https://www.middleeastoptions.org/imeo-media2 daily 0.75 2026-03-27 https://www.middleeastoptions.org/imeo-media2/mena-mix-s2e2-march27-2026 monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/045984be-d7a0-4e35-87c8-4ad578489447/IMEO.+Podcast.+MENA+MIX+Header.+DRAFT+%283200+x+400+px%29.jpg Media2 - MENA Mix: Regional Recap | March 2026 | Season 2, Episode 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/baccdae3-7e3d-4857-ae0a-bf6ae5d8d18e/MENA+Mix.+S2E2+%28March+2026%29.+Image.+Hayder+Al-Shakeri.+Square.+300x310.png Media2 - MENA Mix: Regional Recap | March 2026 | Season 2, Episode 2 - Hana Elshehaby Hana Elshehaby is a research assistant with the Foreign Policy Program at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. Her work focuses on regional security dynamics and domestic capability development. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service with a specialization in International Politics from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar. Her analysis and commentary have appeared in various outlets including Al Jazeera, The Diplomat, and The New Arab. Beyond research, she is active in youth advocacy initiatives, contributing to global policy forums. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/f2c89170-7efd-4671-97d7-6b1b28706bd7/MENA+Mix.+S2E2+%28March+2026%29.+Image.+Younes+Zangiabadi.+Square.+300x310.png Media2 - MENA Mix: Regional Recap | March 2026 | Season 2, Episode 2 - Dr. Farzan Sabet Dr. Farzan Sabet is a senior subject matter expert, researcher, and project manager focusing on Middle East security and politics, sanctions, and nuclear non-proliferation with 15+ years professional experience gained at the United Nations, research centers, the private sector, government and academia. He is a managing researcher with the Sanctions and Sustainable Peace Hub at the Geneva Graduate Institute and works as a senior consultant for governments, international organizations, and multinational corporations. His analysis and commentary has appeared in leading media outlets including, among others, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and CNN. https://www.middleeastoptions.org/imeo-media2/webinar-s2w2-march17-2026 monthly 0.5 2026-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/fb4da5a0-3169-441a-b31e-529d73efa531/IMEO.+Webinar+Series.+Header+%283200+x+400+px%29.png Media2 - The View From the Gulf: GCC Perspectives on the US–Israel–Iran War - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/7a9e2cf9-2d70-4713-9623-0154d2609bf7/Sara+Akbar.+230x316.jpg Media2 - The View From the Gulf: GCC Perspectives on the US–Israel–Iran War - Huda Abuarqoob Huda Abuarqoob is a Palestinian peace and policy strategist and feminist activist with deep expertise in conflict transformation, inclusive politics, and social change. Most recently, she was country director at Search for Common Ground Palestine, where she promoted trust and collaboration in conflict zones. Formerly the first regional director of ALLMEP, she united 170+ groups and helped secure historic US investment in peacebuilding (MEPPA). A Fulbright scholar and renowned speaker, Ms. Abuarqoob has led key organizations across the US and Palestine. Born in Jerusalem and now based in Hebron, she remains grounded in her family’s legacy of education and activism, and was awarded the Laudato Si' Prize in 2017 for her contributions to peace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/f89af97f-0190-424e-bbb5-3544266fc66f/Rashid+Al-Mohanandi.+230x316.jpg Media2 - The View From the Gulf: GCC Perspectives on the US–Israel–Iran War - Ittay Flescher Ittay Flescher facilitates interfaith dialogue between Israeli and Palestinian teens through Seeds of Peace, in the Kids4Peace Jerusalem program.He is also the Jerusalem Correspondent for The Jewish Independent from Australia. As an insightful analyst of Israeli politics, he has been published in Haaretz, The Age, Crikey, ABC Religion and Ethics, Jerusalem Post, Fathom and many other publications and newspapers. In 2025, he published his first book with HarperCollins titled ‘The Holy and the Broken: A cry for Israeli-Palestinian peace from a land that must be shared.’ Before moving to Jerusalem in 2018, he was a high school educator in Melbourne for 15 years, teaching Australian History, Jewish Studies and Religion and Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/24d4a96a-f554-48ed-bcfa-e67e34330492/Sheikha+Najla+Al+Qassimi.+230x316.jpg Media2 - The View From the Gulf: GCC Perspectives on the US–Israel–Iran War - Rabbi Nava Hefetz Nava Hefetz is an independent Rabbi and member of Les Guerrières de la Paix (Warriors for Peace). Most recently served as the Director of Education and Interfaith at Rabbis for Human Rights. She runs dozens of programs dealing with Judaism and Human Rights in Israel and overseas. She developed an interdisciplinary program to teach Peace and Human Rights from Jewish and International perspectives. She supervised rabbis working across Israel on Human Rights issues such as Violation of rights domestically and in the Occupied Territories, social justice, gender, the position of the Jewish tradition towards "others" in Israeli society. Hefetz collaborates with many Palestinian and Israeli civil society organizations as well as with politicians from both sides, in order to build peace and promote coexistence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/51e49faa-5630-47f6-8eaa-adff1e38d140/Elham+Fakhro.+230x316.jpg Media2 - The View From the Gulf: GCC Perspectives on the US–Israel–Iran War - Sulaiman Khatib Sulaiman Khatib is Co-Founder and International Director of Combatants for Peace, a Board Member of ELHAM – the Day After, and co-founder of Ripples Collective, a group of Palestinian and Israeli non-violent activists, artists, and facilitators. As a local organizer, he has garnered global recognition as a Nobel Peace Prize contender in 2017 and 2018, At 14, Khatib was sentenced to fifteen years in prison and served a term of ten and a half years where he learned history, Hebrew, English and about world conflicts. He was inspired by peace activists such as Ghandi and Mandela. As a result, he developed new ideas about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and has been a committed advocate for for the last twenty years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/a70d8497-2c8b-458f-a89e-e17ca99f7113/Shahad+Turkistani.+230x316.jpg Media2 - The View From the Gulf: GCC Perspectives on the US–Israel–Iran War - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/7180c346-1861-46f6-85a6-86cd434bb667/Adel+Hamaizia.+230x316.jpg Media2 - The View From the Gulf: GCC Perspectives on the US–Israel–Iran War - Facilitated by Eva Armour Eva Armour has spent the past 25 years working with communities in conflict to imagine and build a more just and peaceful reality. She is currently the Executive Director of Seeds of Peace, an organization that inspires and equips new generations of leaders to bridge divides and transform conflict through dialogue. Prior to that, she served as Seeds of Peace’s Chief Impact Officer, building evaluation systems and partnerships to ensure a continuous commitment to learning and improvement. She also spent 10 years as the Director of Global Programs, where she built a theory of change and programmatic framework to support teams leading local programs with youth and educators, and previously worked as the Director of Multinational Programs in Israel/Palestine. Eva is a community organizer with Showing Up for Racial Justice in Boston, member of the BMW Responsible Leaders Network, and on the Board of Directors for Activate Labs. She has published in Rolling Stone and The Christian Science Monitor, featured in Le Figaro, and profiled in the book Changemakers. She holds an MA in International Educational Development from Columbia University and BA from Tufts University. https://www.middleeastoptions.org/imeo-media2/webinar-s2w1-march10-2026 monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/fb4da5a0-3169-441a-b31e-529d73efa531/IMEO.+Webinar+Series.