Colin Rowat is professor of economics at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Sara Roy is research associate at the Center for Middle East Studies at Harvard University.

Olivier Roy is a researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris and author of Islam and Resistance in Afghanistan.

Kali Rubaii is an assistant professor of anthropology at Purdue University.

Cheryl Rubenberg, formerly associate professor of political science at Florida International University, is a writer specializing in the Middle East.

Josh Ruebner is national advocacy director of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation.

Suzanne Ruggi is a staff reporter for The Jerusalem Times.

Hiram Ruiz is the Director of Refugee Services for the Florida Department of Children and Families.

Tom Russell is an intern with the MERIP office in Washington, seconded by the United Methodist Church.

Sheila Ryan was a contributing editor of Middle East Report from 1982-1994 and director of the Middle East Peace Network in New York.

James Ryan is Associate Director of the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at New York University.

Curtis Ryan is a professor of political science at Appalachian State University in North Carolina.

W. S. is a special MERIP correspondent.

K.S. is a scholar and writer living in Beirut.

Sardar Saadi is a PhD candidate in anthropology at the University of Toronto and the host and producer of the Kurdish Edition Podcast.

Georges Sabagh is director of the von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies at the University of California in Los Angeles.

Areej Sabbagh-Khoury is assistant professor of sociology and anthropology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Bernard Sabella is chair of the social sciences department of Bethlehem University.

Adam Sabra is associate professor of Middle East history at the University of Georgia.

Amal Sabri is director of the environment and development program of the Association for Health and Environmental Development, an Egyptian NGO.

Fatemeh Sadeghi is an independent researcher specializing in political science and gender studies in Tehran.

Ramin Sadighi is director of Hermes Records, an independent label with over 50 titles.

Yahya Sadowski is an Arizona-based consultant for PFC Energy.

Modjtaba Sadria teaches in the Faculty of Policy Studies at Chuo University, Tokyo.