Team

Team

Ali Al-Ahmed is a Saudi scholar and expert on Saudi political affairs including: terrorism, Islamic movements, Wahhabi Islam, Saudi political history, Saudi-American relations, and the al-Saud family history. He is a writer, and public speaker on Saudi political issues. He has been invited to speak by Princeton University, Amnesty International, the Hudson Institute and Meridian International Center. As journalist he exposed major news stories such as the Pentagon's botched translation of the 9-11 Bin Laden tape, and the video of Daniel Pearl's murder. He authored reports on Saudi Arabia regarding religious freedom, torture, press freedom, and religious curriculums. A frequent consultant to major world media outlets including CBS News, CNN, PBS, Fox News, Washington Post, and Associated Press. Al-Ahmed has been quoted in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Boston Globe and other newspapers in several languages. He graduated with a B.A. in Journalism and Science and a M.A. in International Finance from Saint Thomas University in Saint Paul.

Lauren Sheldon is a junior at The University of New Hampshire studying Political Science and Theatre, but currently lives and works in the Washington, DC area. Lauren is a policy analyst for The Institute for Gulf Affairs in which she is co-managing the "No Women. No Play." Campaign.  Lauren’s previous experience as a manager of international business research for FatDUX in Copenhagen, Denmark and her background in world affairs have proved to be quite significant to the IGA in the recent months. We are very glad to have Lauren playing on our team.

Emma Sterling is a women's studies major, philosophy/sociology minor who attends East Tennessee State University. She is extremely passionate about human rights and is applying for a masters in Public Policy. She plans to obtain her law degree and L.L.M. so that she can focus on women's rights internationally. She is now the Media and Multimedia Director at the Institute for Gulf Affairs as well as co-managing the "No Women. No Play" Campaign.

Anum Khan graduated from Dickinson College with a B.A. in Middle East Studies.  She spent her junior year studying abroad at the American University in Cairo and aims to complete her M.A. in Gender and Women's Studies in the Middle East and North Africa at AUC.  During the summer of 2010, Anum was the Saudi women's rights campaign launch manager for No Women. No Play. DC 2010.  Among her achievements, she is a Three Dot Dash Global Teen Leader- a We Are Family Foundation global initiative.  Anum has traveled to Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Pakistan and Mexico.