices in Beijing, Doha, and New 2009, he was chairman of the board of directors Delhi. Piccone was a senior foreign policy advisor of Qatar’s Stock Exchange, vice chairman of the at the State Department, National Security Coun- Supreme Council for Information Technology and cil, and the Pentagon and led research and advo- Communications and Qatar Financial Center Au- cacy projects for the Open Society Institute and thority, and acting minister of business and trade. the Club of Madrid. He specializes in U.S.-Latin He also served as minister of state for international American relations, global democracy, and human cooperation in 2008. From 1987–95, Al Attiyah rights policies and multilateral affairs with a focus was a fighter pilot in Qatar’s Emiri Air Force. Al on the role of rising democracies. His latest book Attiyah received his bachelor’s in Aviation Stud- is Catalysts for Change: How the UN’s Independent ies from King Faisal Air Academy, a degree in Law Experts Promote Human Rights. Piccone received his from Beirut Arab University, a master’s in Public B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and J.D. Law, and a doctorate in Law from Cairo University. from Columbia University.

18 19 Biographies

Hassan Abbas France, one in Political Sociology and the other to the American community at the U.S. Embassy Sughra Ahmed UNITED STATES in Political Science. He received his Ph.D. in In- in Paris, and as vice consul and deputy press at- UNITED KINGDOM ternational Relations from Avignon University. taché in New Delhi, India. Prior to joining the Hassan Abbas is Profes- Foreign Service in 1998, she worked for the State Sughra Ahmed is the Pro- sor and Chair of the De- Department at the U.S. Embassies in Ouagadou- grams Manager at the Cen- partment of Regional and Piotr Adamczyk gou, Burkina Faso and Budapest, Hungary, as well tre for Public Education, Analytical Studies at the UNITED STATES as the Consulate General in Madras, India. Aggeler where she is responsible for National Defense University’s College of Inter- worked at the National Gallery of Art in Washing- the design and delivery of research and training on national Security Affairs in Washington D.C. He Piotr Adamczyk is a mem- ton, D.C. before joining her husband in their State issues such as faith and belief, integration, and co- also served as the Distinguished Quaid-i-Azam ber of the content team at Department postings, and before that as a Peace hesion. Previously, she worked as a research fellow Chair Professor at Columbia University and is the Google Cultural Insti- Corps Volunteer in the Central African Republic. in the Policy Research Center where she explored author of the forthcoming, The Taliban Revival. tution, where his work is She is the recipient of numerous State Department the migratory and settlement experiences of first Earlier, he served as a research fellow at Harvard focused on the use of open and linked data in cul- awards, including Superior Honor and Meritorious generation Muslim women and men in the United Law School (2002–04) and Harvard University’s tural heritage institutions. In addition, Adamczyk Honor Awards, the Assistant Secretary’s Award for Kingdom and worked with a number of organiza- Belfer Centre for Science and International Af- has been exploring the possibilities for exchange be- Excellence (Consular Affairs 2006), and the Mil- tions to consider the issues young people face while fairs (2005–2009). Abbas also runs a blog at tween practices in the sciences and evaluation tech- dred Sinclaire Award for Language (Hindi, 2000). growing up in the United Kingdom and the impact watandost.blogspot.com. He earned his Ph.D. niques from the arts. Previously, he was an analyst of this on wider British communities. She has pub- from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplo- at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Additionally, lished a number of papers and a key report, Seen macy, Tufts University and an LL.M. from the he is a prolific author, has organized workshops on Waheed Ahmad and Not Heard: Voices of Young British Muslims. She School of Law, Nottingham University, United a variety of topics, and served as a program com- PAKISTAN is active in interfaith work both locally and nation- Kingdom as a Britannia Chevening Scholar. mittee member for the Association for Comput- ally working with organizations to help build stron- ing Machinery. His research includes residences Waheed Ahmad is the ger and more effective relationships across faith and at Banff New Media Institute, Medialab-Prado, Director of the Human beliefs. Ahmed currently serves as the president of Jamal Abdullah and Eyebeam Art. Adamczyk has a background in Rights and HIV/AIDS the Islamic Society of Britain. Qatar Mathematics and Computer Science, and a gradu- Center for the Pakistan ate degree in Human Factors and Library and In- Labor Federation. Previously, he worked as the Jamal Abdullah is a Re- formation Science from the University of Illinois at Secretary of the Interfaith Harmony Committee Abdul Rahman Al Ageli searcher and Head of Urbana-Champaign. of the Lahore High Court Bar Association. He LIBYA the Gulf Studies Unit at has dealt with cases of discrimination, stigmati- the Al Jazeera Center for zation, and social and professional injustices with Abdul Rahman Al Ageli is Studies, part of Al Jazeera Media Network. He Angela Aggeler vulnerable groups including that of persons diag- a Security File Coordina- received training at the United Nations Institute UNITED STATES nosed with HIV/AIDS. Ahmad has dedicated his tor in the Decision Support for Training and Research (UNITAR) in Geneva life to awareness campaigns that he believes are Office in the Office of the in 2006, and at the Permanent Mission of Iraq Angela Aggeler is the of utmost importance in his community in order Prime Minister and Deputy Head of the Supreme to the United Nations in Geneva in 2005. Ad- Counselor for Public Af- to try and change the way society thinks of and Committee on Border Security and the National ditionally, Abdullah worked at the Department fairs at the U.S. Embassy in treats people living with the HIV/AIDS virus. Security Coordination Team. In 2011, he partici- of Public Relations and Protocol at the Embassy Islamabad, Pakistan. Prior He focuses on the improvement of their lives and pated in the Libyan revolution and began working of the State of Qatar in Paris (2009–2010). He to her arrival in Islamabad, Aggeler served as the their ability to manage a sustainable livelihood. with the Stabilization Team of the Prime Minister’s is the author of the book, Qatari Foreign Policy public affairs officer at the American Embassy in He has conducted a series of lectures at Islamic Office, as well as the Supreme Security Council 1995–2013: Niches and Strategies published in Skopje, Macedonia from 2010 to 2013. From 2006 centers of education (madrassas) regarding cur- and the Military Council. He is the founder of the May 2014. He also edited the book, The Strategic to 2009, she was the cultural and press attaché of rent legislation that addresses HIV/AIDS, oc- Libyan Youth Forum, one of the largest and earliest Context in the Gulf. Abdullah holds three mas- the Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam. Aggeler’s previous cupational health and safety, and the protection youth organizations created during the revolution ter’s degrees: one from Jean Moulin University, postings include spokesperson for the Bureau of of fundamental human rights. Ahmad received which aims to empower youth in Libya. Addition- France in International Relations and Diplo- Consular Affairs at the State Department in Wash- both his L.L.B and M.S. from the University of ally, he participated in the World Economic Fo- macy, and two others from Lumiere University, ington D.C., consul and the ambassador’s liaison the Punjab, Lahore. rum’s Global Shapers Community, and is cofound-

20 21 er of the Malta International Crisis Center. Al Ageli regional, and international conferences. He holds and Arabic specifically. He is a graduate of the political research on volunteerism at the United Na- graduated from the United Kingdom with a degree two doctorate degrees, one from the University of Department of English and Modern European tions Volunteers in Bonn, Germany and was also a in Business and Economics. Texas at Austin and another from the University of Languages at Qatar University. He received his visiting researcher at ICCOM in Rome, Italy. Alijla South Carolina. doctorate in Sociolinguistics from the University also worked as a sessional lecturer at Al-Azhar Uni- of Edinburgh. versity, Gaza and authored the book, Social Move- Salah Al-Ansari ment, Political Party or Armed Militia: Hamas as an UNITED KINGDOM Ahmed Al-Dawoody Informal Institution. Alijla obtained his master’s de- UNITED ARAB Rashad Ali gree in Public Policy and Governance from Zeppelin Salah Al-Ansari is Visiting EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM University, Germany and is currently a doctoral re- Lecturer in Islamic Studies searcher at the University of Milan. at Heythrop College, Uni- Ahmed Al-Dawoody is an Rashad Ali is an author, versity of London where Assistant Professor in Islamic counterterrorism prac- he is also completing his Ph.D. on Muhammad Studies at Zayed University titioner, and an external Moaz Al-Khatib Abu Zahra and Islamic Modernism. Al-Ansari cur- in Dubai and Al-Azhar University in Cairo. He was lecturer for Derby Uni- SYRIA rently serves as Imam of Margate Mosque, Kent. IIWS Assistant Director for Graduate Studies and is versity’s Master Class courses on radicalization Al-Ansari became a hafiz of the Qur’an at the age currently the coordinator of the master’s program in and counterterrorism. His most recent book is Moaz al-Khatib is a promi- of thirteen, and then went on to study Classical Contemporary Islamic Studies at Zayed University. A Guide to Refuting Jihadism. Ali has given testi- nent figure of the Syrian op- and Modern Islamic Studies from the prestigious He has also taught courses on Islam in the United mony and contributed submissions to the Home position to President Bashar Al-Azhar University in Cairo in 2000. Al-Ansari States and the United Kingdom. His main research Affairs Select Committee on Radicalization, and al-Asad’s rule. He was elected was appointed an Imam and teacher at the Cen- areas includes: Islamic international law, Islamic the Parliamentary Intelligence Select Committee. in November 2012 to serve as president of the Na- tral London Mosque from 2004–2007. Addition- international humanitarian law, conflict resolution He has worked with various non-governmental tional Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Op- ally, he worked in a number of mosques run by the in Islam, and Islamic constitutional law. He is the organizations and governments across the Euro- position Forces but resigned six months later, citing Al-Birr Foundation in Margate, Woking, and Bas- author of The Islamic Law of War: Justifications and pean Union. He has written for The Observer, The frustration with the coalition’s limited progress toward ingstoke, where he did extensive inter-faith work Regulations. Al-Dawoody received his Ph.D. from Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, The ending the suffering of the Syrian people. Al-Khatib in collaboration with Hampshire County Council the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, Times, Dissent Magazine, and given commentary was a preacher at the Umayyad Mosque in Damas- and at Palmers Green Mosque. Al-Ansari is a Mus- his M.A. in Islamic Studies from Leiden University, for Newsnight and BBC News. Ali is classically cus and chairman of the Islamic Civilization Society lim chaplain to the Kent Refugee Action Network, The Netherlands, and a five year B.A. degree in Is- trained in Islamic theology and jurisprudence until 1995, when he was banned from preaching a Muslim advisor to Lord Maurice Glasman, and lamic Studies from Al-Azhar University, Cairo. and modern studies in Islam and read at Mark- after openly criticizing the Ba’th regime. Known for an academic advisor for curriculum for cohesion field Institute. He had also taken courses at al- his moderation, he has consistently called for social program at Cambridge Muslim College. Azhar University in Cairo. justice and political pluralism in Syria while rejecting Darwish Al Emadi sectarianism and violence. Al-Khatib was one of the QATAR few prominent anti-Asad clerics who endured govern- Mohammed S. Dajani Abdalhadi Alijla ment repression to remain in Syria. Two weeks after Al Daoudi Darwish Al Emadi is cur- ITALY the start of the uprising in March 2011, al-Khatib PALESTINE rently the Associate Vice called for the establishment of a democratic civil state President for Research and Abdalhadi Alijla is the Ex- in Syria. He also exhorted demonstrators to keep their Mohammed S. Dajani Al the Director of the Social ecutive Director of the Insti- protests peaceful and to move beyond sectarian dif- Daoudi is a Jerusalem-born and Economic Survey Research Institute at Qa- tute for Middle East Stud- ferences. Al-Khatib was detained four times by secu- scholar and the Founder of tar University. Al Emadi has held several senior ies, Canada (IMESC). He is rity forces during the uprising, most recently in April Wasatia, a moderate Islamic initiative launched in administrative posts at Qatar University, includ- a Palestinian academic, writer, professional blogger, 2012. He finally left Syria for Cairo in July 2012. Palestine in March 2007. He is also the Founder ing the dean of the College of Humanities and and essayist. In addition, he serves as the Regional and Director of the American Studies Institute, the Social Sciences from 1995 to 2000, and dean Manager of the Varieties of Democracy Institute in Director of Libraries at Al-Quds University, Pales- of the Graduate School from 2001 to 2003. Be- Sweden for Gulf countries. He is a fellow at the Soli- Luay al-Khatteeb tine, and the Founding Director of the Jerusalem tween 2003 and 2004, Al Emadi was the director ya network for dialogue and was selected as a junior QATAR Studies and Research Institute. Al Daoudi is the of the Education Institute at the Supreme Edu- scientist at the 30th Alternative Noble Prize by Right author of numerous books and academic articles cation Council (SEC). A sociolinguist by train- Livelihood College, and is a German Academic Ex- Luay al-Khatteeb is a Visit- both in English and Arabic including Wasatia: The ing, his professional interests are in the social change Service (DAAD) fellow for Public Policy and ing Fellow at the Brookings Spirit of Islam. He frequently participates in local, function of language in general and in English Good Governance. Previously, Alijla participated in Doha Center, focusing on

