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Born in Al-Dafiana in the Mafraq Governate, he completed his secondary education from Fawzi Al-Mulki Secondary School in Mafraq. He holds a BA in political science and international relations from the University of Jordan in 1995. While studying for his MA, Dr. Al-Madi started his careeer at the Royal Court. He completed his Ph.D. in political sociology from Brigham Young University in Utah, United States in 2008. He worked in the Department of Political Science at the University of Jordan until 2019. He has taught in many different academic centers for study abroad such as CIEE, CET, and SIT. He was also one of the professors with the Jordanian Diplomatic Institute of the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2020, he joined the German Jordanian University, the same university where he earned his MA in migration and refugee studies.

Hasan Abu Haniyeh is an expert on Islamic movements and a prominent scholar in the field. He authored several books on the subject and has published numerous studies.

A professor of political science at Al-Balqa Applied University since 2019, he obtained his Ph.D. with distinction from Cairo University in 2005. He worked as a part-time lecturer in the International Relations department at the Hashemite University from 2005 to 2006 and then as a part-time lecturer in the Political Science department at the University of Jordan between 2007 and 2017. Shanikat also worked in the Political Science and Diplomacy department at the University of Applied Sciences from 2014 to 2015, and he holds a BA and MA from the University of Jordan.

A former Jordanian politician and minister, he served as Minister of Culture and Minister of Youth. He received his BA in political science from Yarmouk University in 1995, his MA in political science from Al el Bayt University, and his doctorate in political theory and political thought from Cairo University in 2009.

Mohammad Al-Momani is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Yarmouk University. He is a former Minister of State for Media Affairs and Government Spokesperson (2013 / 2018). He was also Minister of Political and Parliamentary Affairs in 2013, and Chairman of Petra News Agency and Jordan National TV.

Ms. Rania Abdullah a part-time lecturer at the Faculty of Mass Communication - Yarmouk University and the Department of Journalism and Media at the Arab Open University, Jordan. She is the Editor-in-Chief and member of the editorial board of “The Journal of Issues Extremism and Armed Groups, ” published by the Arab Democratic Center in Berlin – Germany

An assistant professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Jordan, he holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom, specializing in macroeconomics and the economics of corruption and its impact on developing countries. Dr. Al-Tal also writes a weekly economic article in the Jordanian Al-Ghad newspaper.

A writer and political researcher, he holds a doctorate in business administration. He worked part-time as a lecturer at the University of Jordan from 2010 to 2018, and at Al-Ahliyya Amman University from 2007 to 2015. Al-Nawaisah also writes for the Jordanian newspaper Al-Ghad and is a political analyst guest on many local, Arab, and international television news programs.