Nostalgiawan Wahyudhi is Researcher at the Research Centre for Politics, the National Research and Innovation Agency, Jakarta. He also serves as Lecturer at International Relations Department, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta. He works on several issues relates to political Islam, Middle East, transnational Islamic movements, Southeast Asian Islam, Islam in Indonesia. He has written several books on political Islam in Indonesia, Algeria, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the Gulf States.

M. Hamdan Basyar is Senior Researcher at Research Centre for Politics, the National Research and Innovation Agency, Jakarta. He also serves as Lecturer at International Relations Department (Islam and the Middle East), University of Indonesia, Jakarta. He also works at Department of Global and Strategic Studies at the same university.

Dhurorudin Mashad is Senior Researcher at Research Centre for Politics, the National Research and Innovation Agency, Jakarta. He is prospected and promoted as Professor from the same institution on religious and political studies. He works on several books concerning religion and politics in the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Indonesia.

M. Fakkhry Ghafur is Researcher at the Research Centre for Politics, the National Research and Innovation Agency, Jakarta. He is PhD Candidate at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta. He previously studied Islamic studies in Libya. His works are related to Muslim Brotherhood in the Middle East.

Defbry Margiansyah is Researcher at the Research Centre for Politics, the National Research and Innovation Agency, Jakarta. He completed a masters in global studies at the Institut Für Soziologie, Albert Ludwig-Universitaet Freiburg, Germany.