Academic Year 2006-2007

Iraqi Perspectives on the Role of Religion in Iraq
April 26, 2007, 12:00PM
Fares Center Conference Room
Speakers: Fadi Jajji, Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, Shahla Al-Kli (MALD '09), Abeer Kazimi (MALD '07)
Moderator: Ibrahim Warde, Associate Professor of International Business, The Fletcher School

The Ottoman Empire and the World
April 9, 2007, 1:30-2:30PM
Fares Center Conference Room
Speaker: Suraiya Faroqhi, Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich
Moderator: Ina Baghdiantz McCabe, Darakjian Jafarian Chair of Armenian History, Tufts University
Cosponsored by Department of History, Tufts University

Russian Resurgence and Incursions in the Middle East
March 29, 2007, 2:00-3:30PM
Fares Center Conference Room
Speakers: Irakli Alasania, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Georgia to the United Nations; Elin Suleymanov (MALD '04), Consul General of Azerbaijan to Los Angeles; Emre Kayhan, Ph.D. candidate, The Fletcher School
Moderator: Andrew Hess, Professor of Diplomacy, The Fletcher School
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Palestinian Women Artists
February 7, 2007
Speaker: Gannit Ankori, Associate Professor and Chair of the Art History Department, Hebrew University in Jerusalem
Cosponsored by the Department of Art and Art History, Department of Women's Studies, and Department of Middle Eastern Studies, EPIIC/Global, and Tufts Hillel
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Hezbollah and Other Players on the Lebanese Chessboard
November 20, 2006
Fares Center Conference Room
Speakers: Rudy Jafaar, Ph.D. candidate, The Fletcher School; Founding Member, Nahwa al-Muwatiniya; Mark Farha, Ph.D. candidate, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Moderator: Elias Sayegh (MALD '07)
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Political Islam and Al-Qaeda Five Years On
November 15, 2006
Fares Center Conference Room
Speaker: Maha Azzam, Associate Fellow, Chatham House; former Head of the Program on Security and Development in Muslim States, Royal United Services Institute, London
Moderator: Ibrahim Warde, Associate Professor of International Business, The Fletcher School

From Mecca to Metropolis: Creating Superheroes for the Islamic World
October 5, 2006
ASEAN Auditorium, Cabot Intercultural Center
Speaker: Naif Al-Mutawa, Founder and CEO, Teshkeel Media Group
Part of the International Business Program Global Speaker Series, The Fletcher School
Cosponsored by the Fares Center and the Edward R. Murrow Center for Public Diplomacy
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