+Header+%283200+x+400+px%29.png Media2 - Escalation and Deterrence: US–Israel Strikes on Iran and What Comes Next - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/f3b518ed-9f51-490c-91b6-88bc3ec46f29/Mohammed+Baharoon.+Image2+%28Image+230x316%29+v2.jpg Media2 - Escalation and Deterrence: US–Israel Strikes on Iran and What Comes Next - Huda Abuarqoob Huda Abuarqoob is a Palestinian peace and policy strategist and feminist activist with deep expertise in conflict transformation, inclusive politics, and social change. Most recently, she was country director at Search for Common Ground Palestine, where she promoted trust and collaboration in conflict zones. Formerly the first regional director of ALLMEP, she united 170+ groups and helped secure historic US investment in peacebuilding (MEPPA). A Fulbright scholar and renowned speaker, Ms. Abuarqoob has led key organizations across the US and Palestine. Born in Jerusalem and now based in Hebron, she remains grounded in her family’s legacy of education and activism, and was awarded the Laudato Si' Prize in 2017 for her contributions to peace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/0e4921ee-ea3f-4869-a00b-ed20c581329d/David+Des+Roches.+Image.+230x316+v5.jpg Media2 - Escalation and Deterrence: US–Israel Strikes on Iran and What Comes Next - Ittay Flescher Ittay Flescher facilitates interfaith dialogue between Israeli and Palestinian teens through Seeds of Peace, in the Kids4Peace Jerusalem program.He is also the Jerusalem Correspondent for The Jewish Independent from Australia. As an insightful analyst of Israeli politics, he has been published in Haaretz, The Age, Crikey, ABC Religion and Ethics, Jerusalem Post, Fathom and many other publications and newspapers. In 2025, he published his first book with HarperCollins titled ‘The Holy and the Broken: A cry for Israeli-Palestinian peace from a land that must be shared.’ Before moving to Jerusalem in 2018, he was a high school educator in Melbourne for 15 years, teaching Australian History, Jewish Studies and Religion and Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/a3cea637-387b-49dd-9c9e-7e54276a211c/Ori+Rabinowitz.+Image+%28230x316%29v3.jpg Media2 - Escalation and Deterrence: US–Israel Strikes on Iran and What Comes Next - Rabbi Nava Hefetz Nava Hefetz is an independent Rabbi and member of Les Guerrières de la Paix (Warriors for Peace). Most recently served as the Director of Education and Interfaith at Rabbis for Human Rights. She runs dozens of programs dealing with Judaism and Human Rights in Israel and overseas. She developed an interdisciplinary program to teach Peace and Human Rights from Jewish and International perspectives. She supervised rabbis working across Israel on Human Rights issues such as Violation of rights domestically and in the Occupied Territories, social justice, gender, the position of the Jewish tradition towards "others" in Israeli society. Hefetz collaborates with many Palestinian and Israeli civil society organizations as well as with politicians from both sides, in order to build peace and promote coexistence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/d6ac12dd-84b7-43c7-a0b2-3db007b1308c/Ali+Vaez.+Image.+230x316.jpg Media2 - Escalation and Deterrence: US–Israel Strikes on Iran and What Comes Next - Sulaiman Khatib Sulaiman Khatib is Co-Founder and International Director of Combatants for Peace, a Board Member of ELHAM – the Day After, and co-founder of Ripples Collective, a group of Palestinian and Israeli non-violent activists, artists, and facilitators. As a local organizer, he has garnered global recognition as a Nobel Peace Prize contender in 2017 and 2018, At 14, Khatib was sentenced to fifteen years in prison and served a term of ten and a half years where he learned history, Hebrew, English and about world conflicts. He was inspired by peace activists such as Ghandi and Mandela. As a result, he developed new ideas about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and has been a committed advocate for for the last twenty years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/9f00a6cc-541f-4c0c-8778-76be8d660ac7/Hesham+Youssef.+Image+%28230x316+crop%29.jpg Media2 - Escalation and Deterrence: US–Israel Strikes on Iran and What Comes Next - Facilitated by Eva Armour Eva Armour has spent the past 25 years working with communities in conflict to imagine and build a more just and peaceful reality. She is currently the Executive Director of Seeds of Peace, an organization that inspires and equips new generations of leaders to bridge divides and transform conflict through dialogue. Prior to that, she served as Seeds of Peace’s Chief Impact Officer, building evaluation systems and partnerships to ensure a continuous commitment to learning and improvement. She also spent 10 years as the Director of Global Programs, where she built a theory of change and programmatic framework to support teams leading local programs with youth and educators, and previously worked as the Director of Multinational Programs in Israel/Palestine. Eva is a community organizer with Showing Up for Racial Justice in Boston, member of the BMW Responsible Leaders Network, and on the Board of Directors for Activate Labs. She has published in Rolling Stone and The Christian Science Monitor, featured in Le Figaro, and profiled in the book Changemakers. She holds an MA in International Educational Development from Columbia University and BA from Tufts University. https://www.middleeastoptions.org/imeo-media2/mena-mix-s2e1-february24-2026 monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/045984be-d7a0-4e35-87c8-4ad578489447/IMEO.+Podcast.+MENA+MIX+Header.+DRAFT+%283200+x+400+px%29.jpg Media2 - MENA Mix: Regional Recap | February 2026 | Season 2, Episode - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/d284617f-1966-4c70-8442-02a8fbe74b50/MENA+Mix.+S2E1+%28February+2026%29.+Image.+Hana+El-Shehaby.+Square.+300x310.png Media2 - MENA Mix: Regional Recap | February 2026 | Season 2, Episode - Hana Elshehaby Hana Elshehaby is a research assistant with the Foreign Policy Program at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. Her work focuses on regional security dynamics and domestic capability development. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service with a specialization in International Politics from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar. Her analysis and commentary have appeared in various outlets including Al Jazeera, The Diplomat, and The New Arab. Beyond research, she is active in youth advocacy initiatives, contributing to global policy forums. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/149e7e7f-939b-4cd4-9faf-576a02b0ee10/MENA+Mix.+S2E1+%28February+2026%29.+Image.+Farzan+Sabet.+Square.+300x310.png Media2 - MENA Mix: Regional Recap | February 2026 | Season 2, Episode - Dr. Farzan Sabet Dr. Farzan Sabet is a senior subject matter expert, researcher, and project manager focusing on Middle East security and politics, sanctions, and nuclear non-proliferation with 15+ years professional experience gained at the United Nations, research centers, the private sector, government and academia. He is a managing researcher with the Sanctions and Sustainable Peace Hub at the Geneva Graduate Institute and works as a senior consultant for governments, international organizations, and multinational corporations. His analysis and commentary has appeared in leading media outlets including, among others, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and CNN. https://www.middleeastoptions.org/imeo-media2/mena-mix9-december18-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/045984be-d7a0-4e35-87c8-4ad578489447/IMEO.+Podcast.+MENA+MIX+Header.+DRAFT+%283200+x+400+px%29.jpg Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: December 2025 (year-in-review) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/340cf362-5406-497c-9d7f-a8a6889fb231/MENA+Mix.+S1E9+%28December+2025%29.+Image.+Bisher+Khasawneh.+Square.