Chairperson, Mervat Abdel Nasser:Consultant Psychiatrist and Honorary Senior lecturer, Kings College University, UK.  She is a graduate of Cairo Medical School and fellow of the Royal college of Psychiatrists; London. She holds a Master’s degree in philosophy and a doctorate in psychiatry from London University. She also has two diplomas in moral philosophy and the history of medicine. She practises general adult psychiatry and has a special interest in issues related to culture and  mental health and achieved  international reputation through her various publications in this respect [“Culture and Weight Consciousness 1997” & “Eating Disorders & Cultures in Transition 2001” and the Female Body in Mind: the Interface between Women Bodies and Mental Health (2007)- all published by Routledge].  She has as well a long-standing interest in Egyptology and has written 40-part illustrated series for children on ancient Egypt in the Arabic language (Dar El Kitab El Masri 1997-2004), a collection of psychological/ philosophical essays on ancient Egyptian thought entitled – “Why Did Horus Lose His Eye- A New Reading of Ancient Egyptian Thought” (Sharkiat Publishing House 2005) and several books on ancient Egypt and other civilisations published (Nahdet Misr, Cairo, 2007) 

Amany Abouzeid:  is currently the Programs Manager of RAINBO UK (African led International NGO working to promote and protect African women’s rights). She has a long and varied experience in policy development and programme management in international and national organizations and worked with number of NGOs in multicultural contexts. Her personal commitment to issues of sustainable development has led to many achievements in the area of human rights and policy development. She has also worked as an academic at the School of Oriental & African Studies and Birkbeck College, Univeristy of London.

Okasha El Dally: is a Lecturer in Archaeology and Egyptology on the Outreach Programme of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, University College, London. Among his publications, “Egyptology: The Missing Millennium. Ancient Egypt in the Medieval Arabic Writings”,  in the UCL series “Encounters with Ancient Egypt”.

Barry Kemp:  Reader in Egyptology at the University of Cambridge. He is the field Director of the Egyptian Exploration Society’s excavations at El Amarna. Among his publications, “Ancient Egypt. Anatomy of Civilisation”    

Sally Macdonald: The manager of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, University College, London. She is a lecturer on museum studies and has worked in Archaeology, Social History and Decorative Arts Museums. She has co-edited with Michael Rice, “Consuming Egypt”, in the UCL series “Encounters with Ancient Egypt”. 

Richard Parkinson: Assistant Keeper in The Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan in The British Museum. He is an international authority on ancient Egyptian Literature, and his books include, “The Tale of Sinuhe and other Ancient Egyptian Poems”, “Poetry and Culture in Middle Kingdom Egypt” and “Pocket Guide to Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs”.

Stephen Quirke: Curator at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, in University College London. His publications include “The Administration of Egypt in the late Middle Kingdom: the hieratic documents”, “Who were the Pharaohs” , “Owners of Funerary Papyri in the British Museum , “Titles and Bureaux of Egypt 1850-1700 BC”.

Terence DuQuesence: An International Scholar on Egyptology and renowned Poet.

Michael Rice: An international authority on the archaeology and heritage of Egypt and the Middle East. Among his publications “Egypt’s making”, “Egypt’s Legacy” and “Who is who in Ancient Egypt”.

Fayza Haikal: Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo. Among her publications include an analysis of Egyptian religious and literary documents.