Monique Dixsaut is Professor Emerita at the University of Paris I.
Translator: Kenneth Quandt holds a Ph.D. in Classics from the University of California, Berkeley

Julien Delhez (b. 1991) studied classical philology at the University of Liège and ancient oriental languages with a focus on Egyptology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. From 2015 to 2024, he lived in Göttingen, Germany, where he completed a Ph.D. in Coptology, a branch of Egyptology, and was subsequently a postdoctoral researcher at the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony. His first book, Shenoute of Atripe and the Rise of Monastic Education in Egypt, was published by Academica Press in 2023. In January 2025, Delhez returned to Belgium to work for the European Research Council-funded “BICROSS” project at the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven), which is dedicated to bilingual manuscripts of the New Testament. His interests beyond Coptology include classical music (he has been a member of the Stavelot Music Festival since 2012), human evolution, genetics, intelligence, learning languages, traveling in Central and Eastern Europe, and hiking. He is a two-time 50/12 Megamarsch finisher.

Seymour W. Itzkoff is Professor Emeritus of Education at Smith College. His professional career began as a cellist in the Hartford Symphony while studying at the University of Hartford. The Korean War found him playing as a cellist in the U.S. Army Piano Trio in Washington D.C for President Harry S Truman at the White House and for General George Marshall at the Pentagon. Itzkoff’s developing interest in philosophy led him to enroll in doctoral studies at Columbia University. During this period, he taught at several public schools in New York and at Hunter and Lehman Colleges of the City University of New York (CUNY). He then joined the faculty of Smith College, where he taught for 35 years. His publications include 32 books in various academic fields with a major interest in human evolution and intelligence.

is the author of the non-fiction works From Elvis to Trump, Eyewitness to the Unraveling: Co-Starring Richard Nixon, Andy Warhol, Bill Clinton, The Supremes, and Barack Obama (Academica Press, 2021) and Jews Make the Best Demons: “Palestine” and the Jewish Question (New English Review Press, 2018). He also has written two earlier novels, Total Jihad and Kill Them Before They Die. Rozenman’s commentaries and analyses have appeared in outlets including the Washington Post, Washington Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Times of Israel, Jerusalem Post, New English Review, and Townhall.com. He retired in 2024 as communications consultant for the Washington, D.C.-based Jewish Policy Center. He previously served as Washington director of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA), editor of B’nai B’rith’s International Jewish Monthly and the Washington Jewish Week. He also worked as a congressional staffer and reporter for the Ohio Scripps-Howard Newspapers state bureau. Rozenman served on the 2022 Virginia Commission to Combat Antisemitism and participated in the 2009 U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Implementation Seminar. He was an adjunct faculty member in history at Northern Virginia Community College from 2013 to 2019.

John Andrew Morrow is a graduate of the University of Toronto, where he completed his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees. He is also the product of several decades of Islamic seminary studies. A polymath and a prolific author, Professor Morrow has published hundreds of academic articles and several dozen scholarly books in a wide array of specialized fields. Dr. Morrow is an award-winning educator, lecturer, and administrator, as well as a geo-political analyst, a best-selling author, and an activist for peace and justice. He has received an interfaith service award from the Islamic Society of North America, a certificate of recognition from the United States Congress, and recognition from the Interfaith Institute of Long Island as one of the most influential American Muslim scholars.

Bilal Muhammad is a vice principal, author, translator, and playwright based in Toronto, Canada. He is a Senior Fellow at the Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies. He studied Political Science and the History of Religions at the University of Toronto and the University of Ottawa and obtained his B.Ed. at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. He worked as a translator for the University of Toronto’s Department of Historical Studies and translated the Amali of Shaykh al-Saduq. He is the author of numerous books.

Aaron Rhodes was born and raised in the Southern Tier of New York State, where he attended a public school. He was further educated at Reed College and the University of Chicago, where he was awarded a Ph.D. in the Committee on Social Thought. After serving as Assistant to the President of Boston University, he worked on higher education reform projects in post-communist societies at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. In 1993, Rhodes was named Executive Director of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, a post he held until 2007. He was subsequently a co-founder of both the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran and the Freedom Rights Project and was President of the Forum for Religious Freedom-Europe, from 2014 to 2025. Rhodes is the author of The Debasement of Human Rights (2018). His numerous articles and editorials have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Newsweek, Die Zeit, Law & Liberty, the National Interest, and elsewhere. The Republic of Austria made Rhodes an honorary citizen for his human rights work, and he has received the University of Chicago Alumni Association’s Public Service Citation as “one of the leading human rights activists in the world.” He lives in Hamburg, Germany with his family.

Sid Lukkassen is a Dutch historian and philosopher who has taught at Radboud University Nijmegen. He was a city councilor for the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) from 2010 to 2018 and was a policy advisor to the European Conservatives and Reformers (ECR) during the Covid-19 pandemic. Sid actively participates in the public debate with books, frequent opinion articles, and media appearances. He comes from a family of no-nonsense middle class entrepreneurs and hardworking laborers. He writes to connect, for people and country, under the motto “clarity is the ultimate sophistication.”

Olga Kenton holds a Ph.D. in Creative Writing from the University of Birmingham, where she currently teaches in the Department of Modern Languages. Born in Moscow, she moved to New Zealand in her early twenties and has lived in Hong Kong, France, and the UK, where she currently resides. As a prose writer and journalist, Olga has taught Creative Writing at the University of Birmingham and published articles with leading Russian and Eastern European filmmakers, theatre directors, actors, writers, and artists. In addition to her published creative works, Olga’s publications include reportage about the Christchurch earthquake (Discovery) and interviews with Andrey Zvyagintsev, Nikolas Pasternak-Slater, and Dolya Gavanski. Her novels include At the Edge of the World and The Girl from the House on Embankment.

Dr. Jeremy Havardi is a cultural historian and journalist based in London, where he serves as Director of the B’nai B’rith UK Bureau of International Affairs. His role is to advocate for the international legal rights of the Jewish people, fight against all manifestations of antisemitism, work for a better understanding of Israel within the international community and tackle hatred against minorities. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Alcala in cultural and literary history. He has written several previous books, including The Greatest Briton: Essays on the Life and Political Philosophy of Winston Churchill, Projecting Britain at War: The National Character in British World War II films, Refuting the Anti-Israel Narrative: A Case for the Historical, Legal and Moral Legitimacy of the Jewish State and A Persistent Prejudice: Anti-Semitic Tropes and Double Standards in the Anti-Israel Movement. His articles have appeared in many publications, among them The Spectator, The Guardian, The Gatestone Institute, Times of Israel, The Jewish News, Spiked, and Military History Magazine.

Dr. Michael Arnheim (“Doctor Mike”) is a practicing London barrister, sometime Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge, and author of 26 books. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, he enrolled at the University of the Witwatersrand at age 16 and received a first-class B.A. in History and Classics at 19, first-class honors in Classics at 20, and an M.A. with distinction at 21. He then attended St John’s College, Cambridge, on a National Scholarship, and received his Ph.D. In 1972, his doctoral dissertation was published as The Senatorial Aristocracy in the Later Roman Empire. He was elected a Fellow of St John’s, where he continued his research and also taught classics and ancient history at Cambridge before returning to South Africa to head Witwatersrand’s classics department. Despondent over his country’s future, Dr. Arnheim returned to Britain, where he was called to the bar by Lincoln’s Inn. His most recent books include U.S. Constitution for Dummies, Anglo-American Law: A Comparison, Why Rome Fell: Decline and Fall, or Drift and Change?, and Five Thousand Years of Monarchy.