Essam Elkorghli is a Libyan PhD candidate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He researches Libya’s modern political history and contemporary imperialism in education. He is the assistant editor for Middle East Critique Journal, serves on the board of Pambazuka News, and a member of the Global Pan African Movement.

Matteo Capasso is a Professor at Northwest University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China. He is the author of Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya  and Editor of Middle East Critique.