- Catherine Baker - Author/Editor
- Dr. Rochelle A. Davis - Associate Professor, School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University
- Dr. Martin Irvine - Associate Professor, Communication, Culture and Technology - Georgetown University
- Dr. Kimberly Katz - Professor, Middle East and Islamic History - Towson University
- Josh MacPhee - Artist/Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative
- Sliman Mansour - Artist/Board Member, International Academy of Art Palestine
- Dr. Brinkley Messick - Chair, Anthropology Department - Columbia University
- Hosni Radwan - Artist/Ministry of Culture - Palestine
- Dr. Shira Robinson - Associate Professor of History and International Affairs - The George Washington University
- Amer Shomali - Artist/Filmmaker
- Dr. Salim Tamari - Lecturer in the Departments of Sociology and Arab Studies at Birzeit University
- David Tartakover - Artist/Senior Lecturer - Bezalel Academy for Art & Design, Jerusalem
- Charles Tripp FBA - Professor of Politics with reference to the Middle East - Department of Politics and International Studies - SOAS
- Dr. Eric Zakim - Associate Professor, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures - University of Maryland, College Park
