Nabil Abd El Fattah, Egypt, Editor in chief, Religious Status in Egypt, Center for Political & Strategic Studies, al-Ahram, Cairo

Asli Bali, Turkey, Attorney-New York, Department of Politics, Princeton Un. 

Melhem Chaoul, Lebanon, Professor of sociology, Lebanese University 

Ghassane Ghosn, Lebanon, writer and columnist

Wael Hallaq, Prof. of Islamic studies, McGill U., Montreal

Mustafa Huseini, Egypt, senior columnist, As-Safir

Ahmed Ibrahim, Egypt, Senior Reseacher, Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies

Sadeq Jalal al-Azm, Syria, Philosophy professor, Damascus Un

Hasan Johar, Kuwait, Member of Parliament

Kemal Kirisci, Turkey, Jean Monnet Professor, Bogazici

University

Samir Khalaf, Lebanon, Professor of Sociology, American University of Beirut 

Elias Khouri, Lebanon,, novelist and editor, Mulhaq al Nahar

Kamel Labidi, Tunisia, Tunisian journalist and human rights defender 

Chibli Mallat, Lebanon, lawyer, Jean Monnet Chair in European Law, USJ, Lebanon 

Saoud El-Mawla, Lebanon, Professor of Political Sociology and Anthropology, Lebanese Un.

Jamil Mruwwe, Lebanon, editor-in-chief, The Daily Star

Yusri Nasrallah, Egypt, film producer

Soli Osel, Turkey, Bilgi Un, Istanbul

Abdallah Yusuf Sahar-Muhammad, Kuwait, Prof. of Int'l Relations, Kuwait University

Edward Said, Palestine, Columbia University, USA

Mohamed El Sayed Said, Egypt,, Deputy director, Al Ahram center for political and strategic studies, Academic advisor, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies

Fares Sasine, Lebanon,, Professor of Philosophy, Lebanese University 

Yezid Sayegh, Palestine, Professor, Cambridge Un., UK 

Roland Tomb, Lebanon, Professor of medicine, USJ

Fawwaz Trabulsi, Lebanon, Professor, Politics and Social Studies, Lebanese American University

Fahmiyye Sharafeddin, Lebanon, Professor, Lebanese University

Michael Young, Lebanon, writer and columnist

Kareem Yousef, Egypt, lawyer and law lecturer

Sharhabeel Zaeem, Palestine, lawyer Gaza

Jihad Zein, Lebanon, op-ed and diplomatic editor, al-Nahar