Middle East and North Africa Events
Book Launch: Islam In Russia: The Politics of Identity and Security
October 13, 2004 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Middle East Program
Shireen Hunter, Director, Islam Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
The Future of Civil Society in Iran
October 04, 2004 // 12:00pm — 1:30pm
Middle East Program
Cyberspace as Subversive Space for Women?: Women's Websites and Weblogs in Iran -- Mahsa Shekarloo, Editor of Bad Jens, Iranian Feminist Online Journal; Commentator -- Sussan Tahmasebi, Iran CSO (Civil Society Organization) Training and Research Center, Tehran.This event is co-sponsored with The Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University.
Islam, Gender, and Reproductive Health: Part 2 of 6
October 04, 2004 // 12:00am
Environmental Change and Security Program
The second meeting in the Islam, Gender, and Reproductive Health conference series focuses on how religion and policy affect and address the reproductive health needs of women in Islamic settings.
Ballots and Battles – Assessing Afghanistan on the Eve of its Elections
September 30, 2004 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Middle East Program
Cheryl Benard, Senior Political Analyst, RAND Corporation
Changes in the Status of Egyptian Women: A View through the Prism of Marriage and Divorce
September 28, 2004 // 10:00am — 11:30am
Middle East Program
Speakers: Mona Mikhail, Associate Professor, Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University; and Diane Singerman, Associate Professor, Department of Government, School of Public Affairs, American University
Iraq - From Despair to Hope: An Analysis of Tribal, Ethnic, and Religious Dynamics in Iraq Today
September 21, 2004 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Middle East Program
Canon Andrew White, Residentiary Canon and Director of the International Centre for Reconciliation (ICR) at Coventry Cathedral; Eric Lane Fellow at Clare College, Cambridge; Archbishop of Canterbury's Special Representative to the Middle East. We are experiencing technical difficulties with the webcast. An archive video of this event will be available here at a later date.
Iraq - Syria's Crystal Ball
September 15, 2004 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Middle East Program
Ammar Abdulhamid, DarEmar publishing house, Damascus, Syria; Visiting Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution
POSTPONED A Launch of The Afghan Family Health Book
July 14, 2004 // 10:00am — 11:00am
Middle East Program
This event will be rescheduled. Check back for the new date. A Director's Forum with the Honorable Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services
Live Webcast: Iraq After June 30
July 08, 2004 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Middle East Program
Anthony Shadid, 2004 Pulitzer Prize winner, Islamic correspondent for the Washington Post; current visiting Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center
Islam, Gender, and Reproductive Health: Part 1 of 6
July 07, 2004 // 12:00am
Environmental Change and Security Program
This meeting was the first in a series of six that examines the intersection of reproductive health and gender issues in the Islamic world. This meeting provides an overview of general demographics in the region, and the perspectives of Islam on family planning and contraceptive use.