Edwina Rogers, CEO of Secular Policy Institute, has recently returned from a conference in Muscat, Oman, where General David Petraeus was the keynote speaker. In addition to making connections and receiving advice from experts in various fields, three new fellows agreed to join forces with the Secular Policy Institute:
Professor Dr. Amaris Baram is a scholar of Middle Eastern History at the University of Haifa. A secular Jew living in Israel, he is an adviser to many governments.
Professor Dr. Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi is an expert on the Middle East, Islam and terrorism from Oxford University.  He is a leading world expert on the Islamic State.  He is a Secular Arab from the UK and Iraq and advises numerous governments.
Professor Dr. Sarbagh Salih┬áis a secular female┬áKurdish scientist living in the Kurdish Region of Iraq and was previously a scientist for the US Department of Agriculture┬áwith an expertise┬áin biodiversity and plant life. ┬áShe is┬áwith the American University of Iraq and also has her own foundation – the Kurdish Botanical Foundation. Her husband, Dr. Batham Ahmed Salih, is the former Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government and Deputy PM for Iraq as well as┬áthe founder of the American University of┬áIraq.