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Evan Hill

Evan lives in Doha, Qatar, and works as a web journalist for Al Jazeera English. Prior to joining AJE, he researched and wrote about immigration issues in California and covered politics and courts for a legal newspaper in San Francisco. He graduated from Northwestern University in 2007 with a degree in journalism and a minor in Middle Eastern Studies. He studied at the American University in Cairo in the fall of 2005.

evan@themajlis.org

Gregg Carlstrom

Gregg is a journalist based in Doha, Qatar, where he works for Al-Jazeera English. He graduated from Northwestern University in 2007, with a degree in journalism and a minor in political science. He studied at the American University of Cairo in the spring of 2006, and worked for six months at Egypt Today, a monthly newsmagazine based in Cairo. He spent time freelancing in the region in the summer and fall of 2007. His work has been published in the San Francisco Chronicle, Foreign Policy, World Politics Review and elsewhere.

gregg@themajlis.org

What's a majlis?

In Arabic-speaking countries, Majlis can refer to congress, or parliament, and it can also mean a gathering, assembly or council. It's our intent with TheMajlis.org to create a clearinghouse for unbiased Middle East news, analysis and commentary in an age when traditional journalism is shrinking and Americans are missing out on news from the region. It's a site for people to learn about and discuss current events in the Middle East, delivered in a frank and non-partisan fashion.