Overview
Guests
Benjamin Barber
Distinguished Senior Fellow at the New York think tank Demos
Mona Eltahaway
Egyptian New Yorker; columnist and public speaker on Arab and Muslim issues
Gideon Rose
Editor of Foreign Affairs Magazine
Simon Schama
Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University; specializes in revolutions
Jeff Goodwin
Professor of Sociology at NYU; specializes in social uprisings
Youssef M. Ibrahim
Egyptian; former NYTimes Middle East and European correspondent; Bureau Chief in Tehran (1978-1979)
Omar Cheta
Egyptian New Yorker; PhD candidate in the Departments of Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies and History at NYU
Shinasi Rama
Deputy Director of the NYU Alexander Hamilton Center for Political Economy; one of the leaders of the Albanian student movement
Didi Ogude
witness to revolution in South Africa; studied peace building and conflict resolution at NYU
Gladys Carbo-Flower
witness to revolution in Cuba
Shiva Sarram
witness to revolution in Iran
Ali Al Sayed
Egyptian New Yorker; owns Kebab Café in Little Egypt, Astoria, Queens