Christopher Silver is the Segal Family Assistant Professor in Jewish History and Culture at McGill University

Shayna Silverstein received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in ethnomusicology.

Paul Silverstein is professor of anthropology at Reed College and chair of MERIP's board of directors.

Charles Simpson is a researcher at the Boston Consortium for Arab Region Studies, specializing in resilient cities.

Christian Sinclair is assistant director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Arizona.

Diane Singerman is associate professor of government at American University.

Ranjit Singh is assistant professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He was a member of the NDI/Carter Center observation teams sent to the Palestinian territories in 1996, 2005 and 2006.

Marc J. Sirois is a Canadian journalist based in Beirut since 1997.

Omar Sirri is a doctoral student in political science at the University of Toronto.

Mac Skelton is director of the Institute of Regional and International Studies (IRIS) at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani and visiting fellow at the London School of Economics Middle East Centre.

Nidal Sliman is a Palestinian lawyer from Israel.

Peter Sluglett is a professor of Middle Eastern history at the University of Utah.

Susan Slyomovics is professor of anthropology at UCLA and a contributing editor of this magazine.

Benjamin Smith is assistant professor of georgraphy at Florida International University.

Monica Smith holds an M.A. in geography from the University of Colorado.

Chris Smith is a freelance journalist based in Ramallah, the West Bank.

Charles D. Smith, professor of Middle East history at the University of Arizona, is the author of Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, now in its sixth edition.

Ron Smith teaches international relations at Bucknell University.

Gayle Smith is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, and formerly Special Assistant to President Bill Clinton and Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council under the Obama administration.

Pamela Ann Smith is a freelance journalist and author of Palestine and the Palestinians.

Kristen Smith Diwan is assistant professor of Middle East politics at the School of International Service of American University.

Joan Smith/Kocamahhul is a research assistant for the Strategies of Language Revitalization project in the Department of Linguistics, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Naghmeh Sohrabi is the Charles (Corky) Goodman Professor of Middle East History at Brandeis University