22 23 the geopolitics and political economy of the GCC at Harvard Law School. Alvi joined ILSP from the of the Timbuktu Renaissance Action Group and dent, Al Jazeera, CNN, Project Syndicate and and Iraq. He is the founder and director of the Iraq corporate world, where he worked as an attorney, a Founder of the EFES Charity and Essakane other media outlets. He received his Ph.D. from Energy Institute and serves as senior advisor to the deal advisor, and executive. At the law firm of Davis Productions, for which he serves as Executive McGill University and his M.A. and B.Sc. from Federal Parliament of Iraq for energy policy and Polk & Wardwell, Alvi specialized in mergers and Director of the world renowned Festival Au The American University in Cairo. economic reform. His experiences in the private acquisitions. He then worked at Lehman Brothers Désert of Timbuktu. Ansar now works exten- sector span more than 20 years, and he is a frequent and Goldman Sachs. He subsequently joined a pri- sively in cultural development and humanitarian commentator on issues related to energy security, vately held start-up company in an executive ca- efforts in the Sahara. He has also managed a Tu- Abdi Aynte economics, and politics in the Middle East region. pacity. He is also a principal at a boutique business areg music group, Tinariwen, and oversaw pub- SOMALIA advisory firm. In the non-profit sector, Alvi is on lic relations for the AMADER Electricity Com- the board of directors of Muslim Advocates, a civil pany of Mali. His tireless efforts to preserve the Abdi Aynte is the Founder Ibrahim Al-Naimi rights organization. He holds a J.D. from Colum- rich musical heritage of Mali and West Africa, and Executive Director of QATAR bia Law School and an M.A. from the University of and to promote international peace and plural- the Heritage Institute for Southern California. ity through the power of cultural engagement, Policy Studies (HIPS), Ibrahim Al-Naimi is the have won him awards and speaking invitations Somalia’s first think tank based in Mogadishu, Chairman of the Doha In- at universities and institutions around the world. Somalia. Prior to establishing HIPS, Aynte was ternational Center for In- Deborah Amos Most recently, his collaborative works have been an award-winning journalist with more than terfaith Dialogue. Al-Naimi UNITED STATES granted the prestigious Womex and Freemuse ten years of experience, working for some of the previously served as a professor of Chemistry in awards for artistic freedom. Ansar holds a mas- best names in the industry, including, most re- Qatar University. His research and doctoral stud- Deborah Amos is the Mid- ter’s degree in International Public Law from the cently, for Al Jazeera English, where he was a se- ies were conducted at the University of Southern dle East Correspondent for University of Mali. nior news editor and producer. He also worked California and he continues to be very active in NPR News. Her reports can for the BBC and VOA. Aynte testified before his field. As Qatar occupies a leading world posi- be heard on NPR’s award- the U.S. Senate on Somalia and has advised the tion in natural gas production, Al-Naimi became winning Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Omar Ashour UN and AMISOM on Somalia. He earned involved in basic—as well as applied research pro- Weekend Edition. Amos travels extensively across the UNITED KINGDOM his M.A. in Government from the Johns grams—dealing with the conversion of natural gas Middle East covering a range of stories including the Hopkins University. into liquid hydrocarbon products. A key interest of Syrian uprising, the rise of a market-drive economy Omar Ashour is a Nonres- Al-Naimi is to promote science and technology in in the Middle East and the plight of the Arab world’s ident Fellow at the Brook- Islamic countries by participating in meetings and youth bulge, a series focusing on the emerging power ings Doha Center and a Donya Aziz encouraging initiatives to develop cooperation be- of Turkey and the crisis of Iraqi refugees. In 2013, Senior Lecturer in Security PAKISTAN tween Muslim scientists. He has served as president Amos won the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Award, Studies at the University of Exeter. He is the au- of Qatar University (1994–1999) and as the found- the George Foster Peabody Award, and was hon- thor of The De-Radicalization of Jihadists: Trans- Donya Aziz is the Vice ing president of CHN-Qatar University (2000– ored by the Alliance for Women in Media Founda- forming Armed Islamist Movements, the first book Chair of the Women’s 2005). He was also elected as the first president of tion for her coverage of the Syrian uprising. In 2010 on transitions from armed to unarmed activism Parliamentary Network the newly created Qatar University Senate (2007) Amos was awarded the Edward R. Murrow Lifetime by several Islamists organizations in North Af- for the Global Organiza- to guide its development. He received a medal from Achievement Award by Washington State Universi- rica. His recent publications include two Brook- tion of Parliamentarians Against Corruption the Gulf Cooperation Council for Innovation and ty. In 2009, Amos won the Edward Weintal Prize for ings Doha Center – Stanford University papers (GOPAC). Previously, she served for ten years Excellence in the Field of Science, the Palm Acad- Diplomatic Reporting from Georgetown University. on security sector reform in Egypt and Libyan as a member of Pakistan’s National Assembly. emy Award from the French Prime Minister, and Amos was part of a team of reporters who won a Islamists transformations in the aftermath of the Additionally, Aziz served as the parliamentary the Volunteer of the Year award for Scientific Excel- 2004 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award for cover- Qaddafi era. Ashour specializes in conflict analy- secretary for the Ministry of Population Wel- lence from the Youth Supreme Council. age of Iraq. sis, Islamist movements and ideologies, democ- fare, the chair of the HIV/AIDs Sub-committee, ratization and security studies, and civil-military president of the Young Parliamentarians Forum, relations. He previously served as a consultant and a member of the Working Council of the Rashid Alvi Mohamed Ali for the United Nations on security sector reform, Women’s Parliamentary Caucus. During her par- UNITED STATES (Manny) Ansar counter-terrorism and de-radicalization issues. liamentary career she was identified as one of the MALI Ashour is a regular contributor to media outlets top three legislators of the National Assembly Rashid Alvi is the Deputy including the BBC, Al Jazeera, Sky News, CNN, and moved a number of pieces of legislation in- Director of the Islamic Le- Mohamed Ali (Manny) Al Arabiya and others. His op-eds are frequently cluding a landmark women’s right’s law, the Pre- gal Studies Program (ILSP) Ansar is the Co-convener published in Foreign Policy, Guardian, Indepen- vention of Anti-Women Practices Act, 2011.

24 25 Abdullah Baabood Sultan Barakat He specializes in human rights and religious Paul Bell Qatar QATAR freedom in the Middle East/North Africa re- UNITED KINGDOM gion, ethnic and sectarian conflict, religion and Abdullah Baabood is an Sultan Barakat is a Visit- democracy, and preventive diplomacy. Bashir’s Paul Bell is the Director of Assistant Professor and Di- ing Fellow at the Brook- work has been featured in major media outlets Business Development at rector of the Gulf Studies ings Doha Center. In ad- and academic journals, including BBC, CNN, Albany Associates, a Lon- Center at Qatar University. dition, he is the founding PBS NewsHour, Washington Post, Foreign Policy, don-based consultancy. Baabood was director of the Gulf Research Cen- director of the Post-war Reconstruction and De- Al Arabiya, Al Jazeera, Al Monitor, Yale Journal of He specializes in the development of compre- tre at Cambridge University for four years. He is velopment Unit at the University of York and a International Affairs, and Cairo Review of Global hensive communications campaigns and prod- interested in the politics and economics of the consultant for the United Nations, World Bank, Affairs. Bashir has lectured globally on an array ucts in conflict and post-conflict zones. Before Gulf. In particular, he researches EU-GCC (Gulf European Union, DFID, ILO, IFRC, Dutch and of foreign policy issues and has lived and traveled joining Albany, he was chief executive and sub- Cooperation Council) relations and the political Norwegian Ministries of Foreign Affairs, United in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Before sequently deputy chairman of London’s largest economy of the Gulf. Baabood graduated with a States Institute for Peace, and Higher Education joining USCIRF, Bashir worked as a consultant public relations group, Bell Pottinger, where he master’s in Business Administration, a master’s in Funding Council for England. Previously, he was with the United Nations and various non-gov- consulted to governments and political figures in International Relations, as well as a Ph.D. in In- the director of PRDU-FCO Senior Chevening ernmental organizations, focusing on human Botswana, Iraq, Latvia, Russia, Turkey, the Unit- ternational Relations from the University of Cam- Fellows Program on Conflict Resolution. Bara- rights and conflict prevention. ed States, and Yemen. Previously, he worked as a bridge, United Kingdom. kat received his B.Sc. from the University of Jor- journalist and observed and reported on South dan, Amman, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the Africa’s complex and turbulent transition from University of York, United Kingdom. M. Cherif Bassiouni apartheid to democracy. During this time he Durriya Badani UNITED STATES held senior posts on several leading publications, UNITED STATES and was a two-time winner of the Mondi Gold, Mustafa Barghouthi Cherif Bassiouni is the Pres- South Africa’s leading award for magazine jour- Durriya Badani is the Di- PALESTINE ident of the International nalism. In the mid-1990s he served as director of rector of Government Af- Institute of Higher Studies communications for the country’s Independent fairs for Dawat-e-Hadiyah Mustafa Barghouthi is a in Criminal Sciences, the Electoral Commission, helping deliver its histor- (America), an institution Member of the Palestinian Honorary President of the Association Internatio- ic first non-racial, democratic general election. supporting the global Dawoodi Bohra com- Parliament. He is a former nale de Droit Pénal (AIDP), and an Emeritus Pro- Bell is a trustee of the Duke of Edinburgh’s In- munity in the United States. Badani is also the minister of information fessor of Law at DePaul University where he has ternational Award for Young People, which oper- founder and creator of “Featuring Faith,” an on- under the 2007 National Unity Government and taught for 45 years. He was a member and chair of ates in more than 120 countries offering youth line video platform highlighting the influence a 2005 presidential candidate. Previously Barg- three UN fact-finding commissions, twice served development programs to more than 700,000 of faith in politics, civil society, and U.S. do- houthi was general secretary of the Palestinian as a UN-appointed independent expert on topical new entrants around the world each year. Raised mestic and foreign policy. Badani most recently National Initiative. He is also a physician, and subjects, chaired one national fact-finding commis- in South Africa, Bell is a graduate in History and served as deputy director of the Project on U.S. an activist focusing on social, political, human sion, and carried out fact-finding on behalf of one Politics of the University of Cape Town. Relations with the Islamic World at the Saban rights and peace. Barghouthi writes extensively government. He has worked on issues pertaining to Center at Brookings. Prior to her tenure with for local and international audiences on civil so- Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq, and Bahrain. Brookings, Badani was a presidential manage- ciety and democracy issues and the political situ- He was also co-chair of the Committee of Experts Jenny Berglund ment fellow with the U.S. Department of State. ation in Palestine, as well as on health develop- which prepared the UN draft convention on tor- SWEDEN In this capacity, she served as a speechwriter for ment policy in Palestine. ture and served in various capacities with the UN U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and as since 1975, among which he served as chairman of Jenny Berglund is an Asso- part of the policy planning staff for the Depart- the International Criminal Court’s Drafting Com- ciate Professor of the Study ment of State. In 2008, Badani was appointed Dwight Bashir mittee. Through the Siracusa Institute he oversaw of Religions at Södertörn to the Commission for Middle Eastern American UNITED STATES educational programs and training for 37,000 ju- University, Sweden. Her Affairs for Maryland. Badani is the co-author rists from 146 countries. He was nominated for the particular area of interest is Islam and religious of the Brookings publication The Role of Re- Dwight Bashir is the Dep- Nobel Peace Prize in 1999 for the establishment of education, which stems from her dissertation re- ligious Leaders and Religious Communities in uty Director of Policy and the International Criminal Court and has received search, teaching Islam and Islamic religious edu- Diplomacy and the author of Forty Years of Female Research at the United numerous awards, honorary degrees, and medals. cation at Muslim schools in Sweden. Berglund Rule in Yemen: The Reign of al-Sayyida bint Ahmed States Commission on He is the author of 45 books on international crim- has collaborated on the editing of several Swed- al-Sulayhi. International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). inal law and human rights. ish books, and has also published widely in Eng-

26 27 lish on a range of topics generally dealing with Sudan and South Sudan. In this capacity, he she is an expert in the arena of gender and develop- appeared on major broadcast networks. Before join- Islam in Sweden. She is currently involved with traveled frequently to Sudan and participated in ment, including gender reform, women’s econom- ing Heritage in 2006, Curtis was a professional staff projects that concern the lives, values, relations, the Darfur peace talks. Brooks was senior policy ic, political and social empowerment through gen- member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, leisure time activities, and religious interests of analyst at the Save Darfur Coalition from 2009– der mainstreaming, peace and security, gender and handling the South Asia portfolio for then Commit- Sweden’s young Muslim populations. Berglund 2010. While completing his bachelor’s degree in energy, and human rights. She received her LL.M. tee Chairman, Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN). Curtis is a committee member of the European Asso- Political Science from Davidson College, Brooks in International Law and Human Rights from the also served as senior advisor in the State Department’s ciation for the Study of Religion and is actively worked in the President’s Office of The American University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom South Asia Bureau, a political analyst at the Central involved in the organization’s working group on University in Cairo. He holds a master’s degree and an LL.B. in Shari’a and Law from the Interna- Intelligence Agency, and a political officer at the U.S. religious education. She has initiated, and per- in International Relations and Economics with tional Islamic University, Islamabad. Embassies in Islamabad and New Delhi. sonally participates in, a teacher exchange pro- a concentration in Middle East Studies from the gram with the Center for Women’s Studies at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced University of Jordan. International Studies. Innocent Chukwuma Jake Cusack NIGERIA UNITED STATES

Neven Bondokji Shahid Javed Burki Innocent Chukwuma serves Jake Cusack is Managing QATAR PAKISTAN as a Representative for the Partner of CrossBoundary, Ford Foundation’s office in a frontier market invest- Neven Bondokji is Visit- Shahid Javed Burki is the West Africa. He oversees all ment advisory firm active in ing Fellow at the Brook- Founder of the Institute grants projects in the sub-region from the Lagos of- the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa. Prior to ings Doha Center and a of Public Policy in Lahore, fice, where the office’s mission is to ensure that all peo- CrossBoundary, Cusack served as a Marine Corps Fellow at Qatar Univer- Pakistan. Prior to this, Burki ple have equal access to economic and social oppor- officer, receiving the Bronze Star Medal for actions sity. She specialises in peace studies and has an was affiliated with the Emerging Markets Partnership, tunities. He is a globally renowned advocate for hu- in Iraq, and worked at Abraaj Capital, an emerging interest in the study of violence and nonviolence a private equity firm. From 1974–1999, Burki was man rights and good governance. Before joining the market private equity firm. He has written for the in Islam; oriental approaches to conflict resolu- a prominent leader at the World Bank. Among the Foundation in 2013, he founded and led the CLEEN New York Times, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, tion; the interface between political Islam and positions he held are director of the China Depart- Foundation to promote public safety, security, and ac- and Inc. magazine. His work has also appeared on democratisation; and training youth for peace- ment and Vice President of Latin America and the cessible justice in West Africa. CLEEN was the first National Public Radio, in the Wall Street Journal, building. She has extensive work experience in Caribbean. Burki has held numerous positions in the African nongovernmental organization to receive the Fortune, and Bloomberg Businessweek. Cusack has the Middle East and is the author of Hamas: So- civil service of Pakistan, including chief economist of prestigious MacArthur Foundation Creative and Ef- an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, an M.A. cial Identity, Violent Resistance and Power Politics. West Pakistan and economic advisor at the Ministry fective Institutions Award. In addition, he has held in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School, She holds a doctorate degree in Social Sciences of Commerce. From 1996–1997 he served as the fi- various posts within the Civil Liberties Organization, and a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame. from the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies nance minister of Pakistan. Burki has written several one of Nigeria’s first human rights organizations, and at The University of Sydney, Australia. books on China, Pakistan, and human development, he served as chair of the Altus Alliance, a global net- and was a senior research fellow at Harvard’s Center work of nonprofits. He is the recipient of numerous Sylvain Cypel for International Affairs and the Harvard Institute for honors, including the Reebok International Human France Sean Brooks International Development. He holds graduate de- Rights Award. He previously was a visiting lecturer at UNITED STATES grees in Physics and Economics from Punjab, Oxford, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Sylvain Cypel is Senior Edi- and Harvard Universities. tor at Le Monde. He joined Sean Brooks served for the paper in 1998 as deputy three and a half years as a Lisa Curtis head of the international Stabilization Operations Huma Chughtai UNITED STATES section, following five-year tenure as editor-in-chief

Specialist for the State De- PAKISTAN of Courrier International and his position as deputy partment’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Lisa Curtis is a Senior Re- editor-in-chief at the journal Les Echos. Cypel has Operations (CSO). He currently supports the Huma Chughtai is a free- search Fellow on South Asia worked for the daily Le Matin de Paris and as a free- Department’s Special Representative for Soma- lance consultant, with over at the Heritage Founda- lance journalist for France 2, Liberation, and other lia and the Somalia Unit at the U.S. Embassy 25 years of experience in tion, where she specializes media outlets, often covering the Middle East. He in Nairobi. For two years, Brooks served as the governance, including par- in U.S. policy toward India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, is the author of the book Walled, which was origi- U.S. senior advisor for Darfur’s leading aide and liamentary strengthening, legal and judicial reform, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Curtis has testified before nally published in French; the Spanish translation worked closely with the U.S. special envoy for police reform, and local government. Additionally, Congress on more than a dozen occasions and has of the book received the 23rd Francisco Cerecedo

