Project editor: Jim Mallery • Lead reporter: Eli Sanders • Assistant reporter: Bobbi Nodell Design: Denise Clifton • Photo editor: Teri Boyd • Graphics: Aldo Chan Research: Sandy Freeman • Desk editor: Kris Higginson • Photo production: Travis Ness Online producer: Tracy Cutchlow • Online designer: Carlin Pressnall The Seattle Times would like to thank three University of Washington professors for their advice on this project: Dr. Joel Migdal, professor of International Studies and author of “Palestinians — The Making of a People”; Dr. Brannon Wheeler, associate professor of Islamic Studies and chair of Comparative Religion; and Dr. Deborah Wheeler, lecturer on Near Eastern Languages and Civilization.