Professor Mohammed S. Dajani Daoudi has decades of experience in reconciliation, conflict resolution, and interfaith dialogue. He received PhDs from the University of South Carolina and from the University of Texas, and has authored numerous academic books and articles. Dajani is the founding executive director of the Wasatia moderate Islamic movement in Palestine, a professor emeritus of political science, and founding director of the American Studies Institute at Al-Quds University. Dajani is also the Weston Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.