Author Bios

Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University and author most recently of Brokers of Deceit: How the US Has Undermined Peace in the Middle East.

Zoe Sherman is an assistant professor of economics at Merrimack College and a member of the Dollars & Sense collective.

Jessica Mason is a contributor to PR Watch.

Falguni A. Sheth is a political philosopher at Hampshire College. She writes on politics, national security, race and feminism for various venues, including Salon and on her blog, Translation Exercises.

Diana Anahi Torres-Valverde is the New Mexico Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC.

Carolina Drake is a Brooklyn-based writer and reporter from Argentina who teaches Spanish to kids in New York City. Her writing has appeared in Bitch Media, Al Jazeera America, …

Elaine Yu is a Brooklyn-based writer originally from Hong Kong.

‘Y.A.J.’ is a pseudonym for a civilian reporting on the ground in Gaza.

Frederick B. Mills is a guest scholar at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, and a Professor of Philosophy at Bowie State University.