+300x310.png Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: December 2025 (year-in-review) - His Excellencey Bisher Al Khasawneh His Excellency Bisher Al-Khasawneh is a member of the Senate in Jordan. He is also a senior visiting research fellow and diplomat in residence at Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy in the UAE. His Excellency Al-Khasawneh served as the Prime Minister of Jordan from 2020 until 2024. He is also the former Minister of Defense of Jordan, serving from 2020 until 2024. His other positions include, former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Jordan; former Minister of State for Legal Affairs of Jordan; former advisor for King Abdullah II for Policies; former advisor for King Abdullah for Coordination and Communications. Additionally, His Excellency Al-Khasawneh is the former Ambassador of Jordan to France, Egypt, Kenya, Ethiopia, the League of Arab States, UNESCO and the African Union. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/d59c79e0-7c68-4cf3-9029-698ff0cc7018/MENA+Mix.+S1E9+%28December+2025%29.+Image.+Angelina+Eichhorst.+Square.+300x310.png Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: December 2025 (year-in-review) - Ambassador Angelina Eichhorst Ambassador Angelina Eichhorst is the head of the EU delegation to Egypt and the League of Arab States. Before her 2024 appointment, she was managing director for Europe at the EEAS from 2020 until 2024 and previously led work on Europe and Central Asia. From 2015 to 2019, she served as deputy managing director and EU chief negotiator for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue. She was EU Ambassador to Lebanon from 2011 until 2015, and previously held key roles in Syria, Jordan, and Brussels. Her background spans EU development, external relations, the UN, and NGOs, with academic expertise in international law and Middle Eastern studies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/67789a43-f0a6-4150-8b21-ada5dc2df56b/MENA+Mix.+S1E9+%28December+2025%29.+Image.+Dennis+Ross.+Square.+300x310.png Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: December 2025 (year-in-review) - Ambassador Dennis Ross Ambassador Dennis Ross is the counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He also teaches at Georgetown University’s Center for Jewish Civilization. For more than twelve years, Amb. Ross played a leading role in shaping U.S. involvement in the Middle East peace process, dealing directly with the parties as the U.S. point man on the peace process in both the George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations. He served two and half years as special assistant to President Obama and National Security Council senior director for the Central Region, spending the first 6 months of the Administration as the special advisor on Iran to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. His newest book is Statecraft 2.0: What America Needs to Lead in a Multipolar World (Oxford University Press, March 2025). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/3de46c7b-e6da-4033-857d-f8ad68ec5fbd/Mani+A.+Jad.+Square.+Brownback.+300x310.png Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: December 2025 (year-in-review) - Mani A. Jad Mani A. Jad is the Founder and Executive Director of IMEO. She works closely with IMEO’s Board of Advisors and staff to shape and execute the organization’s mission. She also cultivates strong partnerships with international and local donors, driving impactful projects that aim to create connections between the East and the West. Mani’s leadership at IMEO is rooted in over two decades of experience at UCLA’s Center for Middle East Development, where she co-founded and helped grow an internationally acclaimed peace-building dialogue program. As Deputy Director and Chief Administrative and Financial Officer, her strategic vision and operational expertise played a pivotal role in advancing the Center's purpose and global influence. https://www.middleeastoptions.org/imeo-media2/mena-mix8-november26-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/045984be-d7a0-4e35-87c8-4ad578489447/IMEO.+Podcast.+MENA+MIX+Header.+DRAFT+%283200+x+400+px%29.jpg Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: November 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/0a2facf6-9237-4fee-b377-e70446c25c3e/MENA+Mix.+S1E8+%28November+2025%29.+Image.+Roberta+Maggi.+Square.+300x310+v2.png Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: November 2025 - Roberta Maggi Roberta Maggi is a development practitioner and consultant experienced in operationalizing international development assistance, program management, and technical analysis, with a focus on North Africa, specifically Libya. She specializes in good governance, institutional reform, ceasefires and security arrangements, community safety, oversight, and accountability. Her work has included leading multi-stakeholder dialogues, advancing security sector reform, and producing practitioner-oriented knowledge products. Prior to joining CARPO as an Associate Fellow in 2025, she worked as a program manager for the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF), where she implemented programs in Libya, Tunisia, Yemen, Lebanon, and Iraq. She holds a master’s from the Geneva Graduate Institute and a Bachelor’s from King’s College London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/be76f87d-9829-4ae7-b3dc-a40eb2ea81b1/MENA+Mix.+S1E8+%28November+2025%29.+Image.+Alia+Brahimi.+Square.+300x310+v1.png Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: November 2025 - Dr. Alia Brahimi Dr. Alia Brahimi is an analyst and scholar of international relations specializing in the Middle East and North Africa. She is a Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Programs in Washington, D.C., where she hosts the geopolitical podcast Guns for Hire. Alia previously held academic posts at the University of Oxford and the London School of Economics, has served as a political advisor on regional policy, and continues to brief governments as an expert. Alia has written extensively for academic journals and edited volumes, and her book Jihad and Just War in the War on Terror was published by Oxford University Press. Her broader commentary has appeared in the Guardian, Foreign Policy, and Newsweek, and she regularly provides expert analysis to Reuters, the Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Guardian. She also appears frequently in broadcast media, including NPR, CNN, the BBC, and PBS. Alia earned an MA in Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh, followed by an MPhil and DPhil in International Relations at the University of Oxford, where she also supervised undergraduate and graduate students and completed her postdoctoral research. https://www.middleeastoptions.org/imeo-media2/mena-mix7-october31-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/045984be-d7a0-4e35-87c8-4ad578489447/IMEO.+Podcast.+MENA+MIX+Header.+DRAFT+%283200+x+400+px%29.jpg Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: October 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/5a69d3b5-8bc1-4277-92f3-88f6f1b06269/Hala+Bugaighis.+Square.+300x310.png Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: October 2025 - Hala Bugaighis Hala Bugaighis is a Libyan lawyer, researcher, and women's rights advocate with over two decades of experience in the MENA region. She is the co-founder of the Jusoor Center for Studies and Development, a Libyan think-and-do tank dedicated to promoting inclusive economic growth. Under her leadership, Jusoor has impacted over 1,000 beneficiaries and established LEAP, the first women's business incubator, supporting more than 80 women-led projects. Ms. Bugaighis has consulted and conducted research for a wide range of stakeholders, including the Libyan House of Representatives, the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, and international organizations such as UN Women, the World Bank Group, and Crown Agents. Her work addresses critical intersections of economic justice, governance, and women’s inclusion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/938af5aa-0eb9-429e-be52-a5b3ddcdbbf5/David+Wood.+Square.