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  • The Muftah Team

    Muftah is a biannual digital magazine that probes key issues at the intersections of religion, culture, and politics.

  • Sana Saeed

    Award-winning media writer & critic, former Al Jazeera correspondent. Dispatches on media, U.S. foreign policy, war, religion from a journalist scorned.

  • Mohammed El-Sayed Bushra

    Managing Editor of Muftah Magazine. Co-host of the Protean View podcast. Lecturer in Religion and Politics at the University of Otago and Boston Islamic Seminary.

  • Ahmed Elbenni

    Ahmed is a senior editor at Muftah and PhD student at Princeton University, where he studies the theorization and creation of “Islamic” media across the modern Near East. He graduated from Yale University with a BA in history and political science.

  • Riad Alarian

    Editor-in-Chief at Muftah Magazine. Host of the Protean View podcast.

  • Alex Thurston

    I teach in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Cincinnati. I work on a range of topics connected to Islam and politics.

  • Jamal Mehmood

    writer / editor / filmmaker / staff writer at Muftah Magazine

  • Zaynab Quadri

    I am an interdisciplinary scholar of the United States in the World. My research and teaching interests include US militarism, corporate power, and US diplomacy in the Middle East during the 20th and 21st centuries.

  • Chris E

    journalist by training/media critic by necessity

  • Mika (Jaeyun) Noh

    Mika (Jaeyun) Noh is an AI governance strategist, author, and cultural policy expert researching AI governance, digital sovereignty, cultural data, and the future of creative industries.

  • Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

    professor at northwestern university studying global politics of religion, politics of US borders, political theory/theology, sovereignty and power in American religion

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