Before I go on a short hiatus, I must advertise the conference I have been working hard on for the last month or so. Hopefully, these efforts go a long way in bridging the great divide that has paralyzed Western-Muslim World relations for the past several years.
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Nearly five years after September 11th, how can we improve relations
between the United States and the Muslim World?
AMERICANS FOR INFORMED DEMOCRACY PRESENTS
YOUNG GLOBAL LEADERS SUMMIT:
THE FUTURE OF WESTERN-MUSLIM WORLD RELATIONS
Saturday, July 8th, 2006
11 AM - 6 PM
CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th/35th St.)
This conference (including meals) is FREE for selected participants.
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS Include:
Shamil Idriss: Deputy Director, United Nations Office of the Alliance
of Civilizations
Abdelkader Abbadi: UN Correspondent for The Independent in New York;
former Director of the Department of Political Affairs at the U.N. and
former Deputy-Director of Security Council Affairs at the U.N.
Sarah Leah Whitson: Executive Director, Middle East and North Africa
Division, Human Rights Watch
Masood Haider: President of the U.N. Correspondents Association and
U.N. Correspondent for the Daily DAWN
Laura Bagnetto: Correspondent, Saudi Press Agency
Joe Lauria: U.N. correspondent for the Boston Globe and investigative
reporter for the Sunday Times of London
Andrea Bartoli: Director, Center for International Conflict
Resolution, Columbia University
Reverend Raewynne J. Whiteley: Author of "Get Up Off Your Knees:
Preaching the U2 Catalog"
Fore more information, please visit:
http://www.aidemocracy.org/usislam.cfm
To apply for this summit, please visit:
www.globalscholar.org/islamwest
This conference is generously co-sponsored by the Political Science Department as well as the Doctoral Students Council at the CUNY Graduate Center