+300x310.png Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: October 2025 - David Wood David is a Senior Researcher at the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding at the Geneva Graduate Institute. With over 20 years of professional experience, David Wood has expertise in mediation, conflict sensitivity, the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus, stabilisation, and community safety. In 2011, he founded the international peacebuilding organization, Peace Change Initiative. In 2021, he co-founded an initiative to encourage global leaders to take a more ethical approach to commemoration during conflict, “Ethics of Political Commemoration.” From 2018 to 2024, he was a Professor of Practice in peace and conflict studies at the School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University. He has over 50 academic, policy, and journalistic publications. His latest book is Ethics of Political Commemoration: Towards a New Paradigm. https://www.middleeastoptions.org/imeo-media2/webinar-s1w3-october16-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/fb4da5a0-3169-441a-b31e-529d73efa531/IMEO.+Webinar+Series.+Header+%283200+x+400+px%29.png Media2 - Part II: Israel and Palestine — Voices for Peace - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/6cc3156d-6a4a-4761-9fbc-83a43a881f82/Huda+Abuarqoob.+Cropped+230x316.png Media2 - Part II: Israel and Palestine — Voices for Peace - Huda Abuarqoob Huda Abuarqoob is a Palestinian peace and policy strategist and feminist activist with deep expertise in conflict transformation, inclusive politics, and social change. Most recently, she was country director at Search for Common Ground Palestine, where she promoted trust and collaboration in conflict zones. Formerly the first regional director of ALLMEP, she united 170+ groups and helped secure historic US investment in peacebuilding (MEPPA). A Fulbright scholar and renowned speaker, Ms. Abuarqoob has led key organizations across the US and Palestine. Born in Jerusalem and now based in Hebron, she remains grounded in her family’s legacy of education and activism, and was awarded the Laudato Si' Prize in 2017 for her contributions to peace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/0094a22c-a49b-4f33-bb3e-119ad9d82fdf/Ittay+Flescher.+Cropped+230x316+v3.png Media2 - Part II: Israel and Palestine — Voices for Peace - Ittay Flescher Ittay Flescher facilitates interfaith dialogue between Israeli and Palestinian teens through Seeds of Peace, in the Kids4Peace Jerusalem program.He is also the Jerusalem Correspondent for The Jewish Independent from Australia. As an insightful analyst of Israeli politics, he has been published in Haaretz, The Age, Crikey, ABC Religion and Ethics, Jerusalem Post, Fathom and many other publications and newspapers. In 2025, he published his first book with HarperCollins titled ‘The Holy and the Broken: A cry for Israeli-Palestinian peace from a land that must be shared.’ Before moving to Jerusalem in 2018, he was a high school educator in Melbourne for 15 years, teaching Australian History, Jewish Studies and Religion and Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/73060ebe-40ea-4ea3-a98d-2b7b5c2e419a/Nava+Hefetz.+Cropped+230x316+v2.png Media2 - Part II: Israel and Palestine — Voices for Peace - Rabbi Nava Hefetz Nava Hefetz is an independent Rabbi and member of Les Guerrières de la Paix (Warriors for Peace). Most recently served as the Director of Education and Interfaith at Rabbis for Human Rights. She runs dozens of programs dealing with Judaism and Human Rights in Israel and overseas. She developed an interdisciplinary program to teach Peace and Human Rights from Jewish and International perspectives. She supervised rabbis working across Israel on Human Rights issues such as Violation of rights domestically and in the Occupied Territories, social justice, gender, the position of the Jewish tradition towards "others" in Israeli society. Hefetz collaborates with many Palestinian and Israeli civil society organizations as well as with politicians from both sides, in order to build peace and promote coexistence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/f9fbff66-a70e-4421-9045-56377dc72028/Sulaiman+Khatib.+Cropped+230x316+v2.png Media2 - Part II: Israel and Palestine — Voices for Peace - Sulaiman Khatib Sulaiman Khatib is Co-Founder and International Director of Combatants for Peace, a Board Member of ELHAM – the Day After, and co-founder of Ripples Collective, a group of Palestinian and Israeli non-violent activists, artists, and facilitators. As a local organizer, he has garnered global recognition as a Nobel Peace Prize contender in 2017 and 2018, At 14, Khatib was sentenced to fifteen years in prison and served a term of ten and a half years where he learned history, Hebrew, English and about world conflicts. He was inspired by peace activists such as Ghandi and Mandela. As a result, he developed new ideas about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and has been a committed advocate for for the last twenty years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/7a4389c2-8f4e-4d48-b307-e29382841eae/Eva+Armour.+Cropped+230x316.jpg Media2 - Part II: Israel and Palestine — Voices for Peace - Facilitated by Eva Armour Eva Armour has spent the past 25 years working with communities in conflict to imagine and build a more just and peaceful reality. She is currently the Executive Director of Seeds of Peace, an organization that inspires and equips new generations of leaders to bridge divides and transform conflict through dialogue. Prior to that, she served as Seeds of Peace’s Chief Impact Officer, building evaluation systems and partnerships to ensure a continuous commitment to learning and improvement. She also spent 10 years as the Director of Global Programs, where she built a theory of change and programmatic framework to support teams leading local programs with youth and educators, and previously worked as the Director of Multinational Programs in Israel/Palestine. Eva is a community organizer with Showing Up for Racial Justice in Boston, member of the BMW Responsible Leaders Network, and on the Board of Directors for Activate Labs. She has published in Rolling Stone and The Christian Science Monitor, featured in Le Figaro, and profiled in the book Changemakers. She holds an MA in International Educational Development from Columbia University and BA from Tufts University. https://www.middleeastoptions.org/imeo-media2/webinar-s1w2-october-8-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/fb4da5a0-3169-441a-b31e-529d73efa531/IMEO.+Webinar+Series.+Header+%283200+x+400+px%29.png Media2 - Part I: Israel and Palestine — Political Realities - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/269d0da3-e639-4493-8efb-bbd90553ab31/Barbara+Leaf.+Cropped+230x316+v2.png Media2 - Part I: Israel and Palestine — Political Realities - Ambassador Barbara A. Leaf (ret’d) Ambassador Leaf served as Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs from 2022-2025, overseeing 21 diplomatic posts, $7.5 billion in foreign assistance, and policies and programs from Morocco to Yemen. Appointed in January 2021 as Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa and Special Assistant to President Biden, Ambassador Leaf left The Washington Institute for Near East Policy where she had directed the Arab Politics Program from 2018-2021. Ambassador Leaf served as the U.S. Ambassador to the UAE from 2014-2018. She previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Arabian Peninsula and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq. Earlier assignments included Basrah, Rome, Director of the Office of Iranian Affairs, Sarajevo, Tuzla, Paris, Cairo, Tunis, Jerusalem, and Port-au-Prince. Awarded the Distinguished Honor Award by Secretary Blinken, Ambassador Leaf received numerous Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards during her career. Ambassador Leaf is a Distinguished Diplomatic Fellow at the Middle East Institute, Washington, DC, and has joined Arnold and Porter, where she serves in the storied law firm as a Senior International Policy Advisor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/a38af0b5-98aa-44b3-8bae-3d21fb6644ad/Shira+Efron.