Authors

Abdullah Omar is a journalist and critic born in Ramallah, specialising in Sports Management at FIFA/CIES. He is also director of the Latin-Palestinian Forum and a MEMO collaborator. He writes in English, Arabic and Portuguese.

The writer is a freelance journalist based in Canada. His work covers politics and news in the Middle East and Syria in particular. He analyses international politics and the crises in the region, bringing attention to the way that foreign interests influence conflicts.

Journalist, living in São Paulo, Alzoubi is a doctoral candidate in the Program Communication at the Methodist University of São Paulo, studying the relationship between Palestinians in Latin America and the role of the media in preserving their culture and identity. He publishes articles on relations between Latin American countries and the Palestinian cause, with...

Ahmad Nafi holds a BA in Politics and History and is currently undertaking an MSc in Middle East Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies. His research interests include political theory, Islamic thought and political society in the Middle East.

Alastair Sloan tweets and writes on international affairs, terrorism and Westminster politics and is author of the upcoming book, “What Does Michael Gove Really Think?” You can also read his work in Al Jazeera English and Newsweek.

Amelia Smith is a London-based journalist who has a special interest in Middle Eastern politics, art and culture. She is editor of The Arab Spring Five Years On. Visit her website is here.

Dr Swee Chai Ang is a consultant orthopedic surgeon at St. Bartholomew’s and the Royal London hospitals and co-founder of Medical Aid for Palestinians. Dr Ang Swee Chai was born in Penang, grew up and studied in Singapore, and has since 1977, joined her husband to live in exile in Britain. She has a master’s...

Asa Winstanley is an investigative journalist living in London who writes about Palestine and the Middle East. He has been visiting Palestine since 2004 and is originally from south Wales. He writes for the award-winning Palestinian news site The Electronic Intifada where he is an associate editor and also a weekly column for the Middle...

Ben White is a journalist, writer, and researcher, specialising in Palestine/Israel. He is a regular contributor to Middle East Monitor, and his articles also appear in Middle East Eye, Al Jazeera English, and The National, among others. He is the author of two books: ‘Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner’s Guide’ and ‘Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination,...

Christine Petré is editor at Your Middle East and a freelance writer based in Tunisia.