Elie Mikhael Nasrallah, born in Lebanon, graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa, with an honours degree in political science. He also obtained a post-graduate certificate in Regulatory Law Administration from Algonquin College. He has been practicing since 1998, and today he is a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant in the City of Ottawa, Canada. 

He has published three books: "My Arab Spring, My Canada," co-author in 2012, "None of the Above," in 2014, and the forthcoming book in 2016 "The Arab World: Can We Talk?" He is also a writer and commentator for major newspapers in North America and the Middle East. 

He has published in the Globe and Mail, The Montreal Gazette, The Toronto Star, The Ottawa Citizen, Huffington Post, The Daily Star in Beirut, Al-Ahram in Egypt, Annahar of Lebanon. 

He is a public speaker and a media personality in Canada and in the Middle East, appearing frequently on major media outlets.