Workshop Participants

Academics

Dr. Ali Asani
Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures
Harvard University

Dr. Thomas Asher
Program Officer
Social Science Research Council

Dr. Steve Caton
Professor of Contemporary Arab Studies
Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Harvard University

Dr. Jocelyne Cesari
Islam in the West Program Director
Project Manager, Carnegie Corporation Grant- Islamopedia
Lecturer on Islamic Studies
Harvard University

Dr. Michael G. Elasmar
Associate Professor
Director, Communication Research Center
Boston University

Dr. Zahra Jamal
Lecturer in Social Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies
Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Karim H. Karim
Director, School of Journalism and Communication
Carleton University
Ottawa, Canada

Dr. Tarek Masoud
Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Kennedy School
Harvard University

Journalists

Kael Alford
Freelance Photojournalist, Panos Pictures, London
Nieman Foundation Fellow 2008-2009

Hannah Allam
McClatchy Newspapers, Cairo, Egypt
Nieman Foundation Fellow 2008-2009

Bob Giles
Curator, Nieman Foundation for Journalism
Harvard University

Michael Paulson
Boston Globe Religion Reporter

Members of Local Muslim Communities

Salwa Abd-Allah
Educator and Teacher

Mustafa Kamal Ahmed
Principle Software Engineer
Foliage Software

Sadia Ahsanuddin
Editor-in-Chief, Ascent Magazine
Member, Harvard Islamic Society
Former Secretary and Co-Chair, Boston Council of Muslim Students
Harvard University

Nancy Khalil
Boston Youth Director, Muslim American Society
Doctoral Student, Social Anthropology, Harvard University

Shenila Khoja Moolji
Lay pastor of Ismaili community, New York City
Masters in Theological Studies candidate, Harvard Divinity School