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Betty Ah Soon
Public Information Officer for the American Samoa Office of Homeland Security
Micheline Aharonian Marcom
Novelist and Visiting Professor of English at Mills College in California
Delaram Ahmadyveasi
Junior at Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California, and a contributor to LA Youth newspaper, currently writing an article about cuts to her school library
Akbar Ahmed
Chair of Islamic Studies at American University in Washington, DC; former High Commissioner of Pakistan to Great Britain and author of many books including his latest, Journey into Islam : The Crisis of Globalization
Azam Ahmed
Bureau Chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean for the New York Times
Azan Ahmed
Reporter for the New York Times
Beenish Ahmed
World reporter with Think Progress
Issam Ahmed
Correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor
Mansoor Ahmed
Stanton nuclear security junior faculty fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government; former lecturer at Quaid-I-Azam in Islamabad
Samina Ahmed
South Asia Project Director for the International Crisis Group, based in Islamabad, Pakistan
Noreen Ahmed-Ullah
Reporter for the Chicago Tribune, where she covers public schools
Andrew Ahn
Writer and director of “Spa Night”
Aitzaz Ahsan
Pakistani Senator and lead lawyer, acting on behalf of the Chief Justice and opponents to Musharaff
Ron Aiello
President of the US War Dogs Association ; former Marine Scout dog handler in the Vietnam War-era
Matthieu Aikins
Reporter on Afghanistan for Harper's Foreign Policy and other publications
Erin Ailworth
Reporter for the Wall Street Journal
Aimee Mann
L.A. based singer Aimee Mann has a whole new recording to share with Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:15am. Click Here to Watch!
Julia Ainsley
Justice correspondent for Reuters covering counterterrorism, immigration and criminal justice
Air
The French band, Air, perform new songs for Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:15am.
The Airborne Toxic Event
American indie rock band
Sandra Aistars
CEO of the Copyright Alliance, a nonprofit organization that represents artists across the creative spectrum
Stephen Aizenstat
Founder and professor of depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, California. He’s also an author and creator of Dream Tending workshops.
David Aizuss
Chair of the Board of Trustees of the California Medical Association
Fouad Ajami
Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and author of The Foreigner's Gift : The Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq; former Professor and Director of the Middle East Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University
Olugbenga Ajilore
Associate professor of economics at the University of Toledo
Shai Akabas
Director of economic policy for the Bipartisan Policy Center
Grace Akallo
Former child soldier conscripted to fight in northern Uganda when she was 15-years old, she later escaped; graduate of Gordon College in Massachusetts and co-author of Girl Soldier : A Story of Hope for Northern Uganda's Children
Akapo Akapo
Chief of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather service office in American Samoa
Beth Akers
Brookings Institution Fellow
Bruce Akey
Executive Director of the Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine
Desiree Akhavan
director and co-writer of ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’
Ayad Akhtar
American actor and writer
Mara Brock Akil
Writer-Producer
Salim Akil
Director-Producer
Lanre Akinola
Editor of This Is Africa, a Financial Times publication, which focuses on the policy and the business environment across the continent
Sona Akopian
Owner of Garden of Kisses flower shop in Sherman Oaks
Akron/Family
Little is known about Akron/Family, a mysterious band from New York City, whose whose distinctive sound fills the air with gentle country-tinged folk music. We get a glimpse into their artistry at 11:15am.
Ayah Al Bitar
Saudi product and furniture designer
Isam Al Khafaji
Iraqi scholar and professor; former reconstruction advisor to the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority
Faisal Al Yafai
Chief columnist for The National, a government-owned English-language daily newspaper published in Abu Dhabi
Ali Al-Ahmed
Director of the Institute for Gulf Affairs
Zaid Al-Ali
Senior adviser for the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance and author of The Struggle for Iraq's Future : How Corruption, Incompetence and Sectarianism Have Undermined Democracy
Faiza Al-Araji
Iraqi mother and civil engineer who moved with her family to Annan, Jordan in 2005. She works with Iraqi refugees and detainees in Jordan, and writes the blog, A Family in Baghdad
Dalia Al-Awqati
Program Director for North Syria at Mercy Corps
Amr Al-Azm
Associate Professor of History at Shawnee State University in Ohio and an active member of the Syrian opposition in the US
Fawaz Al-Fawaz
Economic consultant and columnist at the Saudi newspaper Aleqtisadiyah
Sama'a Al-Hamdani
Fellow at the Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies; Yemen researcher and analyst, and founder of the blog, Yemeniaty.com
Khaled Al-Maeena
Editor-in-Chief of Arab News , an English language newspaper based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and distributed throughout the Middle East
Haiffa Al-Mansour
Saudi filmmaker
Salam Al-Marayati
President of the Muslim Public Affairs Council
Nidal Al-Mughrabi
Senior Correspondent for Reuters in Gaza
Rend Al-Rahim
Executive Director of the Iraq Foundation and Senior Fellow at the US Institute of Peace; former Iraqi Representative to the United States and Iraqi Chief of Mission (2004)
Madawi Al-Rasheed
Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science's Middle East Centre, studying Arab migration, globalization, religious trans-nationalism and gender
Mowaffak al-Rubaie
Member of Iraq's Parliament; former Iraqi National Security Advisor
Marwa Al-Sabouni
Co-founder of Arch-News, the Arabic architectural portal; architect and author of 'The Battle for Home: The Vision of a Young Architect in Syria'
Abdul Razzaq Al-Saiedi
Iraqi who helped cover the war for the New York Times before becoming a 2008 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University
Razan Shalab Al-Sham
Head of the Syrian Emergency Task Force, a non-profit supporting democracy in Syria
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
Analyst with the Middle East Forum
Hanaa Al-Wardi
Iraqi-born artist and founder of the Museum of Contemporary Arab Art in Alhambra, California
Alabama Shakes
American rock band
Peter Alagona
Environmental historian and associate professor of environmental studies at UC Santa Barbara
Kara Alaimo
Assistant Professor of Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations at Hofstra University and author of 'Pitch, Tweet or Engage on the Street: How to Practice Global Public Relations and Strategic Communication'
Rabih Alameddine
Lebanese-American painter and writer; 2002 Guggenheim fellow
Ahaad Alamoudi
Saudi artist
Eric Alan
Executive creative director based in Los Angeles, California
Mustafa Alani
Director of Security and Terrorism Studies at the Gulf Research Center, a Dubai-based think-tank
Richard Alarcon
Los Angeles City Councilman , representing the 7th District, which includes Pacoima, Lake View Terrace and Panorama City
Laila Alawa
CEO and founder of The Tempest (formerly Coming of Faith), a digital media startup geared toward millennial women around the world
Lilian Alba
Director of the Refugee Resettlement Program at the International Institute of Los Angeles
Angela Albela
Puerto-Rican resident of Los Angeles
Viv Albertine
British guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Her new memoir is “Clothes Clothes Clothes Music Music Music Boys Boys Boys.”
David Albright
President of the nonprofit Institute for Science and International Security, he specializes in secret nuclear programs around the world; former member of the International Atomic Energy Agency's weapons inspection team in Iraq and author of Peddling Peril : How the Secret Nuclear Trade Arms America’s Enemies
Philip Alcabes
Professor of Urban Public Health at City University of New York's Hunter College and the author of Dread : How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu