AMERICANS FOR INFORMED DEMOCRACY
PROUDLY PRESENTS
Challenges facing the
Islamic World
A talk by
Mowahid Hussain Shah
Minister and Special Assistant to the
Chief Minister, Punjab – Pakistan
With Introductory Comments by
Muhammad Haroon Shaukat
Consul General of Pakistan in New York City
Mowahid Shah will discuss issues relating to what fuels Muslim unrest and causes tensions between the Muslim world and the West. He will strive to identify how these challenges can be met and a common ground be sought.
Mowahid Hussain Shah, Special Assistant to the Chief Minister of Punjab, is an Attorney-at-law, author, and political analyst. He served as Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2004 and in addition to being an editor of the Eastern Times, has also served as Vice President of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the United States. Mowahid Shah's works have been published in The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, Worldview, and Middle East Insight. He has served as a political commentator on television and radio on C-Span, CNN, BBC, Fox, VOA, and NBC and has also been a frequent lecturer at the U.S. State Department's Foreign Service Institute.
365 Fifth Avenue, 34th Street
Room 4102
Wednesday, May 10th, 6-8 PM
Refreshments will be provided
Co-sponsored by the Political Science Department
at the CUNY Graduate Center