Jamil Khoury (Producer) is the Founding Artistic Director of Silk Road Rising. A theatre producer, essayist, playwright, and film maker, Khoury’s work focuses on Middle Eastern themes and questions of Diaspora. He is particularly interested in the intersections of culture, national identity, citizenship, and class. Khoury is currently writing the full length version of his play Mosque Alert, part of an online interactive new play development and civic engagement project. He is also preparing for the shoot of his new video play Multi Meets Poly: Multiculturalism and Polyculturalism Go On a First Date and is finishing work on his latest documentary film Sacred Stages: A Church, a Theatre, and a Story. Khoury holds a M.A. degree in Religious Studies from The University of Chicago Divinity School and a B.S. degree in International Relations from Georgetown University 's School of Foreign Service. He is a Kellogg Executive Scholar (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University) and has been awarded a Certificate of Professional Achievement in Nonprofit Management.