Seminar Speakers
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David Albright
Founder and President of the Institute for Science and International Security
“Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East”
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Ghaith al-Omari
Senior Fellow at Irwin Levy Family Program on the U.S.-Israel Strategic Relationship at The Washington Institute
“Arab and Islamic Politics: Negotiating Peace”
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Jane Arraf
International Correspondent, based in Amman, Jordan
“Assigning Stories for an International Audience”
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Ilan I. Berman
Senior Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, DC
“Russia, China and the Middle East”
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Nadia Bilbassy-Charters
Washington Bureau Chief of Al Arabiya Television
“Reporting from the US for Middle Eastern Audiences”
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Sarah Burkhard
Lead Researcher and Author at the Institute for Science and International Security
“Enriching Uranium - Nuclear Weapons or Peaceful Energy?”
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Jane Ferguson
Foreign Correspondent for PBS NewsHour and Contributor to The New Yorker
“Accurate Reporting in Foreign Countries”
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Ambassador Alberto Fernandez
Vice President of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)
“The Media Landscape in the Middle East Region”
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Glenn Frankel
Author and former Foreign Correspondent with The Washington Post
“Story Architecture”
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Kim Gamel
Managing Editor at the Honolulu Civil Beat, and Solution Journalism Trainer
“Getting and Verifying the Story”
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Hanin Ghaddar
Friedmann Fellow on Arab Politics at The Washington Institute
“Journalism in Lebanon”
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Tom Gjelten
Writer and Former Religion and Believe Correspondent at NPR
“Reporting on Religion”
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Talia Glazer
Communications Associate at IMPACT-se
“The Influences of School Education in Africa”
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Ambassador Hansjörg Haber
Former German Diplomat
“Yemen - An Introduction”
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Martin Jungius
Press Secretary at the German Embassy in Washington, DC
“Germany’s Interests in the Middle East”
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Max Kanzow
Political Officer at the German Embassy in Washington, DC
“Representing European Interests in the Middle East Abroad”
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Yael Lavie
Independent Filmmaker and Lecturer at Reichmann University
“Media Ethics in the Digital Age”
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Nada Majdalani
Palestine Director at EcoPeace Middle East
“The Green Blue Deal for the Middle East”
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Aaron David Miller
Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
“What Does the Iran-Saudi Pact Mean for Israel?”
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Abdel Rahman Sultan
Deputy Director and Regional Programs Manager at EcoPeace, Jordan
“Environmental Peace Building in the Middle East”
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Ambassador Roya Rahmani
Senior Advisor at the South Asia Center at the Atlantic Council
“Afghanistan Today”
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Ambassador Dennis Ross
William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
“Arab-Israeli Relations: Peace Processes”
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Karim Sadjadpour
Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
“Iran Today”
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Marcus Scheff
Chief Executive Officer at IMPACT-se
“Educational Curricula in the Middle East”
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Aaron Sharockman
Executive Director, PolitiFact, and Vice President for Sales & Strategic Partnerships at Poynter
“Mis- and Dis-Information in the Middle East”
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Lyne Sneige
Director of the Arts and Culture Center at the Middle East Institute (MEI)
“Art and Artists in the Middle East Region”
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William F. Wechsler
Senior Director of the Rafik Hariri Center and Middle East Programs at the Atlantic Council
“The Abraham Accords”