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Fall 2005 Vol. 31 No. 1 FINDING COMMON GROUND IN THE MIDDLE EAST Zahira Kamal and Naomi Chazan to Speak at the UW sunday October 23, 2005 7:30 p.m. Kane Hall Room 130 University of Washington Free and open to the public Naomi Chazan Zahira Kamal N partnership with was Deputy Speaker and a Women. She was among the I Seattle’s Find Common member, among others, of the Founders and is presently the Ground organization, the Foreign Affairs and Defense Foreign Affairs Director of the Middle East Center will sponsor Committee. A professor of Palestinian Federation of an evening lecture on October political science (emerita) at the Women's Action, a member of 23, 2005 featuring Naomi Hebrew University of the Women's Affairs Technical Chazan and Zahira Kamal— Jerusalem, where she chaired Committee, and member on two extraordinary women who the Harry S Truman Research the boards of both Israeli and are working toward developing Institute for the Advancement Palestinian Networking and the progressive civil societies in of Peace, Naomi Chazan has Jerusalem Link, two Israel and Palestine. The written extensively on cooperating women's centers in evening event will be moderated comparative politics, African East and West Jerusalem. by KIRO Radio’s Dave Ross. politics, the Arab-Israel conflict, Sponsors of this event include: NAOMI CHAZAN now heads and women and peace. School of Theology and Ministry, Seattle University, Temple the School of Society and ZAHIRA KAMAL is currently De Hirsch Sinai, Politics at the Academic College the General Director of the The Episcopal Diocese of Western of Tel-Aviv-Yaffo after Directorate for Gender Washington, PNW Conference of the completing a year as the first Planning and Development at United Methodist Church – Peace Robert Wilhelm Fellow at the the Palestinian Ministry of with Justice Commission, University Temple United Methodist Center for International Studies Planning. In this capacity she Church, US Inter-Religious at the Massachusetts Institute of initiated the establishment of Committee for Peace in the Middle Technology. Professor Chazan the Inter-ministerial East, B’rit Tzedek v’Shalom – Jewish served three terms in the Coordinating Committee for Alliance for Justice and Peace, Holy Knesset (1992-2003), where she the Advancement of Palestinian Trinity Lutheran Church – Mercer Island.I MIDDLE EAST CENTER 1 Middle East Center Partners with Center to Host Information School to Design an Saudi Delegation Information Portal to the Middle East in November MERICAN interest in the Middle East has increased HE Middle East Center, A dramatically since 9/11, but the information available to T Global Business Center, the Americans to judge what is happening in the region has not expanded Law School, the Information to meet the demand. School, and the Department of To begin to address this paucity of information, the Middle East Communications will host a Center, in partnership with the UW’s Information School, has been delegation of Saudi academics, awarded a grant from the US Department of State to design and test researchers, consultants, and an Internet-based English-language information portal to the Middle administrators on November 14- East. 15, 2005. This event will provide The information portal will address the critical need of providing a valuable opportunity for UW English-language translation of major Arab-language media through faculty, administrators, and the web-based technology. The project will evaluate the feasibility of local community to gain insights providing access to satellite television emanating from Egypt and the into the society, politics, and Arab Emirates. With the dramatic rise of public discourse in the Arab culture of the Kingdom of Saudi world via talk show formats and breaking news coverage, the entire Arabia. Among the participants terrain of freedom of expression is swiftly changing and allowing will be: valuable avenues for better insights and understanding of the Arab Saleh A. Al-Mani, Dean, College of world. The goal of the information portal is to make it possible Administrative Sciences, King Saud University; Othman Al-Rawaf, through English-language translations of current programming for Consultant, Ministry of Higher Americans to begin to understand the broad range of Arab opinion Education; Ibrahim Albaeyez, Mass and discourse without having to consult academic or politically- Communications, King Saud motivated gatekeepers. University; Sulaiman Alsakran, Finance & Economics, King Fahd The project will further begin to create links between American University; Fadia Saud Al-Saleh, and Arab academics studying the media and will enable exchanges Dean, Prince Sultan Private College between members of the American and Arab media communities. for Women; Fahad Aldosary, Principle investigators of the project are Ellis Goldberg, Director, Economic Consultant, Ministry of Middle East Center, and Michael Eisenberg, Dean, School of Higher Education; Ilham Al-Dakheel, CEO, Asrary Educational Incubator. Information. I United State