This session was hosted during Coptic Solidarity’s 13th Annual Conference, “Uprooted & Endangered: Defending the Religious Minorities of the Middle East” in the Cannon Caucus Room, Washington, D.C., June 12, 2025.
Moderator: Nina Shea – Hudson Institute Senior Fellow & Director of its Center for Religious Freedom; former Commissioner on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (1999-2012)
Speaker: David Schenker – Taube Senior Fellow & Director, Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Speaker: Bassam Ishak – Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) Representatives Speaker: Ashuriena Abraham – MENA Co-Chair for the First Freedom Foundation Global Youth Summit; Representative of Assyrian International Council
Speaker: Ryan Mauro – Investigative Researcher, Capital Research Center
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