Advisory Board
Marc Casale
Founder and CEO of Kinetic West
Othman Lazraq
Director of Fondation Alliances
Paul Salem
President of The Middle East Institute
Rami Abou-Khalil
Architect and Associate Principal at SOM
Salwa Mikdadi
Director of the Arab Center for the Study of Art, NYUAD
Suad Amiry
Author & Founder of Riwaq
Sultan Al-Qassemi
Barjeel Art Foundation Founder
Sumantro Ghose
Artistic Programming Director at the Royal Commission for AlUla
Yazan Kopty
Writer, Oral Historian, and National Geographic Explorer
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
Past Board Members
Antonia Carver
Art Jameel Director
Diana Abouali
Director of the Arab American National Museum
Erin Moran
Former CEO at Public Media Company
John Waterbury
Academic & Former President of the American University of Beirut
Nasser Rabbat
Professor & Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at MIT