Alexander Kronemer the co-executive producer of Unity Productions Foundation. He is also a writer, lecturer and documentary producer focusing on religious diversity, Islam

Islam

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 and cross-cultural understanding.

Publications

Kronemer has published essays in numerous newspapers and journals, including The Southern Quarterly, the Christian Science Monitor, the Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

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, the San Jose Mercury News, Beliefnet.com, and The Washington Post

The Washington Post

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. His articles have been included in several book anthologies, including the September 11 memorial book, Up From the Ashes

Up From The Ashes

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 (2001) and Wilber Prize winner, Taking Back Islam(2002).

Education

Kronemer Studied International Relations and Conflict Resolution at the American University

American University

American University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...

. He has a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies from Harvard University

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

 concentrating in the philosophy of religion and comparative religion

Comparative religion

Comparative religion is a field of religious studies that analyzes the similarities and differences of themes, myths, rituals and concepts among the world's religions...

. He is a convert to Islam.

Lecturer & Commentator

As a lecturer, he has delivered talks on religious diversity and Islam for the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of State, FBI, the World Affairs Council, the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, at many universities including the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, Cornell University

Cornell University

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, Yale University

Yale University

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, Princeton University

Princeton University

Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....

, and Penn State, and for numerous private corporations, including Nike, Aetna, and Walt Disney World.

He has appeared as a CNN

CNN

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 commentator on several occasions, including during CNN’s historic live coverage of the Hajj

Hajj

The Hajj is the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is one of the largest pilgrimages in the world, and is the fifth pillar of Islam, a religious duty that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so...

in 1998, which was broadcast to 400 million viewers. He has also been heard in many radio interviews, such as NPR and the Voice of America.

Television & Film

He is the co-founder of Unity Productions Foundation, a non-profit corporation whose mission is to help bring peace through the media by creating better understanding of Islam and the world’s other faiths and spiritual traditions. He was creator and co-producer of the popular PBS documentary Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet.

He has co-Executive produced several other documentaries including:

• Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain , (PBS, 2007)
• Prince Among Slaves , (PBS, 2008)
• Talking Through Walls , (PBS, 2008)
• Allah Made Me Funny , (Landmark Theaters 2008)