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Hamada Hamid Altalib is a Senior Fellow and former Director for the Center for Global
Abbas Barzegar is a scholar at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding. He is
Muniba Saleem, PhD, is an Associate Professor in media psychology at the University of California
Dr. Tasneem Siddiqui is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Politics, and
Dr. Karam Dana joined ISPU in December 2011 as a Fellow. He is an Associate
Rania Awaad, MD, is a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the Stanford University School
