Events
The Sixth Crisis: Iran, Israel, America, and the Rumors of War
November 22, 2010 // 11:00am — 12:00pm
Steven Simon, Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Dana Allin, Senior Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies
A Conversation With Saeb Erakat
November 04, 2010 // 5:00pm — 6:30pm
Saeb Erakat, Chief Palestinian Negotiator and Director, Negotiations Affairs Department; Moderator Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
America and the Peace Process: A View from the Region
October 29, 2010 // 9:00am — 11:00am
Nabil Fahmy, Dean, School of Public Affairs, American University in Cairo, and former Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United States; Marwan Muasher, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and former Ambassador of Jordan to the United States and Deputy Prime Minister; Ephraim Sneh, Chairman, S. Daniel Abraham Center for Strategic Dialogue, Netanya Academic College and former member of the Knesset, and Deputy Defense Minister; Moderator Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
Paradise Beneath Her Feet: How Women Are Transforming the Middle East
October 27, 2010 // 4:00pm — 5:00pm
Isobel Coleman of the Council on Foreign Relations highlights how demographic changes are intensifying the notion that women's empowerment is key to the prosperity of the economies of Arab and Muslim-majority countries.
An Assessment of Ahmadinejad's Trip to the U.S.
October 08, 2010 // 12:00pm — 1:30pm
Robin Wright, Joint Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center and United States Institute of Peace; John Limbert, Distinguished Professor of International Affairs, United States Naval Academy and former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iran in State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
A Modern Narrative for Muslim Women in the Middle East
September 30, 2010 // 10:00am — 12:00pm
Fawziah Al-Hani, Manager, Gherass Center for Social Education, Saudi Arabia; Rana Husseini, Human Rights Activist, Author and Journalist, Jordan; Zainab Al-Suwaij,Executive Director, American Islamic Congress
Envisioning the Two-State Solution: Young Political Leaders from Israel and Palestine
September 29, 2010 // 9:00am — 10:00am
Ahmad Omeir, Youth Leader, OneVoice Palestine and Acting Director, Young Entrepreneurs Palestine; Danny Shaket, Youth Leader, OneVoice Israel and Head, OneVoice Israel's Tel Aviv University Chapter
Let the Swords Encircle Me: A Journey Behind the Headlines of Iran
September 21, 2010 // 12:15pm — 1:15pm
Speakers:Scott Peterson, Author and Journalist, Christian Science MonitorHaleh Esfandiari, Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for ScholarsKarim Sadjadpour, Associate, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Egypt at the Tipping Point?
September 17, 2010 // 12:00pm — 1:30pm
David Ottaway, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center and Former Bureau Chief, Cairo, The Washington Post
Book Launch: The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam
September 16, 2010 // 4:00pm — 6:00pm
The latitudinal tenth parallel — located 700 miles above the equator — constitutes a "faith-based fault line" between Islam and Christianity, said Eliza Griswold at the launch of her latest book.
