Steve LaBadessa Steve LaBadessa

Photographer Steve LaBadessa lives in Oakland, California. For 10 years he was a contributing photographer to People magazine. His work has also appeared in Time magazine, TV Guide and The New York Times Magazine among other publications. He has shot advertising projects for Discovery Communications, Johnson & Johnson and Lexus. His work can be seen at stevelabadessa.com.

Aug 30, 2011

Rami G. Khouri Rami G. Khouri

Rami G. Khouri is editor-at-large of the Daily Star (Beirut) and director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut, in Lebanon.

Aug 24, 2011

Daniel Levy Daniel Levy

Daniel Levy is director of the Middle East and North Africa program at the European Council on Foreign Relations, based in London. He is also senior research fellow at the New America Foundation and a board member of the New Israel Fund.

Aug 24, 2011

Toby C. Jones Toby C. Jones

Toby C. Jones, who teaches Middle East history at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, is the author of Desert Kingdom: How Oil and Water Forged Modern Saudi Arabia (Harvard, 2010). Follow him on twitter @tobycraigjones.

Aug 24, 2011

Scheherezade Faramarzi Scheherezade Faramarzi

Scheherezade Faramarzi, who has covered the Middle East since 1978, was in Bahrain in March during the uprising and subsequent repression.

Aug 24, 2011

Brian Tierney Brian Tierney

Brian Tierney is a freelance labor journalist in Washington, DC. You can contact him at [email protected].

Aug 21, 2011

Zachary Newkirk Zachary Newkirk

Zachary Newkirk, a native of Gainesville, Florida, is a senior at Cornell University where he studies history and government. He has previously served as editor for the Cornell Progressive, and has written for OpenSecrets Blog, a project of the non-profit Center for Responsive Politics.

Aug 19, 2011

Afrooz Mahdavi Afrooz Mahdavi

Aug 19, 2011

Brittany Peterson Brittany Peterson

Brittany Peterson is a freelance multimedia journalist currently based in Santiago, Chile. Check out her website and videos on vimeo for her latest work.

Aug 18, 2011

Natasja Sheriff Natasja Sheriff

Natasja Sheriff is a freelance writer based in Brooklyn. Formerly based in Malaysia, she frequently writes about political, religious and environmental issues in Southeast Asia. She has interned at The Nation, and is currently pursuing an MA in Cultural Reporting and Criticism at NYU.

Aug 17, 2011