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IMES Faculty Associate Ilana Feldman authored an article in the Journal of Palestine Studies (Spring 2009) discussing the possible negative consequences of identifying the current situation in Gaza as primarily a humanitarian problem.  Read the abstract: "Gaza's Humanitarianism Problem"

IMES Graduate Students Jessica Glover and Andrea Smith were among a select group of young professionals selected to attend the Project on Middle East Democracy's "Emerging Leaders for Democracy Conference Series" in Cairo, Egypt.  Glover and Smith will join a small group of Egyptian and American colleagues to discuss issues related to democracy, human rights, and US foreign policy.

IMES Faculty Associate Nathan Brown co-edited a new book titled The Struggle over Democracy in the Middle East. (October, 2009) The book looks at democracy and democratization in the Middle East taking into account regional perspectives and realities.

IMES Faculty Associate Nathan Browncontributed a chapter called "Islamist Political Parties in the Arab World" discussing the Islamic Constitutional Movement in Kuwait to the book Interpreting Islamic Political Parties (Nov 2009)

GW Receives $1 million from Kuwait in Support of IMES
The State of Kuwait, through the generosity of the Amir His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahsmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, has presented The George Washington University with a $1,050,000 gift in support of the Institute for Middle East Studies. GW President Steven Knapp notes that, "His Highness's generosity will help us continue to build one of this nation's premier centers for the study of this important region." Read the full press release

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Upcoming Events

Middle East Policy Forum
"Underexposure: Baghdad Spring 2003"

Ziad Turkey Jazzaa Iraqi Director, cinematographer and photographer Ziad Turkey Jazzaa will show and discuss his film "Underexposure" filmed during the first months of the occupation. There will be an exhibit of his photographic work entitled "Migration to Destruction"

Moderator: Dr. Dina Rizk Khoury
Associate Professor of History and International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs

Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Lindner Family Commons
Room 602, 1957 E Street NW
6:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m.

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Middle East Policy Forum
GCC Perception of Iran as a Threat to the Balance of Power in the Region

Sami M.K.M. Al-Faraj, President, Kuwait Center for Strategic Studies

Al-Faraj will discuss security in the Persian Gulf and the unique role Iran plays in the current and future security of the region.

Thursday, November 12, 2009
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Lindner Family Commons
Room 602, 1957 E Street, NW

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IMES Special Event
Democrasy In Egypt

Featuring:

Ayman Nour

Ayman Nour is one of Egypt's most prominent dissidents and activists for democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Egypt. A former member of the Egyptian Parliament and chairman of the El Ghad party, he became well-known following his January 2005 imprisonment by the government on fictitious charges.  Nour remained active during his imprisonment, using the opportunity to write critical articles and make his case and cause better known.  He was released from prison in March 2005, following an international campaign on his behalf.  After his release, Nour began a campaign for the Egyptian presidency and came in second to Hosni Mubarak in Egypt's 2005 presidential election. On December 24, 2005, Nour was again imprisoned, this time for alleged election fraud in the Presidential election and was released in February 2009 because of his declining health. Nour is one of the founders of the Egyptian campaign against the succession, October 2009.

Friday, November 13, 2009
Lindner Family Commons
Room 602, 1957 E Street NW
2:30 p.m. -4:00 p.m.

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IMES Special Event
Book Discussion
We Are All Moors: Ending Centuries of Crusades against Muslims and other Minorities.   

Featuring:

Anouar Majid
Author, We Are All Moors: Ending Centuries of Crusades against Muslims and other Minorities

With remarks by:

Ambassador Aziz Mekouar
Ambassador of Morocco to the United States

The Institute for Middle East Studies and the Embassy of Morocco present a special event featuring remarks by Moroccan Ambassador Aziz Mekouar and a booksigning with Anouar Majid.  Majid will be discussing his newest book, We Are All Moors: Ending Centuries of Crusades against Muslims and other Minorities.   

In We Are All Moors, Anouar Majid contends that the acrimonious debates about immigration and Islam in the West are the cultural legacy of the conflict between Christians and Moors. Offering a groundbreaking new history of the West's perception and treatment of minority cultures, Majid explores how "the Moor" emerged as the archetypal Other against which Europe would define itself. The characteristics attributed to this quintessential minority - racial inferiority, religious impurity, cultural incompatibility - would be reapplied to other non-European and non-Christian peoples: Native Americans, black Africans, Jews, and minority immigrant communities, among others.

**A reception will follow the event**

Thursday, December 3, 2009
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Lindner Family Commons
Room 602, 1957 E Street, NW

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