+Cropped+230x316.jpg Media2 - Part I: Israel and Palestine — Political Realities - Dr. Shira Efron Dr. Shira Efron is RAND's distinguished chair for Israel Policy. A leading expert in Israeli and Middle Eastern affairs, Efron brings two decades of experience in policy analysis and research, having previously led RAND's Israel Program from 2016 to 2022. Most recently, Efron served as director of research and the Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation senior fellow at the Israel Policy Forum. She has also advised Israel's Ministry of Defense and its National Security Council and cochaired the subgroup on regional cooperation for Israel's president's climate forum. She also held roles at the Center for American Progress, the Middle East Institute, and the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, and was a consultant for the United Nations Country Team in Jerusalem, where she focused on Gaza. Efron holds a doctorate and master's degree in policy analysis from the RAND School of Public Policy, a master's degree in international relations and international business from New York University, and a bachelor's degree in biology with a minor in computer science from Tel Aviv University. RAND's Israel policy chair was established by The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation and The Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/d9601b70-dc15-4cb3-9124-407cc8b98624/Hitham+Kayali.+Cropped+230x316.jpg Media2 - Part I: Israel and Palestine — Political Realities - Dr. Hitham Kayali Dr. Hitham Kayali is the founder and CEO of Palolea, a Palestinian company that specialises in the production of active ingredients for pharmaceuticals and food supplements. Palolea was the first company established at the Jericho Agro-Industrial Park, also dubbed the ‘corridor for peace’. Palolea follows pharmaceutical standards and employing state of the art technology. Before establishing Palolea, Dr. Kiyali was the director of Al-Karameh National Empowerment Fund. He is also the former director of ProsperPalestine, an international initiative that worked to promote Palestine economically. Dr. Kiyali holds an MA in international studies and PhD in conflict management from Coventry University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/b1c35576-88a9-488e-bafd-dd7adfb66281/Mike+Yaffe.+Cropped+230x316.+Gray+Background+v2.png Media2 - Part I: Israel and Palestine — Political Realities - Facilitated by Dr. Michael D. Yaffe Dr. Michael Yaffe is a seasoned diplomat, public policy practitioner, and teacher dedicated to advancing global security and civic engagement. Most recently, Dr. Yaffe held senior roles at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), where he served as Vice President for the Gandhi-King Global Academy, Civic Engagement and Scholarship unit, and Center on the Middle East and Africa. During a career at the U.S. Department of State, Dr. Yaffe served as a Senior Advisor to three successive Special Envoys for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and as a Foreign Affairs Officer focusing on arms control, nonproliferation, and regional security in the Middle East. Dr. Yaffe holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania, and degrees from the London School of Economics and University of Massachusetts Amherst. He was post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University and the recipient of several State Department and Department of Defense commendations. https://www.middleeastoptions.org/imeo-media2/mena-mix6-september30-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/045984be-d7a0-4e35-87c8-4ad578489447/IMEO.+Podcast.+MENA+MIX+Header.+DRAFT+%283200+x+400+px%29.jpg Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: September 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/1447d0df-8e97-48d7-bf4f-99f6d3f61eae/Leon+Shahabian.+Square.+Brownback.+300x310.png Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: September 2025 - Leon Shahabian Mr. Leon Shahabian is a principal at Global Insights Group LLC, an advisory services firm based in VA, where he focuses on the Middle East and due diligence issues. He serves as a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC. An award-winning documentary filmmaker, Mr. Shahabian has implemented cooperative agreements in 15 Arab countries on behalf of the Department of State. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Middle East Policy Council (MEPC), and a member of the Board of Visitors of the Political Science Department at Penn State. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/3de46c7b-e6da-4033-857d-f8ad68ec5fbd/Mani+A.+Jad.+Square.+Brownback.+300x310.png Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: September 2025 - Mani A. Jad Mani A. Jad is the Founder and Executive Director of IMEO. She works closely with IMEO’s Board of Advisors and staff to shape and execute the organization’s mission. She also cultivates strong partnerships with international and local donors, driving impactful projects that aim to create connections between the East and the West. Mani’s leadership at IMEO is rooted in over two decades of experience at UCLA’s Center for Middle East Development, where she co-founded and helped grow an internationally acclaimed peace-building dialogue program. As Deputy Director and Chief Administrative and Financial Officer, her strategic vision and operational expertise played a pivotal role in advancing the Center's purpose and global influence. https://www.middleeastoptions.org/imeo-media2/mena-mix5-august31-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/045984be-d7a0-4e35-87c8-4ad578489447/IMEO.+Podcast.+MENA+MIX+Header.+DRAFT+%283200+x+400+px%29.jpg Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: August 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/72f518ac-519b-4ed1-ada9-a451e5cc2648/Farah+Bdour.+Square.+300x310.png Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: August 2025 - Farah Bdour Farah Bdour is a political analyst who most recently served as the senior advisor of the Palestinian Territories, Egypt and the Levant (IPEL) program at United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC. She is also a conflict resolution and mediation specialist, with more than a decade of experience working on peace building efforts at the policy and civil society levels. Previously, she served as the director of a Jordanian think tank that provides analysis and recommendations to the policy community in Jordan and abroad. She has also served as the Jordan country director for Seeds of Peace, and is a member of the Middle East Partnership for Peace Act (MEPPA) advisory board, on which she advises on people-to-people peacebuilding, dialogue, and reconciliation programs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/da9fabe6-480d-408b-b79b-99386069c0ed/Firas+Maksad.+Square.+300x310.png Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: August 2025 - Firas Maksad Firas Maksad is the managing director for the Middle East and North Africa practice at Eurasia Group. He oversees the team covering the region's geopolitics and macroeconomics and US foreign policy toward that part of the world. Firas is a recognized expert on the politics of Lebanon and Syria, the geopolitics of the Arab Gulf states, and the broader dynamics of the Middle East. Prior to joining Eurasia Group, Firas was a senior director and senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, a leading Washington-based think tank. He also managed his own boutique political consulting firm and has been an adjunct professor at George Washington University's Elliott School for International Affairs. Earlier in his career, Firas worked for Eurasia Group as an analyst in the Middle East and North Africa practice. Firas's writings have appeared in leading publications such as the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, and the Los Angeles Times. He frequently offers expert commentary on US politics and the Middle East for global news networks, including CNN, the BBC, CNBC, Bloomberg, and others. Firas holds a master of science in foreign service degree and an honors certificate in international business from Georgetown University. He completed his undergraduate degree in political studies at the American University of Beirut. https://www.middleeastoptions.org/imeo-media2/mena-mix3-july30-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/045984be-d7a0-4e35-87c8-4ad578489447/IMEO.