Advisory Board
Zeina Arida
Director Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha
Alia Al-Senussi
Cultural Strategist, Patron of the Arts, Academic and Lecturer
Akram Khater
Director of the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies, NCSU
Ayah Bdeir
Inventor & littleBits Founder
Ann Teaff
Educator & Former School Leader of Harpeth Hall
Chafic Kazoun
Co-Founder of B-Line Medical & Investor
Carolyn Grinstein
President of the Friday Foundation
Khalid AlBaih
Artist & Political Cartoonist
Huda AbiFarès
Founding Director of the Khatt Foundation
Malika Bilal
International News Journalist and TV and Podcast Host
Leen Sadder
Multidisciplinary Designer & Entrepreneur
Paul Salem
President of The Middle East Institute
Othman Lazraq
Director of Fondation Alliances
Salwa Mikdadi
Director of the Arab Center for the Study of Art, NYUAD
Rami Abou-Khalil
Architect and Associate Principal at SOM
Sultan Al-Qassemi
Barjeel Art Foundation Founder
Suad Amiry
Author & Founder of Riwaq
Yazan Kopty
Writer, Oral Historian, and National Geographic Explorer
Sumantro Ghose
Artistic Programming Director at the Royal Commission for AlUla
Nasser Rabbat
Professor & Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at MIT
Marc Casale
Founder and CEO of Kinetic West
Antonia Carver
Art Jameel Director
Erin Moran
Former CEO at Public Media Company
Diana Abouali
Director of the Arab American National Museum
Past Board Members
John Waterbury
Academic & Former President of the American University of Beirut