Souleymane Bachir Diagne

Souleymane Bachir Diagne is a professor of Philosophy and Francophone Studies at Columbia University.

Omar Abdulaziz Hallaj

Omar Abdulaziz Hallaj is a Syrian architect and Chief Executive Officer of The Syria Trust for Development

Salah M. Hassan

Salah M. Hassan is Goldwin Smith Professor and Director of the Africana Studies and Research Center, and professor of African

Faryar Javaherian

Faryar Javaherian is an Iranian architect and curator, born in Mashhad, Khorassan, raised in France, and educated in the United States.

Anish Kapoor

Anish Kapoor was born in Bombay and has lived in London since the early 1970s when he moved there to study

Jean Nouvel

Jean Nouvel is a French architect and planner.

Alice Rawsthorn

Alice Rawsthorn is the design critic of the International Herald Tribune, writing a weekly column published every Monday.

Basem Al Shihabi

Basem Al Shihabi is the managing partner of Omrania & Associates and one of its founders.

Yu Kongjian

Yu Kongjian is founder and dean of the College of Architecture and Landscape and the Changjiang Chair Professor of Design, at Peking University.