Jacob Halpin is a British diplomat who learned Arabic with the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, studying it at the
Zeinab A. Taha is an associate professor of Arabic language and linguistics at the American University in Cairo. She received
John Waterbury is former president of the American University of Beirut (1998–2008). Before that he was a professor of political
Huzama Habayeb is a Palestinian writer who was born and raised in Kuwait, where she started writing and publishing short
Doriana Dimitrova is a Bulgarian photographer who has lived and worked in Cairo. She is the photographer of Egypt Inside
Hussein Bassir, with a PhD in Egyptology and Near Eastern archaeology from Johns Hopkins University, is director of the Antiquities
Sahar Saleem, professor of radiology at Cairo University, is a specialist in advanced imaging technology with experience in paleoradiology.