Middle East Initiative Fall 2007 Event Series
October 9, 5:00pm - 7:30pm
Film screening: La Grand Voyage (France/Morocco)
Weiner Auditorium, Ground floor of Taubman building
Pizza and soft drinks available at 5pm
Co-sponsored by the Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Description: Reda, who lives with his family in southern France, is about to take his college entrance exams. One day he is told to drive his father to Mecca to perform the Hajj. The journey is difficult because of the distance, and due to the emotional and generational distance between him and his father. Ultimately, the journey to Mecca is as impacting as the arrival to the holy city.
October 17, 11:30am - 2:00pm
A Dialogue on "Strengthening America: The Civic and Political Integration of Muslim Americans"
Jocelyne Cesari, Director, Islam and the West Program
Farooq Kathwari, Task Force Chair of the Chicago Council of Global Affairs on the report by the same name,
Gowher Rizvi, Director of the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation.
RSVP Requested for Lunch: susan_valaskovic@ksg.harvard.edu or call 617-495-2744
Taubman Nye ABC, Fifth floor
Co-sponsored by the Ash Institute, The Dubai Initiative and The Islam and the West Program
October 18, 12:00 - 1:30pm
Speaker: Dr. Banafsheh Keynoush on "Iran & Saudi Arabia: Regional Power Relations & Prospects for Peace"
Dr. Banafsheh Keynoush specializes in Middle East foreign relations, security issues, and international law. She is currently a CNN Farsi-English interpreter.
124 Mount Auburn St., Suite 100 conference room, Refreshments will be served
Co-sponsored by the University Committee on Human Rights
October 18, 4:00 - 5:30pm
Speaker: Dr. Naomi Chazan on "Assessing US Leadership in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict"
Dr. Naomi Chazan is the Head of the School of Government and Society at the Academic College of Tel-Aviv-Yaffo and former member of the Israeli Knesset
Taubman 275, Refreshments will be served
Co-sponsored by the Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
October 23, 12:00-1:30 pm
Speaker: Ellen Khouri "Primary Sources of Hezbollah: Translations of the Statements of Hassan Nasrallah"
Ellen Khouri is, most recently, the translator of writings and statements of Hassan Nasrallah for the book, Voice of Hezbollah: The Statements of Sayed Hassan Nasrallah (Verso, Aug. 2007).
Room 102, The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, 38 Kirkland Street
Co-sponsored by the Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Middle East Forum
October 25, 6:00 - 7:30pm
Speaker: Prof. John Dugard on "Palestine, Human Rights and International Law"
Professor John Dugard is Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory to the UN Human Rights Council. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Leiden, Netherlands, and Professor of Human Rights Law at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Starr Auditorium, Belfer Building, Second Floor, Refreshments will be served
Co-sponsored by the University Committee on Human Rights
November 5, 9:00-10:00 am
Breakfast with Muna Abu Sulayman, "Women and Social Change in Saudi Arabia"
Muna Abu Sulayman is a lecturer in the English department of King Saud University in Riyadh and currently serves as Executive Manager of Strategic Studies at the Kingdom Holding Company, founded by Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. Muna is the anchor of MBC's "Kalam Noua'em" television show which focuses on Arab family and female issues.
Allison Dining Room, Taubman 5th floor
Co-sponsored by the Women and Public Policy Program and the Dubai Initiative
November 5, 4:30 - 6:00pm
Speaker: Dr. Nadje Al-Ali on "Iraqi Women: Untold Stories from 1948 to the Present"
Dr. Nadje Sadig Al-Ali is a lecturer at the School for Oriental and African Studies, London
Rubeinstein RG20/Neustadt Room, Refreshments will be served
Co-sponsored by the Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
November 7, 6:00 - 8:30pm
Film screening: Bab Al Oued City (Algeria)
Starr Auditorium, Belfer Building, Second Floor
Pizza and soft drinks available at 5pm
Co-sponsored by the Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Description: Taking place in Algiers, Algeria after the riots of October 1988, Bab Al Oued City discusses the rise of Islamic fundamentalism from the perspective of a young baker. His desire to get some sleep after a long night of work turns out to have lasting consequences.
