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EVENTS ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2001
TIME: All Day
EVENT: MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE holds its 55th Annual Conference: 2001 and Beyond: Middle East Challenges for the New Administration.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8 a.m. - Opening Remarks
Edward Walker, Middle East Institute
9:15 a.m. - Keynote address with Shibley Telhami, Sadat Chair in Peace and Development, University of Maryland
10:30 a.m. - Panel I: Arab-Israeli Peacemaking Ten Years After the Madrid Conference
Tamara Wittes, MEI
Murhaf Jouejati, MEI Scholar-in-Residence
Ron Pundak, Peres Center for Peace
Khalil Shikaki, Palestinian Center for Policy Research, Ramallah
2 p.m. - Panel II: Challenges of Globalization
Michael Dunn, Middle East Journal
Richard Holmes, Managing Director, MenaLink
Faisal al-Kasim, Al-Jazeera TV, Doha, Qatar
Bob Copaken, MEI Scholar-in-Residence
7:30 p.m. - Banquet
William Burns, Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East
Don Peretz will receive an award of recognition from MEI
DATE: October 19, 2001
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-785-1141
WEB ADDRESS: mideasti.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: HOLY LAND CHRISTIAN ECUMENICAL FOUNDATION holds its Third International Conference "The Forgotten Faithful: Arab Christians Suffering in the Holy Land."
AGENDA: Highlights:
2 p.m. - Opening Prayer: Reverend Canon Roy J. Enquist, Ph.D. Canon Ecumenist Lutheran Church, Washington National Cathedral.
Welcoming Remarks: Rateb Rabie, KHS, President, HCEF
Introduction to Conference: Robert Younes, M.D., HCEF Secretary of the Board, Conference Chairman
Suffering Arab Christians in the Holy land:
An Update on the Current Living Conditions as Illustrated by Bethlehem, Beit Jala and Beit Sahour, a Microcosm of Arab Christian Persecution in the West Bank and Gaza
Rev. Lynne Faris, HCEF Vice President; Associate Pastor, National Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC
This report on the current situation in the Holy Land is from the perspective of the HCEF Fact Finding Mission to the Holy land in May 2001. Bethlehem, Beit Jala and Beit Sahour, Christian towns south of Jerusalem, have suffered severe bombardment by Military Occupation troops. Photos will demonstrate the damage to homes, businesses and people.
Duane Burchick, KHS, Director, HCEF Child Sponsorship Program.
The speaker will present details of the impact that the military siege of Bethlehem, Beit Jala and Beit Sahour has had on social and economic conditions for Christians and Muslims living through nightly bombardments, siege, roadblocks, checkpoints and humiliation by Military Occupation troops.
Dr. Bishara Awad, President of Bethlehem Bible College
3:45 p.m. - Illegal Israeli Settlements in the West Bank and Gaza
This discussion will review the speakers' research findings related to the Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza and the impact that settlements have had on the West Bank Arab Christian economy, social structure and population.
Professor Jad Isaac, Director General, Applied Research Institute, Jerusalem
Mr. Phillip Wilcox, President, Foundation for Middle East Peace, Washington, D.C.
5 p.m. - Christian Peacemaker Team member views the Arab Israeli Conflict
As a recent International Observer of the conflict in Bethlehem, the speaker will give an inside account of his experiences under fire in the Christian towns of Bethlehem, Beit Jala and Beit Sahour.
Dr. Jerry Levin, Former CNN Beirut Bureau Chief; Former Beirut Hostage
5:30 p.m. - Jerusalem and American Christians
Discussion of the Arab Christians and their influence on Jerusalem and other holy sites for American Christians from an American pastor's point of view.
Rev. Dr. Craig Barnes, Pastor, National Presbyterian Church
DATE: October 19, 2001
LOCATION: National Presbyterian Church, 4101 Nebraska Avenue NW, Washington DC
CONTACT: Luma, 866-871-4233
WEB ADDRESS:hcef.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION holds a briefing entitled on "Countering Terrorism: Developments At Home and Abroad."
WHO: The speakers are:
James B. Steinberg, Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy Studies Program, The Brookings Institution; former Deputy National Security Advisor
Paul C. Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies Program, and the Douglas Dillon Chair, The Brookings Institution; Director, Brookings Center for Public Service; and Senior Advisor, Brookings Presidential Appointee Initiative
Stephen P. Cohen, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Program, The Brookings Institution; former Member, Policy Planning Staff, U.S. Department of State and author of The Pakistan Army
P.W. Singer, John M. Olin Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Program, The Brookings Institution; A Brookings post-doctoral fellow currently working on information warfare
DATE: October 19, 2001
LOCATION: 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS:brook.edu
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a book forum on The Joy of Freedom: An Economist's Odyssey, with author David R. Henderson.
DATE: October 19, 2001
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: WESTERN POLICY CENTER features Stephen Kinzer, former Istanbul bureau chief of the New York Times discussing "Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds."
DATE: October 19, 2001
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency -- Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-530-1425
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: U.S. INSTITUTE FOR PEACE holds a discussion on "Confronting Organized Crime and Terrorism: Recent Lessons from Kosovo.
WHO: The speakers are:
Michael Hartman, United Nations Mission in Kosovo
Colette Rausch, Department of Human Rights and Rule of Law, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
DATE: October 19, 2001
LOCATION: 200 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-429-3878
WEB ADDRESS:usip.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: DEFENSE FORUM FOUNDATION luncheon discussion on "Transformation: Transforming Our Military To Face Today's National Security Challenges," with Dr. Stephan Cambone, principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense For Policy, Department of Defense.
DATE: October 19, 2001
LOCATION: B-339 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-534-4313
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION holds a forum on "American's Changing Neighborhoods: Census 2000."
WHO: The speakers are:
Robert Lang, Fannie Mae Foundation
Kristopher Rengert, Fannie Mae Foundation
Alan Berube, Brookings Institution
DATE: October 19, 2001
LOCATION: 1785 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-408-8553
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds a seminar called "Covering The War On Terrorism From The Nation's Capital."
DATE: October 19, 2001
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION holds a brownbag discussion on Beyond Kyoto: How Markets Could Solve the Impasse over Global Warming with Ricardo Bayon, Fellow, New America Foundation.
DATE: October 19, 2001
LOCATION: 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901
WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents Australian performer classical pianist Daniel Martyn Lewis.
DATE: October 19, 2001
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Egypt In Hollywood: Pharaohs Of The Fifties with Sam Serafy, a Washington filmmaker.
DATE: October 19, 2001
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, Dc
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY presents musician, composer, and producer, Quincy Jones In an interview with jazz legend Billy Taylor.
DATE: October 19, 2001
LOCATION: Lisner Auditorium, 21st H Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS:gwu.edu
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE features author Reeve Lindbergh discussing and signing copies of No More Words: A Journal of My Mother, Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Mrs. Lindbergh, disabled by strokes, was reduced to near silence.
DATE: October 19, 2001
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
