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Jeff Bachman

Jeff Bachman is an Associate Professor at American University’s School of International Service. He is author of The Politics of Genocide: From the Genocide Convention to the Responsibility to …

Nora Lester Murad

Nora Lester Murad is an award-winning children's book author, educator, and activist. From a Jewish family, Nora founded two Palestinian organizations while living in the West Bank. Now based …
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Nicholas Rabb

Nicholas Rabb is a postdoctoral researcher at California State University, Los Angeles, studying STEM education. He holds a PhD in computer science and cognitive science from Tufts University, where …

Bedelia Nicola Richards

Dr. Bedelia Nicola Richards is a race and education scholar and equity consultant with expertise in helping college professors incorporate inclusive and antiracist pedagogical strategies into their classrooms. She …

Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi

Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi is a 19-year-old writer and poet from Gaza, currently a second-year English Literature student at the Islamic University of Gaza. As an emerging literary voice, she …

Sasha Davis

Sasha Davis is an activist and professor in the Department of Environmental and Sustainability Studies at Keene State College in New Hampshire. He is author of Islands and Oceans: Reimagining …
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Jess Mador

Jess Mador is WABE’s Health Reporter. She follows public health issues, health policy and health disparities and explores their impacts on people and communities across the Atlanta area and …
Sara Awad

Sara Awad

Sara Awad is a Palestinian writer who evacuated from Gaza to Italy in December 2025 after being granted a scholarship from the University of Siena to pursue a bachelor’s …

Razan Bayan

Razan Bayan is a scholar-activist and a PhD student in Peace Studies and History at the University of Notre Dame. She researches the history and collective memory of state …