As a writer and advisor, James (JJ) Rose has written features, commentary, essays and analysis (on my by-line and for others) for various publications including the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, the International Herald Tribune, the Far Eastern Economic Review, the Columbia Journalism Review, The Sydney Morning Herald, Al-Jazeera, The Times Literary Supplement, the Washington Post and, the South China Morning Post. In 2006, he was advisor to the Special Ambassador to the United Nations World Food Program, The Hon. Mr Abdul-Aziz Arrukban.He has taught Journalism at Griffith University, and is founder of The Kick Project, a registered charity which seeks to bring conflicted or challenged communities together through soccer/football. James has written many books, the most recent a political thriller based on the 2022 Qatar World Cup in Qatar. He has spent time in Israel and the Occupied Territories and has recently returned from the region.