Queen NoorQueen Noor advises the United Nations on issues of global peace-building and conflict recovery. She is actively involved in numerous international organizations and is president of the United World Colleges, Chair of the United Nations University International Leadership Academy, International Patron and Honorary Chair of Landmine Survivors Network, Advisor to Women Waging Peace, Seeds of Peace and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Patron of the World Conservation Union, trustee of the Aspen Institute, Conservation International, World Wildlife Fund International, Refugees International, a Commissioner of the International Commission on Missing Persons and a Patron of the SOS Children's Villages-USA in Jordan.

Filmmaker Amin Matalqa grew up in Jordan and moved to OhioAmin Matalqa when he was thirteen with his family. After 25 short films and an MFA in Directing from the American Film Institute, he made his first feature film, "Captain Abu Raed," one of the first Jordanian feature films in years when entered Oscar competition in 2007. "Captain Abu Raed" went on to win the Sundance World Cinema Audience Award, and Amin also won Best Director at the Seattle International Film Festival, Best First Feature at Durban International Film Festival in South Africa, Best Feature - World Cinema at Maui Film Festival, and the Audience Award at the Traverse City Film Festival. The film also won numerous awards for Best Actor (Nadim Sawalha) and Best Actress (Rana Sultan).

Alfred MadainAlfred Madain is a Jordanian-American musician and ethnomusicologist. He podcasts Radio Al-Fareed at Levantine Cultural Center's website. The music featured on Radio Al-Fareed is old and new, traditional and modern, religious and secular. Madain gives his listeners access to music from places they may have never imagined they would hear songs from, including but not limited to Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Gambia, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Egypt, Iraq, China, Indonesia, Oman, Yemen, Comoros Island, Zanzibar, and Tunisia. Different ethnic and religious groups such as Kurds, Azeris, Jews, and Christians also have their music featured on Radio Al-Fareed.