Ben Piven is co-founder of One Sem, a cross-cultural organization within the Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP). He is co-author of the Samaritan Cookbook and spent over a decade as a content editor for Al Jazeera, Haaretz, and other outlets. With extensive experience in the languages and societies of the Levant, the Baltimore native was a Fulbright Scholar in cultural geography. He studied digital media at Columbia University School of Journalism.