Contributors
Moazzam Begg is spokesman for the human rights organisation, Cageprisoners, with whom he has been working since his release from Guantanamo Bay in 2005. He regularly lectures around the country speaking about the effects of the ‘war on terror’ and detention without trial. He is also author of the critically acclaimed Enemy Combatant: A British Muslim’s Journey to Guantanamo and Back.
Mark Perry is Co-Director of Conflicts Forum, based in Washington DC. He is a military and foreign affairs analyst and author of seven books on American history. He was a former personal advisor to the late Yasser Arafat.
Alastair Crooke is Co-Director of Conflicts Forum, based in Beirut. Before establishing Conflicts Forum, he was Advisor on Middle East and security issues to Javier Solana, the EU Foreign and Security Policy Chief. He also was a staff member of Senator George Mitchell’s Fact Finding Committee that inquired into the causes of the Intifada (2000–2001).
Tom Clark is on the Conflicts Forum Advisory Board. He is Chairman of the Board of the JAC Trust and a well-known political advocate and activist whose broad experience in the peace community includes organising reconciliation programmes in conflict and post-conflict societies.
Sukant Chandan is an analyst and journalist specialising in Third World studies. He has contributed to Al-Ahram Weekly and Monthly Review amongst other publications.
Aki Nawaz is a veteran political activist, musician and rapper with the band Fun-Da-Mental. He has been an important political and cultural figure for South Asian, particularly South Asian Muslim and antiracist youth generally in Britain for nearly two decades. Nawaz has provoked controversy recently through the release of the latest Fun-Da-Mental album All is War: The Benefits of G-Had.