Author Bios

Elena Gooray is an associate editor at Pacific Standard. 

Sabine Blaizin is a contributor to Making Contact.

Ayah Alkhars is a student of journalism and global studies at Temple University. Ayah is passionate about human rights, especially freedom of speech and gender issues. Follow her on Twitter: @rollingintheaya.

Phil Bracey is a contributor to OpenDemocracy. 

Joannie Tremblay-Boire is an assistant professor at the Department of Public Management and Policy at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. 

nya Jabour is Regents Professor in the History Department and a past co-director of the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Montana, where she has …

Sujana Gowni is a contributor to Speakout.

 Rachel Sullivan Robinson is an associate professor at the American University School of International Service.

Molly Rowan Leach is a specialist in the field of Restorative Justice and is Founder/Executive Producer of the popular webcast, Restorative Justice on The Rise. She is a media partner …

Ali A. Olomi is a writer and historian of the Middle East at the University of California, Irvine.