28 29 Journalism Prize from the Association of European priorities, academic program development, and Khaled Diab Tokunboh Durosaro Journalists. Cypel has degrees in Sociology, Con- providing programmatic and institutional assess- Qatar NIGERIA temporary History, and International Relations. ment. In addition, he has been involved and chaired a large number of institutional committees includ- Khaled Diab is the Direc- Tokunboh Durosaro is ing the academic council, academic program and tor of Aid and Interna- the Director of Oando Malik Dahlan curriculum enhancement committee, the students tional Development at the Foundation, an indig- UNITED KINGDOM learning outcomes assessment committee, the uni- Qatar Red Crescent. He enous philanthropic or- versity strategic plan, and the university capacity has been involved with more than eight complex ganizations in Nigeria focused on educational Malik bin Rabea Dahlan building program. Daoud is a trained historian and international humanitarian operations, including development. The Oando Foundation supports is a multi-jurisdictional archaeologist and served as the managing editor of Syria, South Sudan, and most recently the Central the Nigerian government in meeting the Millen- qualified lawyer and an the Egyptian Supreme Council of Archaeology pub- African Republic. His focus on issues relates to hu- nium Development Goals on achieving access to international policy con- lication for ten years. He received his doctorate de- manitarian relief, advocacy, and humanitarian di- universal basic education. In her role as director, sultant. He is a leading law and policy thinker gree from Liverpool University in Egyptology and plomacy. Diab is an architect by training. she provides strategic direction, leadership and on the Middle East, an expert in negotiation Ancient History. promotes collaboration with public and private theory, an accredited mediator, an academic sector actors. Previously, Durosaro was the chief and rule of law activist, philanthropist, and re- Michael Doran corporate services officer at Oando PLC, where gional and transnational political entrepreneur. Rocky Dawuni United States she managed the performance and service de- He is the Principal of the Institution Quraysh GHANA livery of the following departments: Corporate for Law & Policy (iQ), a multifaceted transna- Michael Doran is a Senior Communications, Corporate Social Responsi- tional professional service company, with offices Rocky Dawuni is a Ghana- Fellow at the Saban Center bility, Procurement, and Services Departments. in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Kingdom. ian international musician for Middle East Policy at She also developed and implemented the Group The institution provides unique professional and humanitarian activist. the Brookings Institution, Shared Service Scheme. She has over 20 years of consultative services that are tailored to each cli- He is often described as where he specializes in Middle East security issues. experience in public relations, advertising and ent, whether a leading transnational corporation, a cross between musical icons Fela Kuti and Bob Previously, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary marketing in the telecommunications, informa- family conglomerate, high-net worth individual, Marley, and over the course of his career released of Defense from 2007 to 2008 and Senior Direc- tion technology and oil and gas sector. She is also government, regulator, public entity, or non- five critically acclaimed albums as well as per- tor at the National Security Council from 2005 to a member of the Institute of Directors. Durosaro governmental organization. The company offers formed on some of the biggest stages in the world 2007. He has taught at New York University, Princ- holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the University unparalleled regional expertise in law, politics, including the Hollywood Bowl and the John F. eton University, and the University of Central Flor- of Wisconsin. policy, culture and economics with a dedicated Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. He has col- ida. Doran holds a B.A. from Stanford University focus on the Arab World. Dahlan obtained his laborated and performed with Stevie Wonder, Peter and his Ph.D. and M.A. from Princeton University. B.A. in Public Administration from King Abdul Gabriel, Bono, Jason Mraz, and others. Dawuni’s Issandr Elamrani Aziz University, a Higher Diploma in Econom- eloquence and successful melding of music, cul- EGYPT ics and Administration from the Economic In- tural diplomacy, and humanitarian action have Michele Dunne stitute-Colorado University, an M.P.A. in Public made him a spokesperson for various global causes. UNITED STATES Issandr El Amrani over- Administration from Pepperdine University, and He has collaborated with Product (RED), UNI- sees the International Cri- a Ph.D. in Administration and Organizational CEF, the Carter Center and the UN Foundation. Michele Dunne is a Senior sis Group’s North Africa Theory from Cairo University. In 2012, Dawuni was appointed the Tourism and Associate in the Middle Project. Based in Cairo Cultural Ambassador by the Ghanaian government East program at the Carn- since 2000, he has worked across the Middle and World Ambassador for the Musicians Union egie Endowment for Inter- East as a journalist, commentator and consultant Khaled Daoud of Ghana. The UN Foundation’s Global Alliance national Peace in Washington, D.C. Her research and was previously Crisis Group’s North Africa QATAR for Clean Cookstoves named him a Global Ambas- interests include processes of political, social, and Analyst. His reporting and commentary on the sador in September 2012, and he was also named economic change in Arab countries and U.S. poli- Middle East and North Africa has appeared in Khaled Daoud is a Consul- to its Leadership Council which is chaired by Sec- cies in the region. A former specialist in the Middle the Economist, London Review of Books, The Fi- tant for Academic Affairs retary Hillary Clinton. On November 20, 2013 he East at the U.S. Department of State and National nancial Times, National, Guardian, Time, and to the Vice President and joined UN General Secretary Ban Ki Moon at the Security Council, she was also the founding direc- many other publications. He is the founder of Chief Academic Officer at United Nations Framework Convention on Cli- tor of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East one of the longest-running blogs in the region, Qatar University since 2006. He is heavily involved mate Change Conference where he performed live at the Atlantic Council. She holds a Ph.D. from The Arabist, and has contributed to several books in policy development, setting academic strategic and spoke on climate change. Georgetown University. on politics and culture in the Middle East.

30 31 Khaled Elgindy for Youth for Sports, Arts and Culture for the re- He holds an LL.B. from the University of Khar- Saeb Erakat UNITED STATES gion of Timbuktu. It was also during this time that toum, an M.A. from the University of Saskatch- PALESTINE he served as the municipal advisor to the Council ewan, Canada, and a Ph.D. in International Law Khaled Elgindy is a Fel- of the Circle of Timbuktu. of Human Rights from McGill University, Canada. Saeb Erekat is the Chief low with the Saban Center His doctoral thesis focused on the relationship be- Negotiator of the Pales- for Middle East Policy at tween human rights and cultural diversity in Mus- tinian Liberation Organi- Brookings. He is a found- Illili Elmehdi lim Africa. zation. Previously, he was ing board member of the Egyptian American Rule MALI the deputy head of the Palestinian delegation to of Law Association. He previously served as an the Madrid Conference in 1991 and the follow- advisor to the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah Elmehdi is a native of Tim- Mohamed Elsanousi up talks in Washington from 1992 to 1993. on permanent status negotiations with Israel from buktu, Mali, and a member UNITED STATES In 1994, Erekat was appointed the chairman 2004 to 2009, and was a key participant in the An- of the Festival Au Désert of of the Palestinian negotiation delegation and, napolis negotiations held throughout 2008. Prior Timbuktu production team Mohamed Elsanousi is the in 1995, began serving as chief negotiator for to that, Elgindy spent nine years in various political since 2008. He specializes in information technolo- Secretariat and Director of the Palestinians, including at the Camp David and policy-related positions in Washington, D.C., gy (IT), multimedia, Internet, and telecommunica- External Relations for the meetings in 2000 and the negotiations at Taba both inside and outside the federal government, tions. Prior to that, he was responsible for the pre- Network of Religious and in 2001. Erekat was a professor of Political Sci- including as a professional staff member on the ventive IT maintenance of Entreprise des Travaux Traditional Peacemakers, which is a global network ence at An-Najah National University in the House International Relations Committee in 2002 d’Aménagements Urbains et Ruraux (ETAUR) in initiated by the United Nations Mediation Support West Bank town of Nablus and has served as sec- and as a policy analyst for the U.S. Commission Bamako. In 2011 and 2012, Elmehdi worked at Unit, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, retary general of the Arab Studies Society. He also on International Religious Freedom from 2000 to the Maison des Savoirs (House of Knowledge) as an Religions for Peace, and Finn Church Aid. Most worked for twelve years on the editorial board of 2002. He served as the political action coordina- international Francophone volunteer in Vietnam, recently, Elsanousi served as the director of Commu- Al-Quds newspaper. Erekat received a bachelor’s tor for the Arab American Institute from 1998 to where he was responsible for creating IT material, nity Outreach and Inter-religious Relations for the and master’s degree in political science from 2000 and as Middle East program officer for the managing different social media and staff qualifica- Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) for twelve San Francisco State University and completed National Democratic Institute for International Af- tion, as well as creating and promoting educational years. In that role, he was responsible for ISNA’s his Ph.D. in peace and conflict studies at fairs from 1995 to 1997. Elgindy holds an M.A. technologies. Elmehdi is a member of Essakane long-term strategic planning related to interfaith and Bradford University. in Arab Studies from Georgetown University and Production and SALAM Global Leadership Train- federal government relations. Within this context, he a B.A. in Political Science from Indiana University. ing. He holds a master’s in Development and Infor- developed and executed creative interfaith initiatives mation Technology from the L’Ecole Supérieure de and projects that invited American Muslim leaders Reza Eslami-Somea Technologie et de Management (ESTM). to take a more creative role in their communities. El- IRAN Salem Ould Elhadj sanousi is the vice president of the Interfaith Broad- MALI casting Commission (IBC), co-chair of Shoulder to Reza Eslami-Somea is an Elobaid Ahmed Elobaid Shoulder and serves on the board of directors and Assistant Professor of hu- Salem Ould Elhadje is one QATAR advisors for other interfaith organizations, includ- man rights in the Faculty of the most respected and ing the Religion Communicators Council (RCC), of Law at the University of revered intellectuals of Tim- Elobaid Ahmed Elobaid is the National Religious Campaign Against Torture Shahid Beheshti in Tehran, Iran. Eslami-Somea’s buktu. A longtime profes- the Head of the United Na- (NRCAT) and the Parliament of World Religions research and teaching include international hu- sor and historian, Elhadje has just published the tions Human Rights Train- Taskforce. He also served on Secretary Clinton’s Task man rights law, democratic citizenship education, second of his two-tome work, Tombouctou (2011). ing and Documentation Force on Religions and Foreign Policy. He has served public freedoms, rights of women and minorities, Following extensive archival work in the famous Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Region. as a public relations officer for the Islamic Outreach and Shari’a law. He has numerous publications on manuscript libraries and numerous interviews with Previously, he was an attorney at the Sudanese For- organization in Doha, Qatar and was elected presi- human rights, including Human Rights Activism: other northern Malian leaders, his books argue that eign Ministry. Additionally, he taught international dent of the General Sudanese Student Union while Theory and Practice, The Comparative Study of the Timbuktu has always been a multi-ethnic city, and law of human rights, international protection of studying in Pakistan. He holds a B.A. in Shari’a Rights of Afghan Migrant Workers in Iran and Mexi- the scholarship of its generations of Islamic intel- minorities, public international law, and Islamic and Law from the International Islamic University can Migrant Workers in the US, and Privatization lectuals should not remain isolated. Previously, he law at McGill University before joining the United in Islamabad, an LL.M. from Indiana University, a and Development of Human Rights (in Persian). was an assistant instructor in Kidal until 1965, af- Nations. Elobaid was a senior advisor to the United graduate diploma in Philanthropic Studies from the Eslami-Somea has traveled to conferences in the ter which time he became a high school professor. Nations for Good Governance and Human Rights Indiana University Center on Philanthropy, and a Middle East and the United States, and organizes Between 1978 and 2009, Elhadje served as the sec- in Yemen and Ethiopia and then joined the United Ph.D. in Law and Society from the Indiana Univer- workshops and training sessions for youth on hu- retary general for youth and the regional director Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. sity School of Law. man rights issues.

32 33 Mohammad Fadel Development and Education (WORDE). Her ar- Institute. In 2009, he completed the first-ever mass of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to the United Na- CANADA eas of expertise include countering violent extrem- survey of political attitudes in Bahrain as part of his tions. He previously served as political adviser to ism (CVE), Muslim community engagement, and doctoral dissertation at the University of Michigan, the OIC Secretary General, where he played active Mohammad Fadel is an As- grass-roots community development. Since 2011, entitled “Ethnic Conflict and Political Mobilization role in initiatives to promote engagement with in- sociate Professor and the she has traveled extensively across Afghanistan and in Bahrain and the Arab Gulf.” This project forms the ternational partners in the fields of peace building, Canada Research Chair Pakistan to interview hundreds of youth activists, basis of a forthcoming monograph on group conflict socio-economic development, human rights, good for Law and Economics religious scholars, and tribal elders to explore their in the rentier state, to be published in the Indiana governance and interfaith dialogue. Prior to that, of Islamic Law at the University of Toronto Fac- peacebuilding initiatives and has co-authored two University Press Series in Arab and Islamic Studies. Gokcen was based at the Turkish Embassies in Ri- ulty of Law. Prior to joining the faculty of law, he monographs on the subject. Farooq is currently He is a contributor to the recent volume, Sectarian yadh, Muscat, and Damascus, and also served at practiced with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New working with a State Department funded project to Politics in the Persian Gulf. His work has also appeared the Middle East Department of the Turkish Minis- York and clerked with a federal district court judge evaluate the efficacy of United States government- in Middle East Policy, The Journal of Arabian Studies, try of Foreign Affairs. and a federal appeals judge. He teaches Business funded CVE programs in Bangladesh. Farooq re- and Middle East Law and Governance, in addition to Organizations, the Law of International Business ceived her B.A. in Political Science and Leadership numerous other policy-oriented publications. and Finance Transactions, Trusts, and Religion and from Christopher Newport University and her Philip Gordon Liberalism: the Case of Islam. Fadel has published M.A. in International Affairs from American Uni- UNITED STATES numerous articles on Islamic legal history and Is- versity, focusing on the socio-political development Rachel Gillum lam and liberalism. He obtained his Ph.D. from of the broader Middle East. UNITED STATES Philip Gordon is Special As- the University of Chicago and his J.D. from the sistant to the President and University of Virginia. Rachel Gillum currently White House Coordinator Adel Gamar works at RiceHadleyGates for the Middle East, North QATAR LLC, an international stra- Africa and the Gulf Region. He assumed his current Carol Christine Fair tegic consulting firm based position on March 11, 2013, and participated in UNITED STATES Adel Gamar is currently in Silicon Valley. She is a principal investigator of the President Obama’s historic trip to Jerusalem, Ramal- completing a master’s in Muslim-American National Opinion Survey (MA- lah, and Amman later that month. As White House Carol Christine Fair is Public Administration at NOS) and a Fellow at the Truman National Security Middle East Coordinator his wide-ranging responsi- an Assistant Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School Project. Having recently defended her doctoral dis- bilities include the challenges and opportunities faced Georgetown University’s of Government and recently served as an Advisor to sertation at Stanford University, Gillum’s work pri- by the United States in Egypt, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Security Studies Program in the Libyan minister of foreign affairs after the fall marily focuses on Muslim-American integration and Syria and the Gulf. He is a core member of the Presi- the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. of Muammar Qaddafi in 2011. He advised on the government relations in post-9/11 environment. She dent and Secretary of State John Kerry’s teams respon- Prior to joining Georgetown University, she served development of Libya’s foreign diplomatic relations is affiliated with the Association for Analytic Learning sible for Middle East Peace as well as nuclear negotia- as a senior political scientist with the RAND Cor- and trade. While in Qatar, Gamar also advised the about Islam and Muslim Societies and with Stanford’s tions with Iran. Prior to joining the National Security poration, a political officer to the United Nations deputy general counsel at the Qatar Foundation Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies. Gillum previously Staff, Gordon served as Assistant Secretary of State Assistance Mission to Afghanistan in Kabul, and a (QF) in establishing a graduate law school in Qatar. worked at the RAND Corporation’s International for European and Eurasian Affairs under Secretary of senior research associate in the United States In- During the later stages, he oversaw the partnership Policy Center, and she served as the chief editor of State Hillary Clinton from May 2009 through March stitute for Peace’s Center for Conflict Analysis and of Harvard Law School’s Institute for Global Law Stanford’s Mapping Militants Project, where she over- 2013. Gordon has previously served as a Senior Fel- Prevention. Her research focuses upon political and and Policy and the QF. He served as an educational saw the design of an online tool for the analysis of ter- low at the Brookings Institution in Washington, military affairs in South Asia. Her most recent book specialist for UNESCO (Libya) where he managed rorist networks. She previously served as a consultant D.C.; Director for European Affairs at the National is Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army’s Way of the communication and information program and for the Gallup Organization and as a research assistant Securtiy Council; and Senior Fellow at the Interna- War. Fair obtained her Ph.D. and M.A. from the focused on skills development initiatives to en- at the Department of Defense’s Near East South Asia tional Institute for Strategic Studies in London. He University of Chicago. hance youth employment. Center for Strategic Studies. has a Ph.D. and an M.A. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and a bachelor’s degree from Ohio State University. Mehreen Farooq Justin Gengler Ufuk Gokcen Gordon is the author of numerous books and articles UNITED STATES QATAR TURKEY on international relations and foreign policy and he has been a frequent contributor on Middle Eastern Mehreen Farooq is a Se- Justin Gengler is Senior Re- Ambassador Ufuk Gok- and other issues to major publications such as New nior Fellow with the World searcher at the Social and cen is the Permanent Ob- York Times, Washington Post, International Herald Tri- Organization for Resource Economic Survey Research server of the Organization bune, and The Financial Times.

