Osama Abuirshaid is the executive director of American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), an education and advocacy organisation that promotes justice for Palestine in the US. Abuirshaid lectures on Middle East and American politics, and has appeared on media outlets including CBS Washington, ABC Washington, NPR and various Arabic satellite TV channels such as Al Jazeera. He is the co-author of the study Hamas: Ideological Rigidity and Political Flexibility, which was published by the United States Institute of Peace in 2009