***** The list is in Alphabetic order *****

Dr Anat Berko author of the groundbreaking book, "The Path to Paradise", advisor to senior government officials, and is currently a research fellow at the international institute for counter terrorism.

Charly Bahary – A leading businessman and lay leader in the Sephardic Community of Amsterdam.

Mordechai Ben-Porat – Chairman of the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Centre in Or Yehuda, Israel and ex-Member of the Kenesset.

Zvi Gabbay – Former Israeli Ambassador to several countries, including Ireland, and former Deputy Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry.

Khalid Kishtainy – Journalist, novelist and satirist; well known throughout the Middle East from his articles in Al Sharq Al Awsat newspaper.

Linda Menuhin – Spokesperson for Foreign and Arabic Media at the Union of Local Authorities in Israel and founder of Qanoon which aims to preserve the musical heritage of Iraqi Jewry.

Shmuel Moreh - Professor of Arabic Language and Literature at the Hebrew University and Chairman of the Association of Jewish Academics from Iraq.

Mira Shamash Rocca – Daughter of late Violette Shamash- author of the book ‘Memories of Eden’. Mira inspired her mother to write the book and co-edited it, helping to research the Farhood period with her husband Tony, a former Sunday Times Insight journalist.

Maurice Shohet – A lay leader and active member of the American Iraqi Jewish Community. He recently had the opportunity to open the subject of the Jews of Arab Countries with President Bush, who showed great interest.

Elias Timan - Heads a project to record oral testimonies in the Judeo Iraqi language and travels worldwide to achieve this.

David Yosef – Current Mayor of Or Yehuda. He is one of Israel’s youngest Mayors. He is the author of the dictionary on Iraqi Jewish sayings & expressions. David is charismatic and highly intelligent and gives hilarious performances in Judeo-Arabic.