Petter Bauck is a senior conflict adviser. He has published several books and articles on Eritrea and Afghanistan. He served as deputy head of the Norwegian Representative Office to the Palestinian Authority from 2000 to 2003, and currently works with the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation.
Mohammed Omer is a Palestinian journalist, reporting for numerous newspapers and journals in the USA, Scandinavia, and Germany, including The Nation, Al Jazeera, Aftonbladet, Junge Welt and The Electronic Intifada. He is a recipient of the Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism.