Torture at Guantanamo has Americans in hot debate about human rights. Elias Khoury urges us to look beyond our borders at what those in the Middle East have faced as civil war has raged for decades.

Elias is committed to speaking out through his media appearances and his writing. He tells stories of truth, hope and compassion your audience will never forget.

CREDENTIALS: Born in Beirut, Elias Khoury is an award-winning author of novels, literary criticism and plays. He is editor-in-chief of the cultural supplement of Beirut’s daily newspaper and Global Distinguished professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at NYU. His novel, YALO, tells of a young Lebanese man tortured into confession for crimes he doesn’t recollect.

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