34 35 Stephen Grand that works for sustainable, diverse communities. of research at the Project on Middle East Democ- ment of International Affairs at Qatar University. UNITED STATES Its focus is on interfaith issues, not merely on dia- racy (POMED) and a Hewlett Fellow at Stanford Hayajneh is the author of over 40 publications, with logue but particularly at the more ‘challenging’ University’s Center on Democracy, Development, the most recent ones focusing on the Arab Spring Stephen R. Grand is a Non- edge. Lokahi is the only community organization and the Rule of Law. He is currently vice-chair of and U.S. – Middle East relations. Hayajneh is pro- resident Senior Fellow at in Britain to have prevented a terrorist attack. POMED, a member of the World Bank’s MENA fessor of Political Science at the Hashemite Uni- the Saban Center for Mid- Advisory Panel, and a regular contributor to The versity, Jordan. Previously, he was associated with dle East Policy and former Atlantic. Hamid’s articles have appeared in the New several institutions, including the United Nations director of the Brookings’ Project on U.S. Relations Abdel Kader Haidara York Times, Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, New University, the Jordan Institute of Diplomacy, the with the Islamic World. He is also the author of MALI Republic, Foreign Policy, National Interest, Wash- University of Jordan, Al-Bayt University, and The the new book, Understanding Tahrir Square: What ington Quarterly, and many other publications. University of Arizona. Hayajneh’s main research in- Transitions Elsewhere Can Teach Us About the Pros- Abdel Kader Haidara is His writing has been featured on NBC’s “Meet the terests are in areas of international relations, politi- pects for Arab Democracy. Previously, he was director Heir, Director and Cura- Press,” and the Washington Post named him one of cal and economic development, strategic and secu- of the Middle East Strategy Group at the Aspen tor of the Mamma Haidara the top 23 Twitter accounts “you must follow to rity studies, conflict resolution, and American for- Institute. Prior to that, Grand served as adjunct Memorial Library in Tim- understand Egypt.” Hamid received his B.S. and eign policy, with special focus on the Middle East professor at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School buktu, Mali, the largest of 22 private libraries in M.A. from Georgetown University and Ph.D. in and GCC region. His ongoing research focuses on and was a scholar-in-residence at American Univer- the City of Timbuktu, and out of the 120 in the Political Science from Oxford University. the new regional system after the Arab Spring. He sity in Washington, D.C. From 2002 to 2003, he Republic of Mali. He is one of Timbuktu’s lead- is a frequent contributor to Al Jazeera and many was an International Affairs fellow at the Council ing manuscripts experts, and the son of a renowned other international media outlets. He received his on Foreign Relations. He has also served as the di- local collector, Mamma Haidara. He was enlisted Usama Hasan doctorate in Political Science from the University rector of programs at the German Marshall Fund, to collect manuscripts for the newly established UNITED KINGDOM of Arizona. a professional staff member for the Senate Foreign Ahmed Baba Institute for Documentation and Relations Committee, and the founding executive Research in Timbuktu, the first concerted efforts Usama Hasan is a Senior director of the Civic Education Project. He re- to save Mali‘s ancient manuscripts that opened in Researcher at Quilliam and H.A. Hellyer ceived a B.A. from the University of Virginia and 1970. Haidara has been successful in collecting was a founding advisor to the UNITED KINGDOM his Ph.D. from Harvard University. more than 20,000 manuscripts for the Institute. It organization in 2008. Fluent was later that he was able to raise enough money in English, Urdu, and Arabic, Hasan has served as a H.A. Hellyer is a Nonresi- to open the Haidara Library, through the help of part-time imam since his teens and is a certified trans- dent Fellow with the Proj- Gwen Griffith-Dickson Henry Louis Gates, Jr. of Harvard University, who mitter of the Qur’an and Hadith scriptures. He has ect on U.S. Relations with UNITED KINGDOM visited Timbuktu in 1996. The Andrew Mellon translated a number of Islamic texts into English, in- the Islamic World at the Foundation and other international friends have cluding The Islamic Foundation’s Way of the Prophet. Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. He is Gwen Griffith-Dicksonenabled the library to construct a new permanent Before joining Quilliam, Hasan was a senior lecturer also an associate fellow at the Royal United Services is the Vice Principal of home for its collections, which opened to the pub- in engineering at Middlesex University. Hasan is reg- Institute in London, a Research Associate at the Heythrop College, Univer- lic in 2000. Today, the library holds over 10,000 ularly featured on international television channels, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Inno- sity of London, a special- ancient manuscripts and many printed books. including BBC Hardtalk, CNN, Sky News, MBC, vation at Harvard University, and is currently writ- ist college in theology and philosophy. Griffith- ARY, Al Jazeera and has also written various columns ing a book on the Egyptian revolution. Formerly Dickson was previously at the University of Lon- for the Times, Guardian, Telegraph and the Washing- senior practice consultant at the Gallup Organiza- don’s Birkbeck College, where she developed the Shadi Hamid ton Post. He holds a Ph.D., M.Sc and M.A. in Phys- tion and senior research fellow at the University of country’s largest continuing education program in UNITED STATES ics and Artificial Intelligence from the Universities of Warwick, Hellyer’s expertise in Arab politics, plu- Religious Studies, Islamic Studies, Theology, and Cambridge & London and is a fellow of the Royal ralism, religion and security issues in the West and Philosophy. She was the director of Doctoral Re- Shadi Hamid is a fellow at Astronomical Society. the Arab world has been called upon by different search and Head of School at the School of Arts the Project on U.S. Re- governmental and non-governmental actors in Eu- and Cultural Studies. She was the first woman to lations with the Islamic rope, the United States and the Arab world in his hold the Chair in Divinity in 2001 at Gresham World at the Brookings In- Adnan M. Hayajneh capacity as a nonpartisan analyst and specialist in College and thereafter was appointed a Gresham stitution’s Saban Center and the author of Tempta- QATAR his subject areas. Hellyer served as Deputy Conve- Fellow; and is now Professor Emeritus. In 2005, tions of Power: Islamists and Illiberal Democracy in a ner of the UK Government’s Taskforce on Tackling she left Birkbeck to found and to this day still New Middle East. He served as director of research Adnan M. Hayajneh is a Radicalization and Extremism in the aftermath of directs the Lokahi Foundation, an independent at the Brookings Doha Center until January 2014. Visiting Professor of Po- the London bombings in 2005 and served as the research organization and social impact charity Prior to joining Brookings, Hamid was director litical Science in the depart- UK Foreign Office’s first Economic and Social Re-

36 37 search Council’s Placement fellow, where he pro- of crisis. Previously, Hernann worked as a program the International Organisations Department in the News. With an interest in the United States and vided expert opinion on Muslim communities and coordinator at the Colin Powell Center for Policy FCO, and has European policy experience from Islam, Hussain is a prolific writer on contempo- counter-terrorism issues. He earned his Ph.D. from Studies at City College (CUNY) and he teaches at postings in Paris and Rome and from serving as a rary and international issues. Husain, an attorney, the University of Warwick in Ethnic Relations and various CUNY colleges throughout New York City. private secretary to the Minister for Europe. has also worked with congressmen, senators, fed- Political Philosophy, his M.A. in International Po- eral agencies, think tanks, non-governmental or- litical Economy, and his B.A. in Law from the Uni- ganizations, and academic experts to advocate on versity of Sheffield. William Hickman Qamar-ul Huda behalf of Shi’a Muslim issues, both political and UNITED STATES UNITED ARAB EMIR- humanitarian. He holds a J.D. from the Univer- TATES sity of Maryland School of Law and an M.S. from Eric Herman William Hickman is the Georgetown University. UNITED STATES Chief Executive Officer at Qamar-ul Huda is the Di- Atlantic CrossBorder LLC. rector of Engagement and Eric Herman is the founder Hickman is also an Expert Collaboration at the Inter- Dilwar Hussain and president of Modiba Advisor at Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P. Previous- national Center of Excellence for Countering Vio- UNITED KINGDOM Productions, a New York ly, he served as the President and Chief Executive lent Extremism, Hedayah, in Abu Dhabi, United City-based music pro- Officer at the Avis Capital Group, Inc. and Free- Arab Emirates. Trained as a scholar in Islamic and Dilwar Hussain is the Chair duction, management, licensing and consulting Market Global, Inc. Before his career as an investor, Middle East Studies, Huda served as senior program of New Horizons in British company dedicated to international artists, social Hickman practiced domestic and international law officer at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Islam, a charity organiza- responsibility and heightening awareness of press- in the United States for 25 years representing lead- in Washington, D.C. At USIP, Huda was the lead- tion that works for reform ing humanitarian issues through music. While a ing Fortune 50 corporations including Du Pont, ing expert tasked with the design, implementation, in Muslim thought and practice. He is also the student at Wesleyan University, Herman produced Johnson & Johnson, Lockheed, Bank of America, and evaluation of peacebuilding projects related to author of his own blog, www.dilwar.org. He is a and released a benefit album that raised awareness Chevron, and United Airlines. For his activities as religious leaders and institutions in the Middle East, visiting fellow in Contemporary Islam, Centre for and significant financial support for the victims of an observer and advisor to the governmental ne- South, and South East Asia. He is an adjunct asso- Society, Religion & Belief at the University of Der- the crisis in Darfur. Since graduating, he has played gotiators to the conflict resolution process involv- ciate professor at Georgetown University’s Conflict by, and a research associate at the Centre of Islamic critical roles in the careers and humanitarian efforts ing Uganda and the LRA and the conflict in the Resolution Program where he teaches Religion, Eth- Studies at the University of Cambridge. Addition- of artists such as Vieux Farka Toure (Mali), Bom- North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of nicity, Identity and Conflict Resolution to graduate ally, he is a senior program advisor to the Institute bino (Niger), Idan Raichel (Israel), Sierra Leone’s Congo, he received the humanitarian award from students. He taught Islamic Studies and Compara- for Strategic Dialogue and Research Fellow at the Refugee All Stars (Sierra Leone) and Aurelio Mar- the Phelophepa Foundation under the patronage tive Religion at Boston College, College of the Holy Lokahi Foundation. His research interests include tinez (Honduras). of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. He has also served Cross, and Brandeis University. Huda’s area of inter- social policy, Muslim identity, and Islamic reform as member of the board of the Interfaith Center of est is Islamic intellectual history, ethics, comparative in the modern world. Hussain is a trustee of the New York, and on the board of trustees of Loyola religion, violence, conflict resolution, non-violence, Three Faiths Forum (3FF). Previously, he served as Andrew Hernann Marymount University of Los Angeles and St. and violent extremist groups in contemporary Islam. a commissioner both at the Commission for Racial UNITED STATES Marks College of South Africa. He is the author of the book, The Crescent and Dove: Equality and the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Com- Peace and Conflict Resolution in Islam. He earned his mission on Urban Life and Faith. Hussain gradu- Andrew Hernann is an In- B.A. from Colgate University and his Ph.D. from ated from King’s College, University of London. structor at the City Uni- Nicholas Hopton the University of California, Los Angeles in Islamic versity of New York and UNITED KINGDOM and Middle East Studies. has been working on Africa Rashad Hussain since 2007. In 2010, Hernann began his anthropo- Nicholas Hopton is the United States logical work with various populations from Tim- United Kingdom’s Ambas- Rahat Husain buktu, and he spent 2013 conducting his disserta- sador to Qatar. He is a ca- UNITED STATES Rashad Hussain is the U.S. tion fieldwork with them. His research analyzes the reer diplomat who joined Rahat Husain is the Direc- Special Envoy to the Orga- crisis of northern Mali, specifically how Timbuk- the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) tor of Advocacy at the Uni- nization of Islamic Coop- tian internally displaced persons and refugees un- in 1989, after completing his studies at St. Peter’s versal Muslim Association eration (OIC). In this role, derstand and cope with occupation, displacement, School, York, and Magdalene College at Cam- of America (UMAA), the Hussain seeks to deepen and expand the partner- intervention, and return. He also investigates the bridge University. Prior to his arrival in Doha, he country’s top Shi’a Ithna ships that the United States has pursued with Mus- roles of militaries, governments, religious institu- served as ambassador to Yemen. He has worked on Asheri Muslim group. Husain is a columnist with lims around the world. Hussain worked with the tions, and humanitarian organizations during times national security issues in the Cabinet Office, led the Washington Times Communities and with CDN National Security Staff in developing and pursuing

