City of Asylum annually honors an international writer or artist who has overcome efforts to limit their creative freedom. This year they will honor Iranian singer and songwriter Mahsah Vahdat, a renowned world music performer and vocal advocate for freedom of expression for musicans and composers. Mahsa left her native Iran because of the restrictions placed on female performers by the Iranian government.
City of Aslyums's annual forum on freedom of expression features two distinguished artists: Iranian singer and human rights advocate Mahsa Vahdat and Iranian-American poet and playwright Sholeh Wolpé.
Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID), Georgetown University's Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, University of Denver's Center for Middle East Studies, and the Center for Global Policy
The Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID), Georgetown University's Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, the University of Denver's Center for Middle East Studies, and the Center for Global Policy are pleased to invite you to the following upcoming Conference.
The U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council, The American Middle East Institute, and K&L Gates
The US-UAE Business Council, The American Middle East Institute, and K&L Gates cordially invite you to a business seminar in Pittsburgh in honor of a high-level delegation from Sharjah, UAE. The seminar will take place at 12:00pm on Monday September 16, 2019 at the offices of K&L Gates.
The event will provide members of the local business community with the opportunity to directly engage key representatives of Sharjah's world-class public institutions in the education, research, business, and media sectors.
Featuring Ross Harrison, Senior Resident Fellow, Middle East Institute
Building on his recently released book, Escaping the Conflict Trap: Toward Ending Civil Wars in the Middle East (co-edited with Paul Salem), Ross Harrison unpacks the complexities of civil wars in the Middle East and what they mean for the region and for us.
The civil wars in Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Libya have had devastating effects on the populations in these countries, and they have drawn in most of the regional and international powers into a destructive conflict trap. This is reshaping the Middle East in ways that will have profound consequences for the region as well as for the United States and other international powers.
Sponsored by the Center for International Relations and Politics and the Institute for Strategic Analysis.
Ariane M. Tabatabai is an associate political scientist at the RAND Corporation and an adjunct senior research scholar at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). She is also a Truman national security fellow and a Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) term member.
Thomas Merton Center, Jewish Voices for Peace, Friends of Sabeel, Veterans for Peace of Western PA, Students for Justice in Palestine, Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee, Pittsburgh DSA
The film tells the stories of four Palestinian children who had been detained and imprisoned under the Israeli military and political system.
There will be an organized discussion following the film to support H.R. 2407, the Promoting Human Rights for Palestinian Children Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act.