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Origins of Revolution and Democracy in the Middle East: Egypt’s First Democracy Movement and the Path to the 1952 Revolution
Date: November 10, 2006 3:00-5:00 pm
Location:
The George Washington University Marvin Center
800 21st Street NW Suite 301
Washington, DC 20052
Speakers:
- Dr. Afaf Lutfi al-Sayyid-Marsot
Professor of Near Eastern History, UCLA
- Ibrahim Khalifa
USEF Vice Chairman, General Comments
- Ambassador Nicholas A. Veliotes
USEF Chairman, Moderator
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Collateral Damage: Is the Widening Middle East Crisis Damaging
Our Relations with Egypt and Other Regional Allies?
Event Notes (PDF 130KB)
Date: Thursday, September 28, 2006 9:00-10:30am
Location:
5th Floor Conference Room, Woodrow Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Building
Co-Sponsor:
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Speakers:
- Ambassador Edward Walker
Linowitz Professor of Middle East Studies, Hamilton College, NY
- Mohammad Hakki
Freelance Journalist
- Ambassador Dr. Hussein Hassouna
The League of Arab States Ambassador to the United States (Invited)
- Ambassador Nicholas A. Veliotes
USEF Chairman and former Assistant Secretary of State for Near East
Affairs, Former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt and Jordan (Moderator)
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Paradox of the Free Press in Egypt
Event Notes (PDF 163KB)
More information (website)
Date: July 26, 2006
Location: GW Marvin Center RM 308
Speakers:
- Tarek Atia
Co-Editor, Al Ahram Weekly
Creator of www.Cairolive.com and www.zahma.com
- Adel Iskandar
Author, Al-Jazeera: The Story of the
Network that is Rattling
Governments and Redefining Modern Journalism
American University
- Howard Schneider
Former Cairo Bureau Chief
The Washington Post
- Les Janka
Founder and President of Les Janka International (Moderator)
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Reception for H.E. Dr. Tarek Kamel, Egyptian Minister of
Communications and Information Technology
SYS-CON article (website)
REDORBIT article (website)
Date: June 19, 2006
Location: Hilton McLean
7920 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA
Speakers:
- HE Dr. Tarek Kamel
IT Minister of Egypt
- Delegation of Egyptian Technology Leaders
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Documentary "Memories of Utopia" & Commentary on Modern Nubians
Event Notes (PDF 62KB)
Date: May 31, 2006 12:00-2:00 p.m.
Location: The World Bank
Speakers:
- Nuraddin Mannan
Former Senior Sudanese Diplomat and Nubian
- Nicholas A. Veliotes
USEF Chairman (Moderator)
- Nubian Benevolence Association
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Egyptian Palaces and Villas
Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Location: The Embassy of Egypt 3521 International Crt. NW
Speakers:
- Shirley Johnston
Author of the book "Egyptian Palaces and Villas"
Note: RSVP number: 202.895.5463
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A Discuss on Economic Reforms in Egypt
Date: Friday, April 21, 2006
Location:
Ronald Reagan and International Trade Center Building, Horizon Ballroom
Speakers:
- HE Yousef Boutros-Ghali
Minister of Finance for the Arab Republic of Egypt
- Ahmad Saeed
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa and the Middle East at the
US Department of Treasury
Luncheon sponsored by:
The Arab Bankers Association of North America (ABANA)
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Investment Policy Reforms in the Middle East North Africa Region
Date: Thursday, April 20, 2006
Location:
The Theater, Embassy of Canada, 501 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Speakers:
- Donald J. Johnston
Secretary General, Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development (Moderator)
- H.E. Mahmoud Mohieldin
Minister of Investment, Arab Republic of Egypt
- H.E. Karim Kawar
Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- Lisa Schroeter
Dow Chemical
Note: Register online by Wednesday, April 19
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Comparative Political Islam
Event Notes (PDF 127KB)
Date: February 22, 2006
Location: The Palestine Center and HANDS
Speakers:
- Azharite Sheikh Mahmoud Ashour
- Dr. Paul Sullivan
Professor of Economics, National Defense University
- Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura
Professor of International Relations, American University
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Commemoration of the historical contributions of
Ambassador Ashraf Ghorbal to US-Egypt Relations
Date: Monday, February, 2006, 6:30PM
Location:
Ambassador's Residence
2301 Massachusetts Ave.
NW Washington DC, 20008
Speakers:
- H.E. Amb. Nabil Fahmy
Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the U.S
- H.E. Amb. Hussain Hassouna
Ambassador of the Arab League to the U.S.
- William Quandt
University of Virginia
- Michael Van Dusen
Woodrow Wilson Center
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