+Podcast.+MENA+MIX+Header.+DRAFT+%283200+x+400+px%29.jpg Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: July 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/1d6e0760-d356-40d3-a980-7c1a7809475f/Hesham+Youssef.+Image+%28square%29.jpg Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: July 2025 - Ambassador Hesham Youssef Ambassador Hesham Youssef is a retired career diplomat with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt and is currently a senior advisor at the European Institute of Peace. He was assistant secretary general for Humanitarian, Cultural and Social Affairs of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and served in the Arab League for 14 years in multiple positions, including official spokesman and chief of staff to Amre Moussa and senior advisor to Nabil Elaraby. He has worked extensively on conflict resolution in the Middle East, particularly on the Arab-Israeli conflict, Iraq and Sudan. He has written several papers on reform in the Arab world and focused on fragility and the humanitarian situation in the Islamic world. He holds a Master's in economics and a second Master's in philosophy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/de658417-8d1c-4c63-a3ed-68506e75d461/Nimrod+Novik.+Image+%28square%29.png Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: July 2025 - Dr. Nimrod Novik Dr. Nimrod Novik was the senior policy advisor to Prime Minister Shimon Peres, a special Ambassador of the State of Israel, and an advisor to the Israeli National Security Council. He is associated with Commanders for Israel's Security, Israel Policy Forum, and the Economic Cooperation Foundation. Employing a network of security and diplomatic contacts in the Middle East and beyond, he has long been involved in Track II diplomacy. Before joining the PMO, he taught at the University of Pennsylvania and Tel Aviv University and engaged in research and analysis of Middle East regional dynamics, Israel’s security strategy and US-Israel relations. His military background is in the IDF intelligence branch. https://www.middleeastoptions.org/imeo-media2/mena-mix3-june27-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/045984be-d7a0-4e35-87c8-4ad578489447/IMEO.+Podcast.+MENA+MIX+Header.+DRAFT+%283200+x+400+px%29.jpg Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: June 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/e837de04-eb7b-4265-9715-a3d0a8135895/Anna+Borshchevskaya.jpg Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: June 2025 - Anna Borshchevskaya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/d14d8a7b-05de-4203-84a1-1279fef75fe7/Sara+Bazoobandi.png Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: June 2025 - Sara Bazoobandi Dr. Sara Bazoobandi is an associate research at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies, where she was a Marie Curie fellow between 2021 and 2024. In addition, she is a non-resident fellow at the Institute for Security Politics at Kiel University. She is also a non-resident fellow at ISPI in Milan and the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. She was previously non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council and Chatham House. Between 2013 and 2018, she was a senior lecturer in international political economy at Regent’s University London. https://www.middleeastoptions.org/imeo-media2/webinar-s1e1-jun3-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/fb4da5a0-3169-441a-b31e-529d73efa531/IMEO.+Webinar+Series.+Header+%283200+x+400+px%29.png Media2 - US-Saudi-Middle East Relations After the Trump Visit - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/22901797-112d-42c3-ad59-bae952e6a4bf/hrh_prince_turki_alfaisal_headshot_photo.jpg Media2 - US-Saudi-Middle East Relations After the Trump Visit - His Royal Highness Prince Turki AlFaisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud HRH Prince Turki AlFaisal is the founder and trustee of the King Faisal Foundation and chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies. HRH AlFaisal was appointed advisor at the Royal Court in 1973. In 1977, HRH AlFaisal was appointed director-general of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID), Saudi Arabia’s main foreign intelligence service, with the rank of Minister, and headed the GID until 2001. In 2002, HRH AlFaisal was appointed Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the UK and the Republic of Ireland. HRH AlFaisal served in the position until 2005 when he was appointed Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States. He retired in 2007. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/941f49aa-cac4-4330-adcb-a1adce8dee3e/Michael_Ratney%2C_U.S._Ambassador_2_%28cropped%29.jpg Media2 - US-Saudi-Middle East Relations After the Trump Visit - Ambassador Michael Ratney Ambassador Ratney served for over three decades as a US diplomat, most recently as the US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. He served as the US consul general in Jerusalem, as the chargé d’affaires of the US Embassy to Israel, as well as in Baghdad, Beirut, Casablanca, Doha, Mexico City, Tunis, Bridgetown, and Washington, DC. Throughout his career, Ambassador Ratney has been at the center of high-profile diplomatic initiatives throughout the Middle East, including as US special envoy for Syria. He taught leadership at the National Defense University in Washington, and was dean of the State Department’s School of Language Studies. Ambassador Ratney speaks Arabic and French, is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and earned degrees from Boston University and George Washington University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/4aeea1bf-e586-4255-9474-e3fa984cbe68/image-ezgif.com-png-to-jpg-converter.jpg Media2 - US-Saudi-Middle East Relations After the Trump Visit - Make it stand out Mr. Hamaizia is the managing director at London-based Highbridge Advisory, a strategic boutique advisory focused on information advantage, risk mitigation, policy development and implementation for companies and governments working in the Middle East, the Balkans, and Africa. Mr. Hamaizia is also a research fellow at the Belfer Center’s Middle East Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School. He is currently a senior advisor at the Milken Institute, and a non-resident senior fellow at the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council’s Middle East programs. Mr. Hamaizia was previously the Committee Vice-Chairman of the Oxford Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies Forum (OxGAPS) where he was the co-founder and the co-editor of OxGAPS’ thematic-quarterly, “Gulf Affairs”. https://www.middleeastoptions.org/imeo-media2/mena-mix1-april25-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/045984be-d7a0-4e35-87c8-4ad578489447/IMEO.+Podcast.+MENA+MIX+Header.+DRAFT+%283200+x+400+px%29.jpg Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: April 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/8e3eb94d-011c-422d-9745-5093c406c447/Charlotta-+Square.png Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: April 2025 - Charlotta Sparre Ms. Sparre is the Deputy Director of SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). She has over 30 years of experience from international diplomacy, with a special focus on the Middle East and North Africa. Prior to joining SIPRI she was the director of the Swedish Dialogue Institute for the Middle East and North Africa, based in Amman, Jordan. Her previous posts include serving as Ambassador of Sweden to Egypt, and to Jordan, and covering EU-MENA relations at the Permanent Representation of Sweden to the EU. During the last decades, Sparre has been active in several track two dialogue and mediation processes on regional security, democracy, and gender equality. She is a board member of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University and of the Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament (AMC), and a member of the Swedish Women’s Mediation Network. Sparre was the co-editor of the book Reconstructing the Middle East-Political and Economic Policy (published in 2017) that examines the changes that happened in the MENA region from 2010 and the long-term challenges and opportunities they present. