Abdel Bari Atwan
Abdel Bari Atwan was Editor-in-Chief of London-based daily al-Quds al-Arabi for 25 years. He now edits Rai al-Youm. Born in Palestine, he has lived in Britain for over thirty years and is a familiar face on UK and US television. Atwan interviewed Osama bin Laden twice and has cultivated uniquely well-placed sources from within the various branches of al-Qa'ida and other jihadi groups, including IS, over the last fifteen years. www.bariatwan.com/english