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The Arab Cultural Debate and Its
Implications for U.S.- Arab Engagement |
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Thursday March 18, 2010 • from 9:00 A.M. to NOON
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| at The Carter Center |
| Hosts |
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President Jimmy Carter |
His Excellency
Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed al-Salimi
Minister of Religious Affairs and Endowments, Sultanate of Oman
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Ambassador Andrew Young |
Former Georgia Supreme Court Justice
Leah Ward Sears |
| AGENDA |
| 9 A.M. |
| Welcome Remarks |
| Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears (retired) |
| Address to the Malta Forum and Guests |
| President Jimmy Carter |
| 9:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. |
| Presentation of the Arab Cultural Debate |
by Hassan I. Mneimneh, Director, Center for IjtihadReason and
Ridwan al-Sayyid, Professor of Islamic Studies, Lebanese University |
Distinguished Panel Discussion
followed by Questions and Answers |
Moderated by William A. Galston, Ezra K. Zilkha Chair
and Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings Institution |
| Panelists |
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Moataz Abdul-Fattah, Cairo University |
Jean Bethke Elshtain, Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor,
Social and Political Ethics, University of Chicago |
Francis Fukuyama, Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International
Political Economy, Johns Hopkins University |
| 11:30 A.M. - NOON |
| Informal Discussion |
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Conference Videos |
Justice Leah Sears and President Jimmy Carter view
David Blankenhorn and William Galston view
Ridwan al-Sayyid view
Frank Fukuyama view
Panel Discussion: Hassan I. Mneimneh, Jean Bethke Elshtain, and Moataz Abdul-Fattah view
Questions and Answers view
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