38 39 the New Beginning that President Obama outlined Javed Jabbar on Islam in America. In 2009, and again in 2012, public affairs offices in Beirut, supervising a weekly in his June 2009 address in Cairo, Egypt. Hussain PAKISTAN he was named among the top 500 Most Influen- newsletter and coordinating regional media events. previously served as Deputy Associate Counsel to tial Muslims in the World by The Royal Islamic She is a frequent guest on Arabic television chan- President Obama, focusing on national security, Javed Jabbar is the Chair- Strategic Studies Center in Amman, Jordan and nels and radio programs. Karam holds an M.A. in new media, and science and technology issues. man and Chief Executive the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim- International Peace and Conflict Resolution and a He previously served as a Law Clerk on the U.S. of J.J. Media, Ltd. He has Christian Understanding. He received his Ph.D. B.A. Journalism. Court of Appeals. In 2008, Hussain co-authored, served as a minister in three from the University of Pennsylvania. with al-Husein N. Madhany, a Brookings Project federal cabinets of Pakistan and as a senator for on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World analysis six years. His ministerial portfolios have included Amil Khan paper entitled, “Reformulating the Battle of Ideas: Information and Broadcasting, Science and Tech- Asma Jahangir UNITED KINGDOM Understanding the Role of Islam in Counterterror- nology, Petroleum and Natural Resources, and Na- PAKISTAN ism Policy.” His other academic writings have fo- tional Affairs. He drafted the first-ever legislation Amil Khan is an indepen- cused on national security, constitutional law, and in Pakistan regarding independent television and Asma Jahangir is a lawyer dent political communica- civil liberties. Hussain received his J.D. from Yale radio channels and freedom of information. He by profession and practices tions consultant specializ- Law School, where he served as an editor of the Yale was twice elected (2004–2012) as one of the four in the Supreme and High ing in the Muslim world. Law Journal. Hussain also earned a master’s degree global vice presidents of the International Union Courts in Pakistan. She is Most recently, he was assigned by the British gov- in Public Administration from the Harvard Ken- for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Switzerland, closely associated with women and human rights ernment to advise the Syrian opposition coalition. nedy School of Government, and another master’s the world’s largest environment organization. He organizations in the region. For six years, she served Previously, Khan was a correspondent for Reuters degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies from Harvard has represented Pakistan at the United Nations as the chair of the Human Rights Commission of and an investigative journalist with the BBC. Khan University. He attended undergraduate at the Uni- and regularly addresses international conferences, Pakistan and president of the Supreme Court Bar has written extensively about community engage- versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. universities and professional institutions around Association. She was the United Nations Special ment, extremism, and political mobilization for the world. There are numerous grass-roots develop- Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief from outlets including the Guardian, Foreign Policy ment organizations and research centers in villages August 2004 to July 2010 (first attached to the for- and the National. His recent paper, Pakistan and Syed Azhar Hussain throughout Pakistan of which he is the founder or mer Commission on Human Rights, now to the the Narratives of Extremism, was published by the UNITED STATES cofounder. He is the author of 14 books that have Human Rights Council). Previously, she served as United States Institute of Peace. received laudatory reviews. the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Ar- Syed Azhar Hussain is cur- bitrary and Summary Executions. She is currently rently the President and the chairperson of the Human Rights Commission Hamid M. Khan Founder of the Peace and Sherman Jackson of Pakistan. She received her LL.B. from Punjab UNITED STATES Education Foundation in Is- UNITED STATES University, her B.A. from Kinnaird College, and an lamabad. Previously, he served as the vice president S.J.D. from the University of St. Gallen. Hamid M. Khan is a Senior for Preventive Diplomacy at the International Cen- Sherman Jackson is the Program Officer in Rule of ter for Religion and Diplomacy (ICRD). Hussain King Faisal Chair of Is- Law at the Center for Gov- has been providing educational and intercultural lamic Thought and Cul- Joyce Karam ernance Law and Society consulting services for numerous multi-national or- ture and Director of the UNITED KINGDOM Rule of Law Center with the United States Institute ganizations for the past ten years, and has a well-es- Center for Islamic Thought, Culture and Practice of Peace (USIP) where he works on rule of law is- tablished history of successful training and develop- (CITCAP) at the University of Southern Califor- Joyce Karam is the Wash- sues concerning Islamic legal systems in the Middle ment initiatives throughout the world, including in nia. He is author of Islamic Law and the State: The ington Bureau Chief for Al- East, South and Central Asia, and Africa and is a India, Pakistan, Britain, the United States, and Mex- Constitutional Jurisprudence of Shihâb al-Dîn al- Hayat Newspaper, an inter- Professorial Lecturer of Islamic Law at The George ico. He has served as senior consultant to the govern- Qarâfî, On the Boundaries of Theological Tolerance national Arabic daily news- Washington University Law School. Previously, ment of Mexico’s Ministry of Education and as an in Islam: Abû Hâmid al-Ghazâlî’s Faysal al-Tafriqa, paper based in London and a weekly columnist for Khan worked as a Rule of Law Adviser in USIP’s adjunct professor at the Tecnológico de Monterrey Islam and Blackamerican: Looking Towards the Al Arabiya English. Karam has covered American Kabul office. Khan has lectured on Islamic legal University in Mexico. He received the 2006 Peace- Third Resurrection, Islam and the Problem of Black politics extensively since 2004, with a focus on matters in various international, interagency, and makers in Action Award by the Tanenbaum Center Suffering, Sufism For Non-Sufis? Ibn Ata’ Allâh’s Tâj U.S. policy towards the Middle East. Prior to join- educational capacities. Prior to USIP, Khan was a for Interreligious Understanding in New York. A na- al-‘Arûs, and Initiative to Stop the Violence: Sadat’s ing Al‐Hayat, Karam worked as a journalist at Assa- postdoctoral fellow for Stanford Law School’s Af- tive of Pakistan, he holds a master’s in International Assassins and the Renunciation of Political Violence. fir and Annahar newspapers in Beirut, mostly cov- ghanistan Legal Education Project where he direct- and Intercultural Management from the School for He is listed by the Religion Newswriters Founda- ering the post‐war situation in Lebanon. In 2002, ed legal education efforts at the American Univer- International Training, Vermont. tion’s ReligionLink as one of the top ten experts she worked as an editor at the United Nations sity of Afghanistan. During private legal practice,

40 41 Khan served as counsel for five detainees held at Peter Knobel Robert D. Lamb ing Muslim Reform and Tradition. She was also as- Guantanamo Bay, was a former assistant U.S. at- UNITED STATES UNITED STATES sistant editor of Facilitating Freedom of Religion or torney, and served as a law clerk to the Honorable belief: A Deskbook. Larsen served as the president of Terrence L. O’Brien, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Peter Knobel was the Se- Robert Lamb is a Senior the Islamic Council of Norway from 2000 through Tenth Circuit. Khan received his B.S in Political nior Rabbi of the Beth Fellow and Director of the 2003, and in 2008 she was awarded the Science Science from the University of Wyoming and his Emet Free Synagogue from Program on Crisis, Con- and Arts Medal from the State of Egypt. J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School. 1980–2010. Knobel serves flict, and Cooperation at in leadership roles in the Reform movement on the Center for Strategic and International Studies a national level as well as in the Chicago-area (CSIS) and a Research Scholar at the Center for Farhan Latif Sara Khan community. He is a past president of the Central International and Security Studies at the University UNITED STATES UNITED KINGDOM Conference of American Rabbis and chaired its of Maryland (CISSM). His current research focuses Siddur Editorial Committee and is a past chair of on complex violence, hybrid political orders, non- Farhan Latif is currently Sara Khan is Director and the Liturgy and Reform Practice Committee. He state-controlled territories, political transitions, in- serving as Interim Executive Cofounder of Inspire, a also was an officer of the ARZA, and was a mem- ternational intervention, absorptive capacity, and Director at the Institute for counter-extremism and ber of the board of trustees of both the Union for alternatives to state building. Lamb lived for nearly Social Policy and Under- human rights organization Reform Judaism and the Hebrew Union College a year in Medellín, Colombia, studying gang gov- standing. He assumed this leadership role after serv- which seeks to address the inequalities facing Brit- – Jewish Institute of Religion. He was a member ernance and legitimacy, and joined CSIS as a vis- ing as the chief operating officer and director of Policy ish Muslim women by challenging ultra conser- of the board of the Council for a Parliament of the iting scholar after returning to Washington, D.C. Impact. Latif holds a B.B.A. in Business Management vative interpretations of Islam. Inspire empowers World Religions and is a member of the National in late 2009. As a strategist in the Department of and Marketing from the University of Michigan women to counter hatred, extremism, and gender Interreligious Leadership Initiative on Peace in Defense’s Strategy office in 2006 and 2007, he ad- Dearborn and an M.A. from Harvard University. discrimination and has frequently been featured the Middle East. Knobel has taught at a number vised defense policymakers on terrorist, criminal, in the media. Khan has written a chapter for the of colleges, authored and edited numerous ar- and insurgent networks. He earned his Ph.D. in forthcoming book, Sensible Religion entitled, “Re- ticles and publications. A graduate of Hamilton Policy Studies in early 2010 from the University Jonathan Laurence trieving the Equilibrium and Restoring Justice: Us- College, he was ordained by the Hebrew Union of Maryland School of Public Policy in a program UNITED STATES ing Islam’s Egalitarian Teachings to Reclaim Wom- College-Jewish Institute of Religion and earned combining security, economics, and ethics. He re- en’s Right.” his Ph.D. from Yale University. ceived his B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from Jonathan Laurence is an As- Gettysburg College in 1993, spent half a year in sociate Professor of Political Nicaragua with a micro-development project, then Science at Boston College Daniel Kimmage Prem Kumar worked for nine years as an editor and journalist, and a Nonresident Senior UNITED STATES UNITED STATES winning a National Press Club award in 2001, be- Fellow at the Brookings Institution, specializing in fore changing careers after September 11th. European politics, transatlantic relations, and Islam Daniel Kimmage is the Prem Kumar is the Senior in the West. He is the author of The Emancipation Group Director for Digital Director for the Middle of Europe’s Muslims: The State’s Role in Minority In- Presence at the U.S. De- East and North Africa on Lena Larsen tegration which received the American Political Sci- partment of State’s Center the National Security Staff NORWAY ence Association’s Award for Best Book in Migra- for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications (NSS) at the White House. He joined the White tion and Citizenship From 2008–2009, Laurence (CSCC). From 2003 to 2008, Kimmage was a House in early 2009, serving first as director for Lena Larsen is the Director was a senior fellow in residence of the Transatlantic regional analyst at Radio Free Europe/Radio Lib- Israeli and Palestinian Affairs and later as direc- of the Oslo Coalition on Academy at the German Marshall Fund in Wash- erty. From 2008–2010, Kimmage was a senior tor for Egypt, before becoming senior director. Freedom of Religion or Be- ington, D.C., and during summer 2010 he was a fellow at the Homeland Security Policy Institute. Before joining the NSS, Kumar was a fellow at lief, at the Center for Hu- visiting researcher at the Wissenschaftszentrum Kimmage has published reports on extremist media the Council on Foreign Relations, where he fo- man Rights at the University of Oslo. She is also a Berlin. Before joining the Boston College faculty strategies, including co-authoring Iraqi Insurgent cused on the Middle East. Earlier in his career, member of the advisory committee for a continu- in 2005, Laurence served as a visiting fellow with Media: The War of Images and Ideas, and authored he served in a variety of positions at the U.S. ing education program for religious leaders with the Center on the United States and Europe at both The Al-Qaeda Media Nexus and Al-Qaeda Cen- Mission to the United Nations, the State De- a foreign background at the Faculty of Theology Brookings, a visiting scholar at New York Univer- tral and the Internet. He received his undergraduate partment, and the U.S. Consulate General in at the University of Oslo. Larsen is the coeditor of sity’s Center for European Studies, a doctoral fellow education at the State University of New York at Jerusalem. Kumar was educated at the Wharton Gender and Equality in Muslim Family Law: Justice at the Kennedy School’s Hauser Center, an affiliate Binghamton and earned an M.A. in Russian and School of the University of Pennsylvania and the and Ethics in the Islamic legal Tradition and New at Harvard University’s Center for European Stud- Islamic history from Cornell University. London School of Economics. Directions in Islamic Thought and Practice: Explor- ies, a guest researcher at the Wissenschftszentrum

42 43 Berlin, and an instructor at Sciences Po-Paris and “Grasping Complexity: A Policy-Oriented Assess- won the Fairfax County Human Rights Commis- Suzanne Maloney Harvard. He is a term member of the Council on ment of Syria’s Conflict,” and is currently author- sion Human Rights Award, and in 2006 received a UNITED STATES Foreign Relations. Laurence received his B.A. from ing a book, entitled The Jihadist Insurgency in Syria. Certificate of Appreciation from the U.S. Depart- Cornell University, an M.A. and Ph.D. from Har- ment of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation. In Suzanne Maloney is a Se- vard, and a C.E.P. from Sciences Po–Paris. 2009, Magid received the Washingtonian of the nior Fellow at the Saban Tanvi Madan Year award. Center for Middle East Pol- UNITED STATES icy at the Brookings Institu- Hillel Levine tion, where her research focuses on Iran and Per- UNITED STATES Tanvi Madan is a Fellow in Abdul-Rehman Malik sian Gulf energy. She is the editor of Iran@Saban, the Foreign Policy program UNITED KINGDOM a blog on politics, economics and foreign policy Hillel Levine is a Professor and Director of the India issues related to Iran, and the author of the 2008 of Sociology and Religion Project at the Brookings In- Abdul-Rehman Malik is monograph Iran’s Long Reach as well as a forth- at Boston University. For stitution. Madan’s research focuses on Indian for- a Programs Manager for coming book on Iran’s political economy since the more than 25 years, Levine eign policy. Her work also explores the intersection the Radical Middle Way revolution. Her Brookings Essay, “Iran Surprises has been devoted to undergraduate, graduate, pro- between Indian energy policies and its foreign and (RMW), which works Itself And The World,” was published in Septem- fessional, and adult non-professional education at security policies. Previously, she was a Harrington alongside grassroots partners—in the UK and around ber 2013. Previously, she served as an external advi- Harvard, Yale, and now Boston University. He has doctoral fellow and teaching assistant at the Uni- the world—to provide powerful, faith-inspired guid- sor to senior State Department officials and on the held visiting professorships in Japan, China, Po- versity of Texas at Austin. Prior to that, she was a re- ance and innovative tools to enable change, promote Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff. Maloney land, the Soviet Union, Brazil, and Israel. Levine search analyst at Brookings, working with James B. social justice and combat exclusion and violence. An served as Middle East Advisor at ExxonMobil Cor- is the president of the International Center for Steinberg and Stephen P. Cohen. She has authored experienced journalist and commentator, Malik is a poration and directed the 2004 Council on Foreign Conciliation, an organization that aspires to cre- publications on India’s foreign policy, as well as its regular contributor to BBC Radio 2 and BBC World Relations Task Force on U.S. policy toward Iran. ate enduring peace in conflict-torn communities. energy security policies, and is currently working Service. His radio essay Faith and 9/11, broadcast on She holds a Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law Levine has written five books and many articles on on a book on the U.S.-India relationship and Chi- the 10th anniversary of the attacks, was awarded and Diplomacy at Tufts University. ethnic violence, normative conflict, and how they na. Madan received her B.A. (Hons.) in History second prize at the prestigious Sandford St. Martin may be resolved. His research provided the basis from Lady Shri Ram College, India, an M.A. in Awards for excellence in broadcasting about religion. for an Oscar winning documentary and two of his International Relations from Yale University, and a Malik’s most recent documentary, Islam Without Peter Mandaville books are being made into documentaries and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas, Austin. God, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. UNITED STATES feature-length dramatization. He is a popular lec- turer, a guest columnist in newspapers, and makes Peter Mandaville is a frequent radio and television appearances. Levine Mohamed Magid Irfan Malik Nonresident Senior Fel- received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. UNITED STATES UNITED STATES low at the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic Mohamed Magid is the Irfan Malik is the President World and Director of the Ali Vural Ak Center Charles Lister Imam of the All Dulles of US Pak Foundation, an for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason Uni- UNITED STATES Area Muslim Society (AD- organization that focuses on versity. From 2011–12, he served as a member AMS) Center in Sterling, improving U.S.-Pakistan re- of Hillary Clinton’s Policy Planning Staff at the Charles Lister is a Visiting Virginia, the President of the Islamic Society of lations. Previously, he was a founding employee of U.S. Department of State where his portfolio Fellow at the Brookings North America (ISNA), and the Vice Chairman the telecommunications equipment manufacturer, focused on U.S. policy in the Middle East dur- Doha Center. He was for- of Muflehun, a think tank focused on confronting Ciena and worked in the telecommunications prod- ing the Arab uprisings. Mandaville’s visiting af- merly the head Middle East violent extremist thought through research-driven uct development industry for 23 years. Since leaving filiations have included the Center for Strategic North Africa analyst at IHS Jane’s Terrorism and preventative programs within a religious paradigm. Ciena in 2001, he has dedicated his time to work- and International Studies and the Pew Research Insurgency Centre in London, where he managed Magid has a long history of commitment to public ing with Pakistani-American youth and improving Center. His books include Islam and Politics and the assessment of sub-state security threats in the service through organizations, such as The Peaceful U.S.-Pakistan relations. Malik has held various posi- Transnational Muslim Politics: Reimagining the Middle East. Lister’s current research focuses on an- Families Project, Annual Twinning of Mosques and tions at non-profits and local boards and commis- Umma. He has testified before the U.S. Congress alyzing the state of the anti-government insurgency Synagogues, Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan sions dealing with issues such as civil rights, religious on political Islam, authored numerous book in Syria, particularly the growth and evolution of Washington Assembly, and the Buxton Interfaith freedom, minority representation, and voting rights. chapters and journal articles, and contributed to Salafist and jihadist groups. He recently published Initiative. He has written for the Washington Post He received his degree in Engineering from Monash publications such as Foreignpolicy.com, the Inter- a Policy Briefing for the Brookings Doha Center, and has been profiled in Time. In May 2005, he University, Australia. national Herald Tribune and the Guardian.