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/cf61ce8c-ec38-4363-91d2-e456a3d5ac7d/Zine-+Square.png Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: April 2025 - Zine Labidine Ghebouli Mr. Ghebouli is a consultant and scholar on Euro-Mediterranean cooperation and North African affairs. He is a visiting fellow with the Middle East and North Africa programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations and focuses on EU-MENA relations, European foreign policy and North Africa developments. Previously, he worked for the Arab Reform Initiative, Middle East Institute and the Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship. Ghebouli in an alumnus of the University of Glasgow, Aix-Marseille Université and the American University of Beirut where he pursued bachelor and master's degrees in political science and international studies. https://www.middleeastoptions.org/imeo-media2/mena-mix1-may28-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/045984be-d7a0-4e35-87c8-4ad578489447/IMEO.+Podcast.+MENA+MIX+Header.+DRAFT+%283200+x+400+px%29.jpg Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: May 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/411e87a2-14fa-42f8-89c8-652ab5839bb6/Hisham+Hellyer.+Image.jpg Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: May 2025 - H.A. Hellyer Dr. H.A. Hellyer, an internationally recognized expert on geopolitics and national security studies worldwide, has operated at the nexus of government policy and think-tanks for the past 20 years. He currently serves as senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies and senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, following prolonged tenures at Brookings and Carnegie. Formerly deputy convenor of the UK Government’s Taskforce on radicalisation, Dr. Hellyer also served in the UK Foreign Office and held positions at Harvard and Cambridge. A research entrepreneur and coordinator, Dr. Hellyer is the author of 10 books, 100s of op-ed articles, and is regularly consulted by media for his expertise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/10541f81-732e-4017-97e6-1040ac20e29d/Noha+Alkamcha.+Image.jpg Media2 - MENA Mix Podcast: May 2025 - Noha Al Kamcha Ms. Noha Alkamcha is a governance advisor, development consultant, and women’s rights advocate with extensive experience supporting organizational development, capacity building, and policy advocacy across the MENA region. Since 2011, she has supported numerous civil society organizations, governance institutions, and social justice initiatives that have arisen in the wake of the Arab Spring. Previously, Ms. Alkamcha served as chief organizer for the Syrian Civil Society Declaration Initiative in Gaziantep, Turkey, uniting over 300 Syrian civil society organizations to create a platform for political engagement in the Geneva peace talks. She also served as director of development at the Syrian Forum. Ms. Alkamcha holds a Master’s in social justice and community development from Loyola University Chicago. https://www.middleeastoptions.org/events daily 0.75 2026-03-18 https://www.middleeastoptions.org/events/webinar-s2w2-march17-2026 monthly 0.5 2026-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/7a9e2cf9-2d70-4713-9623-0154d2609bf7/Sara+Akbar.+230x316.jpg Events - The View From the Gulf: GCC Perspectives on the US–Israel–Iran War - Mohammed Baharoon Mohammed Baharoon is Director General of the Dubai Public Policy Research Center (b’huth), a Dubai-based think tank established in 2002. His work focuses on the intersection of geostrategy and policymaking in governance, stability, and capacity building. He previously worked in regional media and served as deputy director of Watani, the UAE’s first national identity initiative. 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He has lectured at the Qatari Staff College, the Saudi War College, and Sciences Po, and writes and speaks widely on Gulf and Middle East security. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/24d4a96a-f554-48ed-bcfa-e67e34330492/Sheikha+Najla+Al+Qassimi.+230x316.jpg Events - The View From the Gulf: GCC Perspectives on the US–Israel–Iran War - Dr. Ori Rabinowitz Dr. Or (Ori) Rabinowitz is a tenured senior lecturer at the International Relations Department of the Hebrew University and a visiting associate professor of Israel studies at Stanford from 2024 to 2026. She received her PhD from King’s College London, where she received the prestigious Chevening scholarship, awarded by the British Foreign Office. She researches nuclear proliferation, intelligence studies, and US-Israel relations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/ad60ad2f-7fb8-4e61-aac1-c98f8eecd4d5/Elham+Fakhro.+230x316.jpg Events - The View From the Gulf: GCC Perspectives on the US–Israel–Iran War - Dr. Ali Vaez Dr. Ali Vaez is Iran Project Director and senior adviser to the president at the International Crisis Group. He previously served at the United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and led Crisis Group’s efforts to help bridge gaps between Iran and the P5+1 during negotiations that produced the 2015 nuclear deal. Vaez is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a fellow at Johns Hopkins SAIS. He holds a PhD from the University of Geneva and has written widely on Iranian affairs for major outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Foreign Affairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/a70d8497-2c8b-458f-a89e-e17ca99f7113/Shahad+Turkistani.+230x316.jpg Events - The View From the Gulf: GCC Perspectives on the US–Israel–Iran War - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/7180c346-1861-46f6-85a6-86cd434bb667/Adel+Hamaizia.+230x316.jpg Events - The View From the Gulf: GCC Perspectives on the US–Israel–Iran War - Facilitated by Ambassador Hesham Youssef Ambassador Hesham Youssef is a retired career diplomat with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt and is currently a senior advisor at the European Institute of Peace. He was assistant secretary general for Humanitarian, Cultural and Social Affairs of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and served in the Arab League for 14 years in multiple positions, including official spokesman and chief of staff to Amre Moussa and senior advisor to Nabil Elaraby. He has worked extensively on conflict resolution in the Middle East, particularly on the Arab-Israeli conflict, Iraq and Sudan. He has written several papers on reform in the Arab world and focused on fragility and the humanitarian situation in the Islamic world. He holds a Master's in economics and a second Master's in philosophy. https://www.middleeastoptions.org/events/webinar-s2w1-march10-2026 monthly 0.5 2026-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/f3b518ed-9f51-490c-91b6-88bc3ec46f29/Mohammed+Baharoon.+Image2+%28Image+230x316%29+v2.jpg Events - Escalation and Deterrence: US–Israel Strikes on Iran and What Comes Next - Mohammed Baharoon Mohammed Baharoon is Director General of the Dubai Public Policy Research Center (b’huth), a Dubai-based think tank established in 2002. His work focuses on the intersection of geostrategy and policymaking in governance, stability, and capacity building. He previously worked in regional media and served as deputy director of Watani, the UAE’s first national identity initiative. He is also a founding board member of the Bussola Institute in Brussels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/0e4921ee-ea3f-4869-a00b-ed20c581329d/David+Des+Roches.+Image.+230x316+v5.jpg Events - Escalation and Deterrence: US–Israel Strikes on Iran and What Comes Next - Prof. Dave Des Roches Professor David Des Roches served in multiple roles in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy, including Director for the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula, DoD liaison to the Department of Homeland Security, Senior Country Director for Pakistan, NATO Operations Director, Deputy Director for Peacekeeping, and spokesman for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. Earlier, he served in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. He has lectured at the Qatari Staff College, the Saudi War College, and Sciences Po, and writes and speaks widely on Gulf and Middle East security. