Forum Agenda and Participant Biographies - Brookings Institution

and racism to social issues such as sexual abuse, generation
conflicts, domestic violence, and gender.
humera Khan
UnIted StateS
Humera Khan is the Executive Director
of Muflehun, a think tank
specializing in preventing radicalization
and violent extremism in
the American Muslim community.
Her combined research and experience
in security strategy and Islamic Studies provide
analysis of recruitment and prevention mechanisms
for domestic radicalization and violent extremism.
Khan specializes in scenario planning and strategy
formulation using agent-based modeling, morphological
analysis, and system dynamics. Previously, as
a principal at a DC-area think tank, she designed and
integrated methodologies for threat anticipation and
risk assessment for the Singapore government Risk Assessment
and Horizon Scanning initiative. Khan holds
an SM degree in Technology and Policy and in Nuclear
Engineering, and an SB degree in Art and Design
and in Nuclear Engineering, all from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. She also has an M.A. in
Islamic Studies from Cordoba University, an affiliate
seminary of the Washington Theological Consortium.
Taher Khan
pakIStan
Taher Khan is the Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of Interflow
Group, a leader in the field
of media and marketing communications
in Pakistan. The group
owns and operates TV1, Waseb,
and News1, which are twenty-four hour satellite TV
channels on AsiaSat. The group also owns Radio1,
with FM channels in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad,
and Gawader. Interflow Group is also one of the
leading players in the field of advertising and media
buying, with companies including Interflow, Ogilvy
& Mather, Jupiter, Mindshare, Pyramid Productions,
ContactPlus, EventPlus, OutdoorPlus, and CinePlus.
Khan is a patron of the Cancer Society and a Trustee
of Fatimid Foundation, Sir Ziauddin Medical Foundation,
and Iqra University. He frequently lectures
at business institutions in Pakistan and is a member
of the Advisory Council of the Lahore University of
Management Sciences.
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Jamal Khashoggi
SaUdI aRaBIa
Jamal Khashoggi is the General
Manager and Editor of Alwaleed,
a twenty-four hour news channel.
He has served as an advisor
to the Saudi Arabian Ambassador
in Washington, DC, an advisor to
the Saudi Arabian Ambassador in London, Editorin-Chief
of Alwatan, and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of
Arab News. He was a correspondent for the London
based Al-Hayat Arabic daily in Saudi Arabia, Al-Sharq
Al-Awsat Arabic daily, Al-Majallah, and Al-Muslimoon.
Khashoggi was also the Managing Editor and
acting Editor-in-Chief of Al-Madinah Arabic daily, a
reporter for Saudi Gazette daily, and an Assistant Manager
of the information center at Okaz newspaper. He
has written a weekly column in Al Madina newspaper,
Beirut’s Daily Star, and Kuwait’s Alrai Alam (later
Alwatan), and had a regular column in Alwatan. He
received his B.A. in Business Administration from Indiana
State University.
James Kitfield
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James Kitfield is the National Security
and Foreign Affairs Correspondent
for National Journal,
an independent and non-partisan
newsweekly on politics and government
published by Atlantic
Media Company. Kitfield’s reporting has received numerous
awards, including the Gerald R. Ford Award
for Distinguished Reporting on National Defense,
the Military Reporters and Editors Association Award
for excellence in overseas reporting, the Stewart Alsop
Media Excellence Award for reporting on intelligencerelated
issues, the National Press Club’s Edwin Hood
Award for Diplomatic Correspondence, and the German
Marshall Fund’s Peter Weitz Prize for reporting
on European affairs. Kitfield is the author of War &
Destiny: How the Bush Revolution in Foreign and Military
Affairs Redefined American Power and Prodigal
Soldiers: How the Generation of Officers Born of Vietnam
Revolutionized the American Style of War. He is
a magna cum laude graduate of the Henry Grady
School of Journalism at the University of Georgia.