Advisory Board

Akram Khater

Director of the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies, NCSU

Alia Al-Senussi

Cultural Strategist, Patron of the Arts, Academic and Lecturer

Ann Teaff

Educator & Former School Leader of Harpeth Hall

Ayah Bdeir

Inventor & littleBits Founder

Chafic Kazoun

Co-Founder of B-Line Medical & Investor

Diana Abouali

Director of the Arab American National Museum

Erin Moran

Former CEO at Public Media Company

Huda AbiFarès

Founding Director of the Khatt Foundation

Malika Bilal

International News Journalist and TV and Podcast Host

Marc Casale

Founder and CEO of Kinetic West

Nasser Rabbat

Professor & Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at MIT

Othman Lazraq

Director of Fondation Alliances

Paul Salem

President of The Middle East Institute

Salwa Mikdadi

Director of the Arab Center for the Study of Art, NYUAD

Suad Amiry

Author & Founder of Riwaq

Sultan Al-Qassemi

Barjeel Art Foundation Founder

Sumantro Ghose

Artistic Programming Director at the Royal Commission for AlUla

Yazan Kopty

Writer, Oral Historian, and National Geographic Explorer

Zeina Arida

Director Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha