Dr. Ethan Chorin
Dr. David Gutelius
Dr. Sepp Tietze

Andrea Anderson-Gluckman
Duncan Burrell
Andom Ghebreghiorgis

Ed Bice
Michael Brown
Napier Collyns
Ed Hirs III
Judith Miller
Geoffrey Milton
Dr. Jody Ranck
Prof. Dirk Vandewalle
Kamel Mukharesh

Dr. Gutelius is a specialist in the economics of the Middle East and Africa, and is frequently consulted for his views on political and social developments in the region. He has led a number of community development projects in the Middle East, North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on the role of social networks in Islamic banking and finance. His current work looks at the emergence of new identities and the Social Web. He has lived throughout North Africa, and travels frequently in the Middle East. Previously, Gutelius was a Visiting Professor at Stanford University.

Dr. Gutelius holds Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in Economic History from Johns Hopkins and a B.A., wih honors, in History and International Relations from Principia College. He speaks Hassaniyya, Darija, Arabic and French.

An economist and business strategist, Dr. Chorin is concurrently a Senior Fellow in the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. Prior to Ishtirak he worked as a business developer and strategist for a major oil company.

Chorin holds a Ph.D. in Agriculture and Resource Economics from U.C. Berkeley, an M.A. in International Policy Studies from Stanford and an undergraduate degree, with distinction, in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures from Yale.  A two-time Fulbright recipient (Yemen, Jordan), he speaks Arabic, Farsi and French.  Publications include Translating Libya: The Libyan Short Story (Saqi Press, 2008), and a blog on Iranian affairs entitled Enriched Iranium.