44 45 Alia Mansour from Antiquity to Islam and is currently working He is also the correspondent for Annahar, the Mouaz Moustafa SYRIA on a second book about the scriptural history of leading Lebanese daily. For four years he hosted UNITED STATES the Qur’an. McCants has a Ph.D. from Princ- Across the Ocean, a weekly current affairs program Alia Mansour is a member eton University and has lived in Israel, Egypt, on U.S.-Arab relations for Al Arabiya. Mouaz Moustafa is the of the Syrian National Co- and Lebanon. Political Director for the alition. Previously, Man- Syrian Emergency Task sour served as a member Michael Meredith Force and United for a of the General Secretariat of the Syrian National Shafqat Mehmood UNITED STATES Free Syria, and is a board member of the Coalition Council from 2011–12. In 2006, she participat- PAKISTAN for Democratic Syria. He advocates on behalf of ed and signed the Beirut-Damascus Declaration, Michael Meredith is the the pro-democracy movement in his native Syria a statement which called upon the Syrian gov- Shafqat Mehmood is the Founder of Maximon Pic- by working closely with Free Syrian Army com- ernment to respect Lebanese independence and founder and chairper- tures, a New York based manders and prominent activists inside of Syria. sovereignty. Mansour has worked as a television son of PAIMAN Alumni independent film company. A former staffer for Congressman Vic Snyder and producer of several political shows in the Levant, Trust. Mehmood served He wrote and directed the award-winning fea- Senator Blanche Lincoln, Moustafa spent four and prior to which she worked at the Lebanese daily in the defense forces for 33 years and retired as ture film,Three Days of Rain, featuring Peter Falk, a half years working in Congress before leaving to newspaper, An-Nahar. She is a graduate of the Brigadier-General in 2001. With the initiation Blythe Danner, Jason Patric and Lyle Lovett. Fol- work briefly with the Egyptian U.S.-based opposi- American University of Beirut and Georgetown of extremists movements in Pakistan in 2007, lowing a rough cut screening, acclaimed German tion and the Libyan U.S.-based opposition. During University in Greece. he launched the program “Let’s Live in Peace” filmmaker Wim Wenders offered to produce the this period, Moustafa was the executive director of to counter and contain the swell of radicaliza- film and since then the two have frequently col- the Libyan Council of North America and political tion. He is a highly experienced resource person laborated. Meredith and Wenders went on to cow- director of the Libyan Emergency Task Force and William McCants and peace practitioner with expertise in design- rite and collaborate on the film, Land of Plenty, worked closely with top officials within the Tran- UNITED STATES ing, planning, and directly implementing peace with three-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams sitional National Council. Moustafa has been fea- interventions in Pakistan and in the region. and John Diehl. Meredith then wrote, produced, tured prominently in several media outlets for his William McCants is a Fel- Mehmood holds a master’s of Strategic Studies, and directed The Open Road starring Oscar winner work regarding the Civilian Administrative Coun- low in the Saban Center and as is a graduate from the Armed Forces De- Jeff Bridges, Mary Steenburgen, Justin Timberlake, cils, including NPR and USA Today. for Middle East Policy fense College, Toronto, Canada and the National Kate Mara, and Ted Danson. As a filmmaker and and Director of its Project Defense University, Islamabad. photojournalist, he has covered topics ranging from on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World. He is theater arts in Havana to the war in Afghanistan. Muhammad Munir also adjunct faculty at Johns Hopkins University He is currently directing the feature documenta- PAKISTAN and has held various government and think tank Hisham Melhem ry, Return to Timbuktu, in collaboration with the positions related to Islam, the Middle East, and UNITED STATES Academy Award-winning producer Alex Gibney. Muhammad Munir is an As- terrorism. From 2009–2011, McCants served as sociate Professor and Chair- a U.S. State Department senior adviser for coun- Hisham Melhem is the man of the Department of tering violent extremism. He has also held posi- Bureau Chief of Al Ara- Mohammad Habibi Law, Faculty of Shari‘ah and tions as program manager of the Minerva Initia- biya News Channel in Mojandeh Law at the International Islamic University, Islamabad tive for the Department of Defense; an analyst Washington, D.C. Mel- IRAN and a Visiting Professor at the University College of at the Institute for Defense Analyses, the Center hem has interviewed many American and in- Islamabad and Allama Iqbal Open University, Islam- for Naval Analyses and SAIC; and a fellow at ternational public figures, including Presidents Mohammad Habibi Mo- abad. Munir is the recipient of the Higher Education West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center. He is Barack Obama and George W. Bush, Secretar- jandeh is a Professor at Mo- Commission’s Best University Teacher Award for the the founder of Jihadica.com, an academic group ies of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, fid University, Iran since year 2003 and the Outstanding Research Paper Award blog focused on the global jihadi movement. The Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and Chair- 2005, where he teaches courses on international for the year 2005–2006 and 2011. He has published blog has been featured on the cover of the New man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike law, human rights law, and international arbitra- over 25 papers on a variety of topics and has presented York Times, and described by Wired magazine’s Mullen, among others. Melhem speaks regularly tion. He has written and translated several books papers at many conferences and lectured in dozens Danger Room as “the gold standard in militant at college campuses, think tanks, and interest and articles. He has also edited the proceedings of of workshops and training courses around the world. studies.” In 2011 and 2012, he was named by groups on U.S.-Arab relations, political Islam, the Mofid International Human Rights Confer- His areas of interest include the Islamic law of war Foreign Policy magazine as one of FP’s Top 100 intra-Arab relations, Arab-Israeli issues, media in ence. He received his B.A. from Tehran Universi- and peace, non-state Islamic actors, Muslim personal “Twitterati.” He is the author of Founding Gods, the Arab World, Arab images in American media ty, his M.A. from Allameh Tabaatabai University, law, human rights, women and children’s rights, and Inventing Nations: Conquest and Culture Myths , U.S. public policies and other related topics. and his Ph.D. from Shahid Beheshti University. jurisprudence and legal theory. Munir received his

46 47 B.A. from University of Peshawar, LL.B. and LL.M. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim- challenges. Other entrepreneurial endeavors Niang prise, and the revitalization of historic cities. Noor from the International Islamic University, Islamabad, Christian Understanding. Nashashibi received his has been involved with include Tambaroua Busi- Ali facilitates strategic international partnerships an LL.M. from Stockholm University, and his Ph.D. Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Chicago. ness Farming, a solar-powered, precision farm in for the AKDN and represents the network’s in- from the University of Karachi. Mali and helping to launch Matternet Inc., a Sili- terests in various international settings. Before his con Valley startup developing drone technology to current role, he served as chief executive officer of David Nassar enhance last-mile distribution in the developing AKDN USA for twenty-five years, which followed Eiman Mustafawi UNITED STATES world. Niang is the recipient of fellowships from five years with AKDN’s Industrial Promotion Ser- QATAR the Aspen Institute, Echoing Green, and Singu- vices in Canada. He has worked closely with the David Nassar is the Vice larity University. Niang has a bachelor’s degree in development community in the United States, hav- Eiman Mustafawi is the President for Communi- Political Science and French with a minor in Eco- ing served on the boards and committees of various Dean of the College of cations at the Brookings nomics and master’s degree in International Rela- organizations including InterAction, the Council Arts and Sciences and an Institution. A digital me- tions from Purdue University. on Foundations, the Independent Sector, and the Assistant Professor at the dia and social media specialist, he has 20 years of Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Assis- Department of English Literature and Linguistics. experience in the United States and internation- tance. He received a bachelor’s degree in Commerce Previously, she served as Associate Dean for Faculty ally developing effective public affairs, political and Amit Nizan from Karachi University, pursued an M.B.A., and Affairs and Academic Affairs at the College of Arts non-profit campaigns that create impact. He has UNITED STATES then moved to Canada in 1969 to pursue further and Sciences. From 2000–2006, Mustafawi served run nationally recognized initiatives for the Service studies in business and finance. as a research assistant and a teaching assistant at the Employees International Union, the U.S. House of Amit Nizan is currently the Department of Linguistics at the University of Ot- Representatives, and the Open Society Foundation. Supervising Producer on tawa. She holds a B.A. in English/Education from Internationally, Nasser has designed and helped the documentary, Return to Eileen O’Connor Qatar University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Lin- implement programs to promote policies and be- Timbuktu. She has exten- UNITED STATES guistics from the University of Ottawa, Canada. haviors that have improved elections, strengthened sive history in advertising and independent film, She specializes in Theoretical Phonology and her political parties, and developed civil society in the is the recipient of creative and effectiveness awards Eileen O’Connor is the dissertation was nominated for two awards, the Middle East and Africa. Nasser is recognized as a in the advertising industry, and produced com- Deputy Assistant Secretary Governor General’s Gold Medal and the Pierre La- member of the National Journal’s 50 Political In- mercials and videos for the Martha Graham Dance of State for South and Cen- berge Prize for outstanding doctoral dissertations. siders and is polled weekly for his opinions on hot Company, A&E, and most recently for NBC tral Asia, and Senior Di- political topics. He has been published in Foreign News. Nizan produced her first independent film, rector of Communications and Public Diplomacy Policy, Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Tribune Con Los Ojos Cerrados, in Havana, Cuba, working in the Office of the Special Representative for Af- Rami Nashashibi and the Baltimore Sun, among others. alongside an entirely Cuban cast and crew. Most ghanistan and Pakistan and previously served in a UNITED STATES recently she produced documentary interviews and similar role at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. Prior to archival footage for the upcoming feature film, The that, O’Connor worked as an attorney specializing Rami Nashashibi is Execu- Salif Romano Niang Ice Bowl. She works on story development, produc- in legal crisis management for high profile litigation, tive Director of the Inner- MALI tion and marketing for Maximon Pictures’ feature, investigations, and controversies both in the United City Muslim Action Net- short, television and branded content initiatives. States and abroad. O’Connor also served as presi- work (IMAN), and a Visit- Salif Romano Niang is a dent of the International Center for Journalists. Pre- ing Professor at the Chicago Theological Seminary. Co-convener of the Tim- viously, O’Connor spent 24 years as an award-win- He has served as an adjunct professor at various buktu Renaissance Action Iqbal Noor Ali ning on-air reporter, producer, and bureau chief for universities across the Chicagoland area, where he Group. In 2011, Niang put UNITED STATES ABC News and CNN. Her pro bono work centered has taught a range of sociology, anthropology, and his Ph.D. studies at Purdue University on hold to on human rights issues for individuals and various other social science courses. He has worked with launch Malô, a Malian social enterprise with the Iqbal Noor Ali is a Senior non-governmental organizations, such as the Center several leading scholars in the area of globalization, mission of combatting farmer poverty and chronic Advisor at the Aga Khan for Justice and Accountability, the Women’s Refugee African American studies, and urban sociology malnutrition in Mali. A key component of Malô’s Development Network Commission, and Vital Voices. O’Connor is an ad- and has contributed chapters to edited volumes by model consists of building efficient processing and (AKDN), a group of de- junct faculty member at Georgetown University Law Manning Marabel and Saskia Sassen. Nashashibi fortification facilities that transforms rice grown velopment agencies, institutions, and programs in Center, and a member of the Atlantic Council. She was named a White House Champion of Change by smallholder farmers into high quality, branded over thirty countries that work on issues related to has a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, in 2011 as well as one of the 500 Most Influential rice fortified with life-saving vitamins and miner- the environment, health, education, architecture, a post-graduate Diploma in World Politics from the Muslims in the World by The Royal Islamic Stra- als. Niang believes strongly in the power of entre- culture, microfinance, rural development, disaster London School of Economics, and a B.S. in Business tegic Studies Center in concert with Georgetown’s preneurship and technology to solve development reduction, the promotion of private-sector enter- Administration from Georgetown University.

48 49 Meredith her career as a journalist in the Middle East in 1996. Noor-ul-Haq Qadri Woman by Newsweek Pakistan and ranked among Ogilvie-Thompson In addition, UNESCO recruited her to work on one PAKISTAN 2011’s Top Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy maga- UNITED STATES of her first lead assignments in Iraq from 1997–1998. zine. Pakistan most recently awarded her the state’s Omar also spent more than three years with the World Noor-ul-Haq Qadri is an highest civil award, the Nishan-i-Imtiaz. Meredith Ogilvie-Thomp- Bank’s development economics group. She has carried elected Member of the Na- son is the Development Di- out training programs in Yemen, Bahrain, Afghani- tional Assembly, represent- rector of the Africa Center stan, Sudan, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Kenya, ing the Khyber Agency, Bruce Riedel in New York, a cultural, policy and business insti- and many other countries. located in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal UNITED STATES tution aligned with the United Nations, the Mo Areas (FATA). He previously served as the federal Ibrahim Foundation and the Clinton Global Ini- minister for Hajj and Awqaf. Qadri is also chairman Bruce Riedel is Director of tiative. Since her undergraduate studies, Ogilvie- Fadimata Walet Oumar of the Junaidi Foundation, providing social welfare the Intelligence Project at Thompson has lived back and forth between the MALI and education in the FATA and the KP province. the Brookings Institution. United States and Africa, working alongside con- He is also a member of the Young Parliamentar- Riedel just released his lat- servationists and scientists. In 1991, after two years Fadimata Walet Oumar is ians Forum (YPF) of Pakistan. A businessman by est book, What We Won: America’s Secret War in at Time, Inc, Meredith returned to Africa where she cofounder and leader of the profession, his educational background includes Afghanistan, 1979–1989. He retired from the Cen- reported on financial and environmental stories for music group Tartit, the first completing Shahadat-ul-Alamia from Tanzeem- tral Intelligence Agency in 2006 after 30 years of Business Day in Johannesburg. During her years in Touareg group to receive in- ul-Madaris Ahle Sunnat, as well as a Ph.D. from service including postings abroad. He was a senior South Africa, she was involved with various orga- ternational recognition. After receiving training in Peshawar University. advisor on South Asia and the Middle East to the nizations that focused on rural development and local development in Italy, she led several women’s last four Presidents of the United States, as part of wildlife management. Her conservation experience rights organizations to promote human and eco- the National Security Council staff at the White brought her to Tusk Trust in 1999. From 2005– nomic rights. Currently, as head of a Malian female Sherry Rehman House. Riedel was also Deputy Assistant Secre- 2010, she served as a Trustee of Tusk USA, and in refugee group in Burkina Faso, she represents their PAKISTAN tary of Defense for the Near East and South Asia 2011 stepped off the board to serve as its execu- interests at conferences and forums in Mali and in- at the Pentagon and a senior advisor to NATO in tive director through 2013. Meredith has worked ternationally. She is originally from Timbuktu. Sherry Rehman is the Presi- Brussels. In January 2009 President Barack Obama in both documentary as well as feature films, is a dent of the Jinnah Institute, asked him to chair a review of American policy to- director of the Big Life Foundation, sits on the ad- an organization that ac- wards Afghanistan and Pakistan, and in 2011 he visory board of Stop Ivory, a conservation initiative Tariq Parvez tively seeks to articulate in- served as an expert advisor to the prosecution of spearheaded by Mishcon de Reya law offices, and PAKISTAN dependent national security strategies for Pakistan al-Qa’ida terrorist Omar Farooq Abdulmutallab in has been a fellow of the Royal Geographical Soci- which incorporate the country’s strategic impera- Detroit. Riedel received his M.A. from Harvard ety since 2003. Ogilvie-Thompson completed her Tariq Parvez is the Head of tives while providing room for constructive engage- University and his B.A. from Brown University. He studies in Political Science at Columbia University. the Initiative for Public Se- ment with the international community. Rehman also studied at the Royal College of Defense Studies curity (IPSEC) an effort to has served as Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United in London, and he is a recipient of the Intelligence mobilize the community States, as the Minister for Information and Broad- Medal of Merit and the Distinguished Intelligence Manal Omar for countering violent extremism. Parvez headed the casting, as well as the Minister for Women, Health, Career Medal. UNITED STATES Counter Terrorism Department in the Province of and Culture. As a parliamentarian, she introduced Punjab, from 1997–2004, which provided him a rare and passed landmark legislation focused on wom- Manal Omar is the Associate opportunity to study terrorist organizations. On the en’s empowerment, human rights, and media free- Charles Robertson Vice President for the Mid- basis of his performance in this role, he was awarded doms. Rehman was the architect and presenter of UNITED STATES dle East and Africa Center at Sitara e Imtiaz by the President of Pakistan in 2004. Pakistan’s first National Security Policy Resolutions the United States Institute of He was then posted as head of the Federal Investi- in 2009 presented to both houses of Parliament. Charles Robertson is the Peace. Previously, she was regional program manager gation Agency (FIA), leading the counterterrorism An award-winning journalist with 20 years of ex- Canon to the Presiding for the Middle East for Oxfam, Great Britain, where policy at the national level. Parvez retired as director perience in broadcast and print media, she is also a Bishop of The Episcopal she responded to humanitarian crises in Palestine and general of the FIA in 2008. After retirement, he estab- former editor of Herald newsmagazine. Rahman is Church and Distinguished Lebanon. Omar has extensive experience in the Mid- lished the National Counter Terrorism Authority and the recipient of several awards including the Inter- Visiting Professor at the General Theological dle East. She worked with Women for Women Inter- was appointed its first national coordinator. He com- national Republican Institute’s Democracy’s Hero; Seminary in New York. Robertson has served on national as the regional coordinator for Afghanistan, pleted two master’s degrees, one in Physics and the The Freedom Award; the International Peace Award several boards including the Governing Board of Iraq, and Sudan and she lived in Baghdad from 2003 other in Criminology from the University of Wales, for Democrats, and the Jeane Kirkpatrick Award for the National Council of Churches and the An- to 2005 setting up operations in Iraq. She launched United Kingdom. Women. She was rated Pakistan’s Most Important glican-Roman Catholic Theological Consulta-

