About the Contributors

Khaled H. Nusseibeh is a Jordanian-Palestinain writer. He has a Masters degree in Near Eastern 
Studies from Princeton University. He is manager of the Ubada Center For Writing and Translation 
Services, Amman, Jordan.

Umbereen Sultana Nehal writes, "I'm a second year pediatric resident at Baylor School of Medicine 
in Houston. I've been a human ping-pong ball -- having bounced back and forth between the U.S., 
Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan. I enjoy traveling, exploring cultures and languages, and exchanging ideas 
with other people. My faith is important to me and I am struggling to find the right way to express it 
(finding a comfortable balance between spirituality and ritual). I dabble in creative arts, mostly card-
making and creative writing (usually prose)."