Yaser Tabbara is Executive Director of the Syrian American Council, and is an international human rights attorney, and an advocate of Arab and Muslim American rights. He has long played a role in Syrian politics and has been working to bring educational reforms to Syria. During the 2011 Syrian uprising, after the Assad regime responded to the protests with violence, Tabbara took a stance in opposition to the government. He is a member of the National Council of Syria.

David Wolman is an American author and journalist. He is a contributing editor at Wired, and has also written for publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Discover, National Geographic Traveler, New Scientist and Outside.

In November 2005, Da Capo Press published his first book, A Left-Hand Turn Around the World: Chasing the Mystery and Meaning of All Things Southpaw. His second book, Righting the Mother Tongue: From Olde English to Email, the Tangled Story of English Spelling, was published by Collins in October, 2008.

In 2008, Wolman went to Egypt to research an article for Wired about a small group of activists who were using Facebook to organize against the regime. Two years later, some of those activists, including Ahmed Maher (youth leader), a founder of the April 6 Youth Movement were key figures in the revolution that ultimately overthrew President Hosni Mubarak. Wolman’s novella-length e-book, “The Instigators,” tells their story.

Wolman's newest book, The End of Money, was published by Da Capo press in February, 2012. In it, Wolman takes a critical look at cash, from Marco Polo’s fascination with the paper notes he saw circulating in China, to end of the gold standard. He explores a growing trend of people using cell phones as replacements for both bank branches and cash and delves into the parallel worlds of counterfeiting and anti-counterfeiting technology.

Roy Calvin Green (born June 30, 1957) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1979–1987), Phoenix Cardinals (1988–1990) and Philadelphia Eagles (1991–1992).

Green played defensive back and returned kicks for Henderson State University, and achieved All-American status. He was drafted by the Cardinals in the fourth round of the 1979 NFL Draft. He starred as a rookie returning kicks, including a 106-yard return for a touchdown against the Dallas Cowboys, tying an NFL record. Green also played well at cornerback. In 1981, he stepped in at wide receiver part-time and managed to gain 708 yards on merely 33 catches - nearly 21.5 yards per catch. The following season, Green fully transitioned to wide receiver and performed well in the strike-shortened season. Green truly shone during the next several seasons, particularly in 1984 when his 1,555 receiving yards were then the third highest in a season (through the 2005 season, this has since dropped to eighteenth). Green led the Cardinals in receiving in 1983, 1984 and 1988 (during those intervening years, veterans Pat Tilley and J. T. Smith split time leading the team in receiving).

Ammar Abdulhamid (Arabic عمار عبد الحميد) (born May 30, 1966) is a Syrian-born human rights activist, dissident, and founder of the Tharwa Foundation.

Abdulhamid was born on May 30, 1966, to Syrian actress Muna Wassef and the late Syrian filmmaker Muhammad Shahin in Damascus, Syria.

He spent approximately eight years in the United States(1986–1994), studyingAstronomy and History. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science in History. He returned to Damascus in September 1994.

He married author, fashion designer, and human-rights activist Khawla Yusuf.

Abdulhamid was a visiting fellow in the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution 2004-2006.

Adbulhamid and Yusuf fled from Damascus in September 2005. They currently live in Washington, D.C.,with their two children Oula (1986) and Mouhanad (1990), awaiting political asylum in the United States.

Currently, Abdulhamid is a fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy and member of its Syria Working Group.