Institute of Peace Awards Grant to Center to Develop Protocols for Victims of Post Traumatic Stress in Israel and Palestine HE Middle East Center has been awarded a clinicians, clergy and local caregivers, the project will T two-year grant from the United States provide a knowledge base and skill set to manage the Institute of Peace for a project titled: “Pathways of long-term disability associated with violent death in Hope in the Residue of Violent Conflict: both populations. Confronting Psychological Trauma in the Middle The project will provide local training sessions in East.” This innovative project aims to diminish the Israel and Palestine, with follow-up training in self-perpetuating cycle of violent death in Palestine Seattle. End products will include clinical protocols, and Israel by providing culturally-specific therapies teaching manuals (in English, Hebrew, and Arabic), for surviving disabled loved ones and family and the establishment of stable teleconferencing to members. Using the framework of post-traumatic communicate across resistant borders. stress protocols developed at the Virginia Mason Principle Investigators for this project are Ellis Goldberg, Medical Center in combination with regionally Director, Middle East Center; and Edward K. Rynearson, Medical Director, Virginia Mason Medical Center-Seattle, specific input from Palestinian and Israeli Separation and Loss Services.I 2 MIDDLE EAST CENTER FLORIAN SCHWARZ Middle East Historian Joins Faculty at the UW OINING the faculty of the the khanate/emirate of Bukhara, J Department of History this fall 16th-20th centuries; and Central as an assistant professor is Florian Asian Muslim hagiographies. He Schwarz, a specialist in Middle has recently been working on the East history. Schwarz received his study of religious learning and doctorate in Islamic and Iranian production of knowledge in Studies at the University of Muslim societies focused on a Tübingen, Germany. circle of religious scholars in His research interests in social, 17th-century Medina. His future cultural, and economic history of research directions include a the Middle East span the comparative study of anti-colonial medieval to early modern periods. jihad movements between 1830 He has received grants for work and 1930 with case studies from on 17th and 18th century Arabic Libya, Algeria, and Central Asia. literary culture, urban centers in Florian Schwarz New Video and DVD Resources Available from the Middle East Center Resources may be borrowed free of charge for instructors and educators to use in their classrooms. Contact the Middle East Center by telephone (206)543-4227 or by email : <[email protected]>. The Center also publishes a video guide of its holdings, available free upon request, or view our webpage at http://jsis. washington.edu/programs/mideast/vidlib.htm Byzantium, Islam, and the victory over the crusaders 1683. 26 min. DVD. The Crusades. 18 min., 1998. at Jerusalem. powerful sultans of the DVD. grades 7-12. Using early Ottoman empire are maps, location shots, Death of a Princess. DVD. 120 profiled in this short work. period art, and narration, min., 2005 (originally this succinct program released in 1980). A docu- The Siege of Constantinople. 25 summarizes events around drama recounting the min., 1995. In 1453 the Mediterranean public execution for Sultan Mehmet, leader of between 330 and 1453 A. adultery of a young Saudi the Muslim world, D. (suitable for middle Arabian princess, which breached the walls of school and high-school caused vehement protests Constantinople with a new levels). from the Saudi weapon, the cannon. His government when victory led to the creation The Crusades Timeline, October originally broadcast. PBS: of the Ottoman Empire, 2, 1187. 30 min. DVD. Frontline. which flourished for 500 Brief look at the events years. Vol. 6 of History's leading up to Saladin’s The Ottoman Empire, 1280- Turning Points series. MIDDLE EAST CENTER 3 The Middle East Center Newsletter OTHMAN AL RAWAF EDITOR Felicia J. Hecker US-Saudi Relations ADDRESS since 9/11 Middle East Center Box 353650 November 14, 2005 7:00 P.M. University of Washington Kane Hall, Rm. 110 Seattle, WA 98195 USA Free and open to the public. TELEPHONE 206-543-4227 OTHMAN AL-RAWAF is a member of the Saudi Majlis Ash Shura and is a weekly columnist for Ashsharq Alwasat daily FAX newspaper. 206-685-0668 E-MAIL [email protected] http://jsis.washington.edu/ programs/mideast/index.htm MIDDLE EAST CENTER Nonprofit Org. 225 Thomson Hall, Box 353650 U.S. Postage University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-3650 P A I D USA Seattle, WA Permit No. 62 INSERT BARCODE 67-1027 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED 4 MIDDLE EAST CENTER Hugh pope SONS OF THE CONQUERORS The Rise of the Turkic World TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2005 7:30 p.m., Kane Hall, Room 120 University of Washington Free and open to the public HUGH POPE currently runs the news bureau in Istanbul for the Wall Street Journal and he has been a reporter for the Independent, Los Angeles Times, BBC, and Reuters.