Mohammed Alaa Ghanem is Syrian academic, human rights activist, pro-democracy campaigner, and a former editor at the digital platform that issued the original call for peaceful protests in Syria. He currently serves as the policy chief for the American Coalition for Syria, an umbrella group of nine specialized, multi-faith organizations. His writings have appeared in The New York Times and The Washington Post among many others. A native of Damascus, he is a former assistant professor at the University of Damascus.

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