Pichchenda Bao is a Cambodian American poet and writer, infant survivor of the Khmer Rouge genocide, daughter of refugees, and stay-at-home feminist mother. Her work has been widely published, featured in international…

Apollonya Porcelli is a professor at Bucknell University. She specializes in environmental sociology and ocean studies with a focus on Latin America and New England. She is committed to using…

Nora Lester Murad is a writer, educator, and activist. Her novel, “Ida in the Middle” for ages 12+ won the 2023 Arab American Book Award, the 2024 Middle East Book Award, a Skipping Stones Honor…

Omar Mouallem is an author, filmmaker, and educator. His journalism has appeared in The Guardian, WIRED, and The Wall Street Journal. His book Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas won the…

Juliana Farha is a businesswoman and former journalist based in London. She worked in radio news at the CBC and was editor of Watch, a youth culture magazine, in Toronto…

Gill Swain worked as a news reporter and feature writer on several British national newspapers for most of her career as a staff writer until the last few years, when…

Rebecca Strong is an editor of bestselling fiction and critically praised nonfiction. She has worked in the U.S. and the U.K. for publishers including Random House (Crown), Bloomsbury, and Harvill.…

Tariq Luthun is a Detroit-born Palestinian community organizer, data consultant, and Emmy Award-winning poet. He earned his MFA in Poetry from the Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. Luthun…

Jimmy Thomson is the managing editor of Capital Daily. He is a multimedia journalist who has worked in every Arctic country, reporting on climate change, Indigenous communities, wildlife, and resources.…

Nahida Halaby Gordon, PhD, is a Pprofessor emerita in probability and statistics at Case Western Reserve University. She has a deep interest in Palestine, which motivated her to serve as…

Ban Al-Wardi is a California-based attorney practicing in the field of immigration law since 1999.  She represents refugees and asylum seekers from around the world and advocates for human rights…

Natasha Taghavi is a writer, editor and content strategist with over ten years of experience in her field. Currently digital content editor for an online platform, she manages and edits…