Abdeslam Maghraoui
Associate Professor of Political Science, Duke University

Professor Maghraoui is Associate Professor of the Practice of Political Science at Duke University and a core faculty member at the Duke Islamic Studies Center.
Associate Professor of Political Science, Duke University
Area of Expertise: Migration and Integration, Religion, Terrorism, Women's Rights, Youth Issues
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe, North Africa and Middle East, North America
Languages: Arabic, English, French
Field of Work: Academia
City: Durham
Country: USA
Continent: North America
Abdulaziz Sachedina
Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia

Professor Abdulaziz Sachedina is an expert in interfaith relations and religious affairs, especially related to Islam.
Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia
Area of Expertise: Media, Migration and Integration, Religion, Youth Issues
Geographical Expertise - Region: Asia, North America
Geographical Expertise - Country: India
Languages: Arabic, English, French
Field of Work: Academia
City: Charlottesville
Country: USA
Continent: North America
Akbar Ahmed
Former Pakistani High Commissioner to the UK

Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University in Washington DC, is the former High Commissioner of Pakistan to Great Britain. He has advised Prince Charles and been consulted on the subject of Islam by numerous leaders including President George W. Bush, General David Petraeus and Secretary Michael Chertoff. He is described as “the world’s leading authority on contemporary Islam†by the BBC.
Former Pakistani High Commissioner to the UK
Area of Expertise: Migration and Integration, Religion, Terrorism, War and Conflict, Women's Rights
Geographical Expertise - Region: Asia, North Africa and Middle East, North America
Languages: English, French, Pashto, Urdu
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist, Government
City: Washington DC
Country: USA
Continent: North America
Alan Doss
Special Representative of the UN Secretary General to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Alan Doss is currently the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of the UN peace keeping mission (MONUC) with the rank of Under Secretary General. MONUC is the UN’s largest peace operation.
Special Representative of the UN Secretary General to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Area of Expertise: Civil Society, Defense and Security, International Relations, Law and Human Rights, Media, Migration and Integration, Minority Rights, Terrorism, War and Conflict, Women's Rights
Geographical Expertise - Region: North America, Subsaharan Africa
Languages: English, French
Field of Work: United Nations
City: Kinshasa
Country: Democratic Republic of Congo
Continent: Africa
Alan Fenwick
Professor in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London

Alan Fenwick is Professor of Tropical Parasitology in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the Imperial College London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene since 1968. He is an expert commentator on issues of international science collaboration in the field of development, and has managed major collaborative projects between American and Egyptian scientists.
Professor in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London
Area of Expertise: Development
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe, North Africa and Middle East
Languages: Arabic, English, French, Swahili
Field of Work: Academia
City: London
Country: UK
Continent: Europe
Alberto Priego
Professor, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas

Alberto Priego is an expert on issues concerning Caucasus and Central Asia. He is a professor at the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, Madrid.
Dr. Priego has been a researcher for the International Studies Department in the Complutense University of Madrid, and a Visiting Scholar at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. He is the author of The Evolution of the Conflict in Chechnya, The Creation of the Azerbaijani Identity and its Influence on Foreign Policy, and Georgia: Another Velvet Revolution?, among other publications. He has worked as a guest researcher in the East-West Institute and in the Center for Euro-Asian Studies.
Professor, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas
Area of Expertise: Terrorism, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: Asia, Europe
Languages: English, French, Russian, Spanish
Field of Work: Academia
City: Madrid
Country: Spain
Continent: Europe
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