Shireen Ally, from South Africa, and Salwa Rashad, from Egypt, brought very different life experiences as Muslims, and very different perspectives on Islam, to share with our students. They visited for the class The "Islamic Threat": Myth or Reality.

Five university students, most U.S. citizens, came to speak about pre and post 9-11-01 experiences of Arabs and Muslims living in the U.S. for the mirrors of discrimination class. The five university students were: Mohammed K. Abed - From Palistine/UK. From Palestine, Jordan Egypt, and Algeria: Karima Berkani, Fatima Saher Mohammed, Fadi Odeh, and Ala'a Marwan Wafa.

The class "Who's Got the Power?" had a guest speaker from South Africa named Bekisizwe Ndimande. Ndimande spoke about racism in education in the U.S. and South Africa.

Marina Antic, from Sarajevo (former Yugoslavia), shared her experiences of growing up in a Communist country for the class "Rebels With a Cause."