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Amy Dockser Marcus is a correspondent for *The Wall Street Journal*. Marcus joined the newspaper after graduating from Harvard University in 1987 with a degree in history and literature. In 1991, she asked to serve as the paper's Middle East correspondent and covered the political conflict following the Persian Gulf War from Tel Aviv. Her fascination with political conflicts over biblical archaeological sites grew from two frontpage WSJ stories on the subject and culminated in her book, *The View from Nebo: How Archaeology is Rewriting the Bible and Reshaping the Middle East* (Little, Brown and Company, 2000). Now a 15-year WSJ veteran, Marcus is a staff reporter based in Boston and specializing in health. She is also the winner of a 2005 Pulitzer Prize for her series on cancer survivors. Nine stories in all, the series included three news articles related to cancer survival and six told through the eyes of an individual and his or her family, focusing on the different aspects of surviving cancer.

David Leaf (born April 20, 1952) is an American writer, producer and director known for documentaries, music programs and pop culture retrospectives. Among his best known documentaries are *The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006) *and *Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of SMiLE (2004)*. He also wrote the landmark Brian Wilson biography, *The Beach Boys and The California Myth.*

Haifa Zangana is an Iraqi political commentator, novelist, and former prisoner of Saddam Hussein's regime. She is a weekly columnist for al-Quds newspaper and a commentator for *the Guardian*, *Red Pepper*, and *al-Ahram Weekly*. She lectures regularly on Iraqi culture, literature, and women issues. She lives in London.

Stephanie Davis is the policy advisor on Women's Issues to the Mayor and is charged with developing the agenda and coordinating the quarterly Roundtables. She is a part-time consultant who recently served as the CEO of the Atlanta Women's Foundation and was on the first City of Atlanta Commission for Women.

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