50 51 tion, and participates regularly with the Council bul Sharia Journal, and Kabul University Magazine. Mark Schroeder national and global surveys on Muslim attitudes. on Foreign Relations. He is general editor of the He studied Islamic Law at Kabul University Sharia UNITED STATES He co-authored the book, Educating the Muslims of Studies in Episcopal and Anglican Theology series Faculty and received his LL.M. from the University America and his most recent book is Political Islam through Peter Lang Publishing, and has written of Washington School of Law. Mark Schroeder is an expert in the Age of Democratization. Senzai received his many books including the forthcoming, Barn- on political and security af- M.A. in International Affairs from Columbia Uni- abas vs. Paul: To Encourage or Confront? He holds fairs in Africa. He leads the versity and his Ph.D. in Politics and International a Ph.D. from Durham University and a D.D. Donald Sampler, Jr. development of Stratfor’s Relations from Oxford University. from General Theological Seminary. UNITED STATES geopolitical analysis and forecasts for the region. Schroeder is regularly featured in the world’s top Donald Sampler serves as media, including Reuters, the Associated Press, Daniel Serwer Josh Rogin the Assistant to the Admin- CTV, CBC, BBC, Radio France International, and UNITED STATES UNITED STATES istrator in the Office of Af- United Press International, Al Jazeera English, and ghanistan and Pakistan Af- the Guardian. Schroeder plays a leading role in ana- Daniel Serwer is a Senior Josh Rogin is a Senior Cor- fairs (OAPA) leading USAID’s efforts for the agen- lyzing counterterrorism and insurgency operations Research Professor of Con- respondent for National cy’s two largest country programs. More recently, in the Maghreb region of North Africa, the Sahel flict Management, as well Security and Politics at he served as a senior official in the U.S. government and the Horn of Africa, most notably in relation to as a Senior Fellow at the The Daily Beast. He covers focused on a whole-of-government approach to re- the conflicts in Mali and Somalia. He also covers Center for Transatlantic Relations, at the Johns the State Department, the Defense Department, construction and stabilization. Previously, Sampler geopolitical developments in central and southern Hopkins School of Advanced International Stud- the National Security Council, Congress, and the was senior deputy assistant to the administrator in Africa, including dynamics within and between ies. He is also a scholar at the Middle East Institute. diplomatic and think tank communities, writing OAPA working on Afghanistan and management Angola, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Mozam- His current interests are focused on the instru- breaking news, enterprise, and long-form articles issues. Prior to that, Sampler was the vice president bique. Schroeder works closely with Stratfor’s cli- ments needed to protect U.S. national security as on a wide range of national security and foreign and director of the Communities in Transition Di- ent solutions team, overseeing custom analysis and well as transition and state-building in the Middle affairs issues. His reporting has been featured on vision of Creative Associates International. research about sub-Saharan Africa. Before his time East, North Africa, and the Balkans. Formerly vice CNN, FOX, MSNBC, NPR, and several other at Stratfor, Schroeder worked for several years in president for centers of peacebuilding innovation outlets. He has also written for Newsweek, For- west and southern Africa in the non-profit relief at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), he eign Policy magazine, Washington Post, Congressio- Cynthia Schneider and development sector and traveled extensively led teams there working on rule of law, religion, nal Quarterly, Federal Computer Week magazine, UNITED STATES throughout the continent while on assignment. He economics, media, technology, security sector gov- and the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun. From has a master’s degree in Diplomacy and Interna- ernance, and gender. He was also vice president for 2001 to 2003, Josh lived in Yokohama, Japan, and Cynthia Schneider is a Dis- tional Commerce from the Patterson School of Di- peace and stability operations at USIP, where he led worked for the Aeon East Japan Corporation. Pre- tinguished Professor in the plomacy at the University of Kentucky. its peacebuilding work in Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, viously, he interned at the House International Re- Practice of Diplomacy at and the Balkans and served as executive director of lations Committee, the Embassy of Japan, and the Georgetown University and the Hamilton/Baker Iraq Study Group. Serwer has Brookings Institution. a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Project on U.S. Farid Senzai worked on preventing interethnic and sectarian Relations with the Islamic World at the Brookings UNITED STATES conflict in Iraq. He received his Ph.D. from Princ- Institution. She has cofounded Georgetown’s Labo- eton University. Luforahman Saeed ratory for Global Performance and Politics. Schnei- Farid Senzai is a Fellow AFGHANISTAN der also teaches at the Australian National Univer- at the Institute for Social sity, the Institute of Cultural Diplomacy (Berlin), Policy and Understanding Omar Shaban Lutforahman Saeed is a and Dubrovnik International University, where (ISPU). He is also an As- PALESTINE Professor at Kabul Univer- she is dean of the School of Diplomacy. Schnei- sistant Professor of Political Science at Santa Clara sity, Afghanistan. Saeed is der co-directs Muslims on Screen and Television University where he teaches courses on U.S. for- Omar Shaban is the Found- also the country director of (MOST). Schneider publishes and speaks on arts, eign policy and Middle East politics. Senzai was er and main driver of Pal- Legal Education Support Program – Afghanistan culture, media, cultural diplomacy, and interna- previously a research associate at the Brookings Think for Strategic Studies, (LESPA) and a member of the Independent Com- tional affairs. Talks include a TED presentation on Institution and a research analyst at the Council a Gaza-based think tank. mission for Overseeing the Implementation of the the global impact of American Idol. From 1998– on Foreign Relations. Senzai is currently on the Shaban is knowledgeable on the socio-economic is- Constitution (ICOIC). Previously, he worked at 2001, Schneider served as U.S. ambassador to the board directors at the Central Asian Institute and sues and politics of the Middle East. He is entirely the Afghanistan Supreme Court. His work has been Netherlands. She received her B.A. and Ph.D. from the advisory board of the Pew Forum on Religion independent from any political affiliation, which published in the Religious Affairs Sector Strategy, Ka- Harvard University. and Public Life where he has contributed to several enables him to enjoy excellent relationships with all

52 53 political spectrums. Shaban is occasionally invited options and the initiatives of Her Highness. Shaikh in Foreign Service from Georgetown University ter, Singh’s initiatives contributed to the Lahore- to brief honorable guests, diplomats, and parlia- earned his M.A. in International Relations from and B.A. High Honors in Political Science and Delhi Bus Journey, 1999 and to the unfreezing mentarians from the United States, France, Germa- Canterbury University and his B.A. in Politics and Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies from of relations with People’s Republic of China and ny, the United Kingdom and other countries who Economics from Loughborough University. Emory University. the launching of bilateral security dialogues with visit Gaza. He participates occasionally in confer- that country. He helped steer the 50-day Indo- ences on political and economic issues relating to Pak Kargil War to a successful conclusion. He Palestinian affairs and the Arab-Israeli conflict and Ibrahim Sharqieh Christopher Shields also handled the Indian Airlines hijack to Kand- European-Mediterranean cooperation. QATAR UNITED STATES har in 1999 (then a Taliban ruled city), an action for which he still receives both great encomiums Ibrahim Sharqieh is a Fel- Christopher Shields is a and searing criticism. Singh is a senior fellow at Niaz Shah low and Deputy Director of Co-convener of the Tim- Harvard and a visiting professor at Oxford and UNITED KINGDOM the Brookings Doha Cen- buktu Renaissance Action Warwick universities. ter, and an Adjunct Profes- Group, a Partner at En- Niaz A. Shah is an Associ- sor at Georgetown University in Qatar. Sharqieh Tech Holdings, a media and technology incu- ate Professor in Law at the previously taught international conflict resolution bator, and a Partner at Fn.org, charitable trust Ramesh Srinivasan University of Hull, United at the George Washington University and George focused on disrupting sectarianism. FN utiliz- UNITED STATES Kingdom. In 2013, Shah Mason University. He has published extensively es EnTech’s networks and tools to promote cul- was appointed as a Legal Adviser by the United Na- on conflict resolution in the MENA region, with tural exchange through educational, sustainable Ramesh Srinivasan is an As- tions Development Programme (UNDP) for So- articles appearing in the New York Times, The Fi- development, and countering violent extrem- sociate Professor at the Uni- malia. Previously, Shah was a visiting fellow at the nancial Times, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, CNN, ism initiatives. His serial-entrepreneurial work versity of California, Los Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law Christian Science Monitor, Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, includes the founding and investment in such Angeles where he is a schol- at the University of Cambridge, and was also a se- and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Widely quoted on companies as Shoreline Media, Zroll and the ar of technology, society, and policy and studies the nior security and justice expert for the EU Delega- Middle East politics in Reuters and the Associ- Festival Network, where he oversaw the largest modes by which new media technologies shape and tion to Pakistan on their Rule of Law Programme. ated Press, he is a frequent commentator on news global portfolio of music festivals from the Paris, are shaped by social, cultural, economic, and politi- Shah is the author of several papers; his most re- channels, including NPR, CNN, Al Jazeera (Eng- Newport, and New York City Jazz Festivals to cal dynamics. He has worked with a variety of com- cent, Islamic Law and the Law of Armed Conflict, lish and Arabic), and the BBC. He is the author of the Olympic Games. Shields is an advisor and munities ranging from politically inclined bloggers was published in 2011. Shah received his Ph.D. “Lasting Peace? Yemen’s Long Journey to National board member to the International Economic to rural Indian communities and peoples across the from Queen’s University Belfast. Reconciliation” and “Reconstructing Libya, Sta- Alliance and Oando Foundation, and a frequent Islamic and developing world. He has actively col- bility through National Reconciliation.” Sharqieh panelist on the topic of media, technology, and laborated with the RAND Corporation on such re- received his Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolu- culture at the United Nations, Billboard confer- search. Srinivasan’s media appearances include sev- Salman Shaikh tion from George Mason University. ences, the Africa Festival, and the U.S. Islamic eral TEDx talks, National Public Radio, Al Jazeera, Qatar World Forum. He received a B.A. from Colum- The Young Turks, and Public Radio International. bia University and studied Jazz Theory at the He received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Salman Shaikh is the Direc- Albar Sheikh Berklee College of Music. Stanford University, an M.S. in Media Arts and tor of the Brookings Doha UNITED STATES Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- Center and a Fellow at the nology, and a Ph.D. in Design Studies from Har- Saban Center for Middle Albar Sheikh is a Coun- Jaswant Singh vard University. East Policy at Brookings. He worked with the tering Violent Extremism INDIA United Nations for nearly a decade, primarily on (CVE) Program Advisor Middle East policy, as the special assistant to the at the U.S. Department Jaswant Singh is a nine- Stephen Tankel UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace of State’s Bureau of Counterterrorism. Previ- term Member of Parlia- UNITED STATES Process and as Political Adviser to the UN Secretary ously, Sheikh was a senior analyst and deputy ment. Not only has he General’s Personal Representative for Lebanon dur- program manager at the Navanti Group focusing headed six core ministries Stephen Tankel is an Assis- ing the 2006 war. He also served as the Director on counterterrorism issues in South Asia, Africa, of the government of India, he has also served tant Professor at American for Policy and Research in the Office of Her High- and the Middle East. Prior to Navanti, Sheikh simultaneously as the minister of external affairs University and a Nonresi- ness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned, the worked in the private sector and multiple foreign and defense during a period when multiple chal- dent Scholar in the South Consort of the Emir of Qatar, where he led a team policy think tanks on security issues in South lenges confronted the country. Uniquely again, Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for In- of research analysts dedicated to advising on policy Asia and the Middle East. He received an M.S. he was the minister of finance. As foreign minis- ternational Peace. His research focuses on terror-

