Understanding Hamas: And Why That Matters

Helena Cobban is a former columnist for The Christian Science Monitor.
Rami G. Khouri is a former Managing Editor of The Jordan Times.
Dr. Paola Caridi teaches at the University of Palermo and is a former journalist who reported from Jerusalem from 2003-12. She is the author of Hamas: From Resistance to Government.
Dr. Jeroen Gunning, a Professor of Middle Eastern Politics and Conflict Studies at King's College London, is the author of a 2010 book on Hamas and a founder of the field of critical terrorism studies.
Dr. Khaled Hroub, a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre of Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge, is professor of Middle Eastern studies at Northwestern University in Qatar and author of Hamas: A Beginner’s Guide.
Mouin Rabbani, co-editor of Jadaliyya, is managing editor of the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development and a former senior analyst on Israel-Palestine for the International Crisis Group.
Dr. Azzam Tamimi, a British-Palestinian-Jordanian political thinker, was previously head of the Institute of Islamic Political Thought and is the author of several books including Hamas: A History from Within.