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/a3cea637-387b-49dd-9c9e-7e54276a211c/Ori+Rabinowitz.+Image+%28230x316%29v3.jpg Events - Escalation and Deterrence: US–Israel Strikes on Iran and What Comes Next - Dr. Ori Rabinowitz Dr. Or (Ori) Rabinowitz is a tenured senior lecturer at the International Relations Department of the Hebrew University and a visiting associate professor of Israel studies at Stanford from 2024 to 2026. She received her PhD from King’s College London, where she received the prestigious Chevening scholarship, awarded by the British Foreign Office. She researches nuclear proliferation, intelligence studies, and US-Israel relations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/d6ac12dd-84b7-43c7-a0b2-3db007b1308c/Ali+Vaez.+Image.+230x316.jpg Events - Escalation and Deterrence: US–Israel Strikes on Iran and What Comes Next - Dr. Ali Vaez Dr. Ali Vaez is Iran Project Director and senior adviser to the president at the International Crisis Group. He previously served at the United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and led Crisis Group’s efforts to help bridge gaps between Iran and the P5+1 during negotiations that produced the 2015 nuclear deal. Vaez is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a fellow at Johns Hopkins SAIS. He holds a PhD from the University of Geneva and has written widely on Iranian affairs for major outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Foreign Affairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/9f00a6cc-541f-4c0c-8778-76be8d660ac7/Hesham+Youssef.+Image+%28230x316+crop%29.jpg Events - Escalation and Deterrence: US–Israel Strikes on Iran and What Comes Next - Facilitated by Ambassador Hesham Youssef Ambassador Hesham Youssef is a retired career diplomat with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt and is currently a senior advisor at the European Institute of Peace. He was assistant secretary general for Humanitarian, Cultural and Social Affairs of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and served in the Arab League for 14 years in multiple positions, including official spokesman and chief of staff to Amre Moussa and senior advisor to Nabil Elaraby. He has worked extensively on conflict resolution in the Middle East, particularly on the Arab-Israeli conflict, Iraq and Sudan. He has written several papers on reform in the Arab world and focused on fragility and the humanitarian situation in the Islamic world. He holds a Master's in economics and a second Master's in philosophy. https://www.middleeastoptions.org/events/webinar3-october16-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/daf77df5-4a59-4cf6-8555-516d5d3027d8/Huda+Abuarqoob.+Cropped+230x316.png Events - Part II: Israel and Palestine — Voices for Peace - Huda Abuarqoob Huda Abuarqoob is a Palestinian peace and policy strategist and feminist activist with deep expertise in conflict transformation, inclusive politics, and social change. Most recently, she was country director at Search for Common Ground Palestine, where she promoted trust and collaboration in conflict zones. Formerly the first regional director of ALLMEP, she united 170+ groups and helped secure historic US investment in peacebuilding (MEPPA). A Fulbright scholar and renowned speaker, Ms. Abuarqoob has led key organizations across the US and Palestine. Born in Jerusalem and now based in Hebron, she remains grounded in her family’s legacy of education and activism, and was awarded the Laudato Si' Prize in 2017 for her contributions to peace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/3727de39-52b0-4c20-9585-28dc74769457/Ittay+Flescher.+Cropped+230x316+v3.png Events - Part II: Israel and Palestine — Voices for Peace - Ittay Flescher Ittay Flescher facilitates interfaith dialogue between Israeli and Palestinian teens through Seeds of Peace, in the Kids4Peace Jerusalem program.He is also the Jerusalem Correspondent for The Jewish Independent from Australia. As an insightful analyst of Israeli politics, he has been published in Haaretz, The Age, Crikey, ABC Religion and Ethics, Jerusalem Post, Fathom and many other publications and newspapers. In 2025, he published his first book with HarperCollins titled ‘The Holy and the Broken: A cry for Israeli-Palestinian peace from a land that must be shared.’ Before moving to Jerusalem in 2018, he was a high school educator in Melbourne for 15 years, teaching Australian History, Jewish Studies and Religion and Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/8ef83ea8-7338-465c-b68e-ca8e7ad31595/Nava+Hefetz.+Cropped+230x316+v2.png Events - Part II: Israel and Palestine — Voices for Peace - Rabbi Nava Hefetz Nava Hefetz is an independent Rabbi and member of Les Guerrières de la Paix (Warriors for Peace). Most recently served as the Director of Education and Interfaith at Rabbis for Human Rights. She runs dozens of programs dealing with Judaism and Human Rights in Israel and overseas. She developed an interdisciplinary program to teach Peace and Human Rights from Jewish and International perspectives. She supervised rabbis working across Israel on Human Rights issues such as Violation of rights domestically and in the Occupied Territories, social justice, gender, the position of the Jewish tradition towards "others" in Israeli society. 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As a result, he developed new ideas about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and has been a committed advocate for for the last twenty years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/9de2d67a-02f6-4000-82de-338dfb6f38c8/Eva+Armour.+Cropped+230x316.jpg Events - Part II: Israel and Palestine — Voices for Peace - Facilitated by Eva Armour Eva Armour has spent the past 25 years working with communities in conflict to imagine and build a more just and peaceful reality. She is currently the Executive Director of Seeds of Peace, an organization that inspires and equips new generations of leaders to bridge divides and transform conflict through dialogue. Prior to that, she served as Seeds of Peace’s Chief Impact Officer, building evaluation systems and partnerships to ensure a continuous commitment to learning and improvement. She also spent 10 years as the Director of Global Programs, where she built a theory of change and programmatic framework to support teams leading local programs with youth and educators, and previously worked as the Director of Multinational Programs in Israel/Palestine. Eva is a community organizer with Showing Up for Racial Justice in Boston, member of the BMW Responsible Leaders Network, and on the Board of Directors for Activate Labs. She has published in Rolling Stone and The Christian Science Monitor, featured in Le Figaro, and profiled in the book Changemakers. She holds an MA in International Educational Development from Columbia University and BA from Tufts University. She lives in Cambridge, Mass., and is happiest in the ocean or on the way to the airport. https://www.middleeastoptions.org/events/webinar2-october8-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671bd918ae23ff10b7cad05d/03937633-9d26-4d95-a3f7-22ccc9482598/Barbara+Leaf.+Cropped+230x316+v2.png Events - Part I: Israel and Palestine — Political Realities - Ambassador Barbara A. Leaf (ret’d) Ambassador Leaf served as Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs from 2022-2025, overseeing 21 diplomatic posts, $7.5 billion in foreign assistance, and policies and programs from Morocco to Yemen. Appointed in January 2021 as Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa and Special Assistant to President Biden, Ambassador Leaf left The Washington Institute for Near East Policy where she had directed the Arab Politics Program from 2018-2021. Ambassador Leaf served as the U.S. Ambassador to the UAE from 2014-2018. 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