54 55 ism, insurgency, the evolution of violent non-state Shibley Telhami cent conflict in northern Mali. Most recently he peacekeeping, peacebuilding and its humanitar- actors, and political and military affairs in South UNITED STATES founded AMAHREC-Sahel, a charitable organi- ian system; USAID on the development poten- Asia. Tankel is also an adjunct staff member at the zation providing crucial resources to those in need tial of Somali remittances; and the Organization RAND Corporation, where he has contributed to Shibley Telhami is the Anwar in Mali. for Economic Cooperation and Development on research assessing jihadist ideology and decision- Sadat Professor for Peace and the role of development cooperation in discover- making. Tankel has conducted field research on Development at the Univer- ing the root causes of terrorism. She has been a conflicts and militancy in Algeria, India, Leba- sity of Maryland, College Haroon K. Ullah member of the World Economic Forum’s Global non, Pakistan, and the Balkans. He is frequently Park, and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Saban UNITED STATES Agenda Council on Fragile States and has direct asked to brief government officials, analysts, and Center at the Brookings Institution. He has taught at experience in over two dozen conflict zones. Her practitioners on issues relating to jihadist violence a number of universities, including Princeton, Ohio Haroon K. Ullah currently numerous publications cover the full conflict and on security issues related to South Asia. Tan- State University, and Cornell University. Among serves on Secretary Kerry’s spectrum, and include Democracy by Force, which kel has written extensively on these issues and numerous publications is his best-selling book, The Policy Planning Staff at was short-listed for the Westminster Medal in Columbia University Press recently published Stakes: America and the Middle East. Recent publi- the U.S. Department of Military History. She received her Ph.D. in In- his book, Storming the World Stage: The Story of cations include The Peace Puzzle: America’s Quest for State, where he focuses on public diplomacy and ternational Relations from the London School of Lashkar-e-Taiba, which examines that group’s ide- Arab-Israeli Peace: 1989–2011 (2012), co-authored countering violent extremism. He is a scholar, a Economics, her M.St. from Oxford University, ological, strategic and operational evolution since with Daniel Kurtzer, and The World Through Arab U.S. diplomat, and field researcher specializing and her B.A. from Yale University. the 1980s within the context of developments in Eyes: Arab Public Opinion and the Reshaping of the in South Asia and the Middle East. Ullah is the Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. Middle East (2013). He is a member of the Council author of Vying for Allah’s Vote and Bargain from on Foreign Relations and serves on the board of sev- The Bazaar. He served as a senior Belfer fellow at Amina Wadud eral educational and non-governmental organizations. Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of UNITED STATES Haris Tarin He was selected by the Carnegie Corporation of New Government, where he also completed his M.P.A. UNITED STATES York with the New York Times as one of the “Great Im- He has a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan Amina Wadud is a Visit- migrants” for 2013. Telhami received his Ph.D. from and was a William J. Fulbright Fellow, a Harvard ing Scholar at the Starr Haris Tarin is the Wash- the University of California at Berkley. University Presidential Scholar, a National Secu- King School for the Min- ington, D.C. Director of rity Education Program Fellow, and a Woodrow istry, part of the Graduate the Muslim Public Affairs Wilson Public Service Fellow. Theological Union in Berkeley, California. She is Council (MPAC), where Vieux Farka Toure also Professor Emeritus of Islamic Studies, and has he engages various agencies within government in- MALI taught at the Virginia Commonwealth University, cluding the White House, Department of Justice, Karin von Hippel Harvard Divinity School, International Islamic Department of State, Department of Homeland Vieux Farka Toure, the UNITED STATES University in Malaysia, Gadja Madha University Security, and offices on Capitol Hill. Recently, “Hendrix of the Sahara”, in Indonesia, and the University of Melbourne. Tarin was chosen as one of three young Ameri- is the son of the legendary Karin von Hippel is the Wadud is author of the ground breaking book, cans to discuss policy issues with President Barack bluesman Ali Farka Toure. Deputy Assistant Secre- Qur’an and Woman: Re-Reading the Sacred Text Obama, where he conversed with the president Toure quickly emerged from his father’s shadow tary of State for Opera- from a Woman’s Perspective, and, more recently, on topics such as national security, the American and established himself as a world-class musician tions in the Bureau for Inside the Gender Jihad: Women’s Reform in Islam, Muslim community, and civic engagement. Tarin and activist in his own right. In his young career Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO). along with numerous articles and blogs. She is an has spoken at various domestic and international he has released seven critically acclaimed albums, Prior to that, she led the transition planning international consultant on Islam, gender and hu- conferences and has been published in various toured the world many times over, and collaborat- process for the creation of CSO, and was also man rights, and most importantly is a resource domestic and international publications includ- ed with some of the world’s biggest musical stars. a senior advisor in the State Department’s Of- connected with the Global Movement for Reform ing the Los Angeles Times, CNN, Washington Post In 2010, he was invited to represent Mali at the fice of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism. in Muslim Family Law. and has a regular column on the Huffington Post. World Cup in South Africa, where he performed Before coming to State, she spent five years as He is the author of MPAC’s special report, “Intro- to a cumulative global audience of over one bil- co-director of the Center for Strategic and In- duction to Muslim America.” He received his un- lion people. In 2012, his collaboration with Is- ternational Studies Post-Conflict Reconstruction Frederic Wehrey dergraduate degree in Liberal Studies/Education raeli musician Idan Raichel was celebrated across Project. She was also a senior research fellow at UNITED STATES at the California State University of Northridge the world as a cross-cultural masterpiece. Vieux the Centre for Defence Studies, King’s College and is currently pursuing his graduate work at the has worked diligently to assist his fellow Malians London, and spent several years working for the Frederic Wehrey is a Se- Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at through his “Fight Malaria” campaign and by United Nations and the European Union in So- nior Associate in the Mid- Georgetown University. raising money on tour for the refugees of the re- malia and Kosovo. She has advised the UN on dle East Program at the

56 57 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. in international relations and security studies at ticles on politics and ideological trends in the Mus- and the changing nature of armed conflict globally, He focuses on Gulf political and security affairs, Georgetown University. Wittes was one of the first lim world have appeared in the New York Times, including the role of technology. Zoli received her Libya, and U.S. policy in the Middle East. His ar- recipients of the Rabin-Peres Peace Award, estab- International Herald Tribune, Foreign Policy, Chris- Ph.D. at Syracuse University in Cultural Studies ticles and commentary have appeared in New York lished by President Bill Clinton in 1997. Wittes is tian Science Monitor, The Hill, and major dailies in- and International Relations. Times,Washington Post, Atlantic Monthly, The Fi- the author of Freedom’s Unsteady March: America’s ternationally. Ziad is also writing a monograph on nancial Times, Survival, Foreign Affairs and Foreign Role in Building Arab Democracy. She is also edi- the early political and economic history of the Pak- Policy. He has testified before the Senate and the tor of How Israelis and Palestinians Negotiate: A istan-Afghanistan frontier. Ziad received his M.A. Husam S. Zomlot House on U.S. security policy toward Libya. He is Cross-Cultural Analysis of the Oslo Peace Process. and B.A. from Yale University, and he is currently PALESTINE the author of Sectarian Politics in the Gulf: From the She holds a B.A. in Judaic and Near Eastern stud- completing his Ph.D. in History at Yale University, Iraq War to the Arab Uprising, named one of 2013’s ies from Oberlin College, and an M.A. and Ph.D. focusing on the historical and philosophical foun- Husam Zomlot is a Pales- top five books on the Middle East by Foreign Pol- in Government from Georgetown University. dations of Muslim revivalist networks in South and tinian Senior Diplomat. icy magazine. Wehrey is a former active-duty Air Central Asia. Zomlot served as a PLO Force officer with tours across North Africa and representative to the United the Middle East, including Iraq, where in earned Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Kingdom from 2003 to 2008. He has served in the Bronze Star in 2003. He holds a doctorate in PAKISTAN Syed Zia ul Noor positions at the United Nations, Oxford Research international relations from St. Antony’s College, PAKISTAN Group, the London School of Economics, and the Oxford University and a master’s in Near Eastern Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute. He Studies from Princeton University. the Co-Chairman of the Syed Zia ul Noor is the is the author of the upcoming, Building a Palestin- Pakistan People’s Party, Muslim Hands Pakistan ian State Under Occupation, and he has co-authored along with his father, for- Country Manager since several UN reports and contributed to published Tamara Cofman Wittes mer President Asif Ali Zardari, since December in 1993. He has been in- volumes, including the book, State Formation in UNITED STATES 2007. Zardari studied history at the University of strumental in positioning the organization as one Palestine: Viability and Governance during a Social Oxford’s Christ Church College and returned to of the leading nongovernmental organizations in Transformation. Zomlot holds a Ph.D. in Econom- Tamara Cofman Wittes Pakistan in 2007 when his mother, Benazir, was as- Pakistan in the fields of emergency relief, educa- ics from the University of London and has held is a Senior Fellow and the sassinated. After going back to London to resume tion, and healthcare. Syed Zia ul Noor has always teaching and research positions at the University of Director of the Saban Cen- his studies, he once again returned to Pakistan in stressed on the need to do more for the less privi- London and Harvard University. ter for Middle East Policy September 2008 to witness his father being sworn leged. Under his leadership, the organization has at Brookings. Wittes served as Deputy Assistant in as president of Pakistan. After completing his ed- achieved consistent growth in Pakistan and has Secretary of State for Near Eastern affairs from ucation in 2010, Zardari returned to Pakistan and earned a good reputation among all stake hold- Mahmoud Zouber November 2009 to January 2012, coordinating became actively involved in politics, notably when ers. He has appeared in a number of television talk MALI U.S. policy on democracy and human rights in his father went for medical care to Dubai in De- shows and also provides his insight in the print me- the Middle East for the State Department. Wittes cember 2011. In 2013 Bilawal turned 25, thus be- dia in Pakistan. Mahmoud Zouber is the also oversaw the Middle East Partnership Initia- coming eligible to run for the National Assembly, Counselor for Religious tive and served as Deputy Special Coordinator as the Pakistan Constitution requires the minimum Affairs for the President of for Middle East transitions, helping to organize age of lawmakers to be 25. Corrinne Zoli Mali. Prior to that, he was the U.S. government›s initial response to the Arab UNITED STATES Mali’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Previously, he awakening. Before joining the State Department, was the founder and director of the Ahmed Baba Wittes was a Senior Fellow at the Saban Center Waleed Ziad Corrinne Zoli is an Assis- Center of Timbuktu. Zouber graduated from Ain at Brookings, where she directed the Middle East UNITED STATES tant Research Professor at Shams University in Cairo, and earned his Ph.D. in Democracy and Development (MEDD) Project. the Institute for National history from the University of Sorbonne. In that capacity, Wittes conducted research into Waleed Ziad is the Direc- Security and Counterter- political and economic reform in the Middle East tor of South and Central rorism (INSCT), a joint advanced research center region as well as U.S. efforts to promote democ- Asia projects at the World at the College of Law and the Maxwell School of Mahjoob Zweiri racy there. Before joining the Saban Center in Organization for Resource Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse Univer- QATAR December 2003, Wittes served as Middle East Development and Education (WORDE). At sity. Zoli, an expert in culture and international specialist at the U.S. Institute of Peace and previ- WORDE, Ziad has led fieldwork in 75 cities and security, conducts research in the areas of the laws Mahjoob Zweiri is an Asso- ously as director of programs at the Middle East villages across Afghanistan and Pakistan to explore of war, international humanitarian law, changing ciate Professor in Contem- Institute in Washington. She also taught courses local efforts to counter violent extremism. His ar- international norms, empirical conflict studies, porary History and Politics

58 59 of the Middle East at Qatar University. Previously, he was an expert in Middle East Politics and Iran at the Center for Strategic Studies, University of Jordan. He was also a visiting professor at the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University. From March 2003–December 2006, he was a research fellow and then a director of the Centre for Iranian Studies in the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at Durham University. His areas of research are Middle East politics and security, new media and Iran and the Arab world, the domestic politics of Iran, Iran’s for- eign policy, Iran-Arab relations, Shi’asim and politi- cal Islam. He holds a Ph.D. in the Modern History of Iran from Tehran University.

60 61 Special Thanks

Special recognition and appreciation Permanent Committee for Organizing Conferences Brookings Institution Brookings Doha Center are extended to these individuals Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar Washington Doha and organizations for transforming H.E Rashid Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa William McCants Salman Shaikh the vision of the 2014 U.S.-Islamic Minister’s Assistant for Services Affairs Director and Fellow, Project on U.S. Relations Fellow and Director, Brookings Doha Center with the Islamic World World Forum into reality. Ambassador Abdulla Abdul-Rahman Fakhroo Ibrahim Sharqieh Executive Director of the Permanent Committee Anne Peckham Fellow and Deputy Director, Brookings for Organizing Conferences Project Manager, Project on U.S. Relations Doha Center with the Islamic World Malik Esufji Nadine Masri Event Organizer Jomana Qaddour Budget and Administration Manager Senior Research Assistant and Publications Manager, Jassim Bukarbal Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World Kais Sharif Media and Press Program and Events Manager Elizabeth Pearce Abdulla Al-Qahtani Staff Assistant, Project on U.S. Relations Bahaa Omran Protocol with the Islamic World Communications Manager

Mariam Al Makki Salma Howeedy Hind Abdallah Executive Secretary Intern, Project on U.S. Relations with Programs and Administrative Assistant the Islamic World Jeannine El Sayed Vittoria Federici Secretary Lauren Mellinger Senior Research Assistant Senior Research Assistant, Saban Center for Middle East Policy Bill Hess Research Assistant Stephanie Dahle Publications Manager, Saban Center Andrew Leber for Middle East Policy Research Assistant

Gail Chalef Francoise Freifer Director of Communications, Foreign Policy Translator

Rebecca White Alhasan Zwayne Website Manager, Foreign Policy Development Officer

Tina Trenker Multimedia and Communications Coordinator, Foreign Policy

Sadie Jonath Development Officer, Foreign Policy

Rangano Makamure Financial Specialist, Foreign Policy 62 63 About the Project on U.S. Relations The Saban Center for Middle East Policy with the Islamic World Charting the path to a Middle East at peace with itself and the world

The Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with To achieve these goals, the Project has several inter- Founded in 2002, the Saban Center for Middle Saban Center Scholars the Islamic World is a research initiative housed locking components: East Policy brings together the most experienced Tamara Cofman Wittes, Senior Fellow and Director, in the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the policy minds working on the region, and provides Saban Center Brookings Institution. The Project’s mission is to • The U.S.-Islamic World Forum, which brings policymakers and the public with objective, in- engage and inform policymakers, practitioners, together leaders in politics, business, media, aca- depth, and timely research and analysis. Our mis- Daniel Byman, Senior Fellow and Director of Research and the broader public on the changing dynam- demia, and civil society from the United States sion is to chart the path—political, economic, and Michael Doran, Senior Fellow ics in Muslim-majority countries and to advance and from Muslim societies in Africa, Asia, Eu- social—to a Middle East at peace with itself and relations between Americans and Muslim societ- rope, and the Middle East. The Forum also serves the world. Current research in the Center includes: Khaled Elgindy, Fellow ies around the world. as a focal point for the Project’s ongoing research Shadi Hamid, Fellow and initiatives, providing the foundation for a • Making Two States Possible To fulfill this mission, the Project sponsors a range range of complementary activities designed to • U.S. Strategy in a Changing Middle East Suzanne Maloney, Senior Fellow of activities, research projects, and publications de- enhance dialogue and impact; • Politics and Security in the Persian Gulf William McCants, Fellow and Director, Project on signed to educate, encourage frank dialogue, and • An Analysis Paper Series that provides high-qual- • The Future of Counterterrorism build positive partnerships between the United ity research and publications on key questions • U.S. Relations with the Islamic World U.S. Relations with the Islamic World States and Muslim states and communities all over facing Muslim states and communities; • Natural Resources and Conflict in the Middle East Kenneth M. Pollack, Senior Fellow the world. The broader goals of the Project include: • Workshops, symposia, and public and private discussions with government officials and other The Saban Center was established on May 13, 2002 Natan Sachs, Fellow • Exploring the multi-faceted nature of the Unit- key stakeholders focused on critical issues affect- with an inaugural address by His Majesty King Abdul- Salman Shaikh, Fellow, and Director, Brookings ed States’ relationship with Muslim states and ing the relationship; lah II of Jordan. The Center was made possible by a Doha Center communities, including issues related to mutual • Special initiatives in targeted areas of demand. In generous grant from Haim and Cheryl Saban of Los misperceptions; the past these have included Arts and Culture, Sci- Angeles, and is part of the Foreign Policy Studies Pro- • Analyzing the social, economic, and politi- ence and Technology, and Religion and Diplomacy. gram at Brookings. The Center upholds the Brook- Nonresident Fellows cal dynamics underway in Muslim states and ings values of Quality, Independence, and Impact. Geneive Abdo, Washington, DC communities; The Project’s Steering Committee consists of Ted • Identifying areas for shared endeavors between Piccone, Acting Vice President and Director of For- The Center is home to the Project on U.S. Relations Dan Arbell, Washington, DC the United States and Muslim communities eign Policy Studies; Tamara Wittes, Senior Fellow with the Islamic World, which convenes a major inter- Omar Ashour, Exeter, United Kingdom around the world on issues of common concern. and Director of the Saban Center; William Mc- national conference each year and a range of activities Cants, Fellow and Director of the Project on U.S. to educate, foster frank dialogue, and build positive Stephen R. Grand, Washington, DC Relations with the Islamic World; Bruce Riedel, Se- partnerships among U.S. and Muslim communities Hisham Hellyer, Cairo, Egypt nior Fellow in the Saban Center; Shibley Telhami, around the world. The Center also houses the Brook- Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Saban Center ings Doha Center in Doha, Qatar—home to three Gregory Gause, Burlington, VT and Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development permanent scholars, visiting fellows, and a full range Peter Mandaville, Washington, DC at the University of Maryland; and Salman Shaikh, of policy-relevant conferences and meetings. Fellow and Director of the Brookings Doha Center. Alisa Rubin Peled, Tel Aviv, Israel Our team includes knowledgeable scholars, collective- Cynthia Schneider, Washington, DC ly offering decades of experience in government and in the field. Within the Center, a core group of experts Shibley Telhami, College Park, MD conduct original research, bringing keen insight and fresh perspectives to bear on the critical challenges fac- ing the Middle East today and on the choices facing American and regional decision makers. Their work is supplemented by nonresident scholars across the Middle East and around the world.

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