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The Middle East Program was launched in February 1998 in light of increased U.S. engagement and the profound changes sweeping across many Middle Eastern states. In addition to spotlighting day-to-day issues, the Program continues to concentrate on long-term developments and their impact on political and social structure, economic development, and relations with the United States.
The Middle East Program's conferences and meetings assess the policy implications of long-term political, social, and economic developments in the region and individual states; the Middle East’s role in the international arena; American interests in the region; the threat of terrorism; and strategic threats to and from the regional states.
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Iran, the Middle East and America: A View From Israel
Friday, November 13 2009, 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
David Menashri, Director, Center for Iranian Studies; Dean of Special Programs; and Professor, Department of Middle Eastern and African History, Tel Aviv University; Walter Reich
Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Professor of International Affairs, Ethics and Human Behavior, The George Washington University; and Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Traffic Jam: Gender, Labor, Migration and Trafficking in Dubai
Friday, October 09 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Pardis Mahdavi, Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center and Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Pomona College
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The U.S., Hamas, and the Pursuit of Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Monday, October 05 2009, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Elliott Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations and Former Deputy National Security Adviser for Middle Eastern Affairs, George W. Bush Administration; Robert Pastor, Professor of International Relations and Founder and Co-Director,
Center for Democracy and Election Management, American University and
Senior Adviser on Conflict Resolution and the Middle East, The Carter Center; Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Book Launch: My Prison, My Home: One Woman’s Story of Captivity in Iran
Monday, September 14 2009, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Author Haleh Esfandiari, Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson Center; Michael Van Dusen, Deputy Director, Woodrow Wilson Center (moderator)
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Economic Development and Conflict Resolution: What Role Can It Play in Arab-Israeli Peacemaking?
Wednesday, September 09 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Jane Nandy, Director, Office of Middle East Affairs, Middle East Bureau, USAID; David Makovsky, Ziegler Distinguished Fellow and Director, Project on the Middle East Peace Process, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of Maryland, College Park and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Saban Center, Brookings Institution; Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Vanguard: Women in the Iranian Election Campaign and Protest
Monday, July 13 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Pari Esfandiari, Founder and President, Eclectic Woman - IranDokht; Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, Former Member of Iranian Parliament and Visiting Scholar, Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Jaleh Lackner-Gohari, Physician and Vice President, innerCHANGE associates international (iCHai); Norma Moruzzi, Associate Professor, Political Science, Gender & Women’s Studies, and History, University of Illinois, Chicago; Nayereh Tohidi, Chair and Professor, Gender and Women's Studies Department,
California State University, Northridge
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The Iranian Presidential Elections: What Do They Tell Us?
Tuesday, June 30 2009, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Robin Wright, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Farideh Farhi, Independent Scholar and Affiliate Graduate Faculty, Political Science, University of Hawai'i at Manoa; Fariborz Ghadar, Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Emile El-Hokayem, Political Editor, The National, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Reformist Women Thinkers in the Islamic World
Monday, May 04 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Haleh Esfandiari, Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson Center; Margot Badran, Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center, Senior Fellow, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim Christian Understanding, Georgetown University; Amina Wadud, International Center for Islam and Pluralism, Jakarta; Robin Wright, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Kecia Ali, Assistant Professor, Religion, Boston University; Lilia Labidi, Professor, Anthropology and Psychology, University of Tunis; Mahnaz Afkhami, President, Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace; Gadis Ariva, Professor, Philosophy and Gender Studies, University of Indonesia; Ousseina Alidou, Director, African Languages and Literature, Rutgers University; Ann Mayer, Associate Professor, Legal Studies and Business Ethics, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
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Middle East Program
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
Email: mep@wilsoncenter.org
Tel: 202/691-4252
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