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2010 U.S.–Islamic World Forum at Brookings Writing the Next Chapter

Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 www.us-islamicworldforum.org February 13-15, 2010 • Doha, Qatar WELCOME

Welcome and Ahlan Wa Sahlan!

On behalf of the Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, housed within the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, we are delighted to welcome you to the 2010 U.S.-Islamic World Forum. Together with the State of Qatar, the Saban Center annually convenes this Forum under the gracious auspices of HRH Sheikh Hamad bin STEERING COMMITTEE Khalifa Al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar. We salute his vision and leadership in enabling us to come together for three days of thoughtful discussion and transformative dialogue on Hady Amr issues of mutual importance. Fellow and Director Brookings Doha Center Since our last Forum we have witnessed a significant shift in the dialogue between the United States and global Muslim communities. A new American President has endeav- Stephen R. Grand Fellow and Director ored to set a new and positive tone for engagement, exemplified by his historic remarks Project on U.S. Relations in Cairo. Over the next three days we will explore how much has changed and whether with the Islamic World this altered discourse has been translated into substantive policy recommendations and programs. In recognizing the need for a sustained civic infrastructure to coordinate and KENNETH M. POLLACK complement the activities of our partners in the non-governmental and private sectors, we Senior Fellow and Director Saban Center at Brookings have designed a special session this year entitled “Maintaining the Momentum: A Strategy Session to Develop Public and Private Partnerships.” Martin S. Indyk Vice President and Director Whether you are joining us as a policy maker, opinion leader, activist or funder we hope Foreign Policy Studies The Brookings Institution you will find the 2010 forum an opportunity to share your talent with other leaders like yourself to create impact, whether through the working group for which you were invited Bruce Riedel or through the wider framework of U.S. Muslim global engagement. Senior Fellow Saban Center at Brookings Please also join us in taking this opportunity to recognize and thank our partners in this Shibley Telhami endeavor. This includes the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister for Qatar, HE Sheikh Anwar Sadat Chair Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr al-Thani, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for their support. University of Maryland In particular, we also thank HE Mohammad Abdullah Mutib Al-Rumaihi, Assistant For- eign Minister for Follow-Up Affairs, and the entire Permanent Committee for Organizing Conferences staff for their support and dedication in organizing the forum.

If we can be of assistance, please do not hesitate to come to our information desk centrally located in the lobby of the Sheraton.

Thank you for joining us. We look forward to meeting you, and together…writing the next chapter.

Dr. Stephen R. Grand Durriya Badani Fellow and Director Project Manager Project on U.S. Relations with the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World Islamic World

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Agenda at a Glance

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2010

7:00pm-9:00pm registration

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2010

9:00am-11:00am Welcome/Registration

11:00am-12:30pm An Introduction to the Goals of the Islamic World Forum and an Opportunity to Meet Your Fellow Conference Participants

12:45pm-1:45pm Lunch – Al Hubara Restaurant, Sheraton Hotel

2:00pm-3:30pm Towards a More Robust U.S.-Muslim Engagement: From Concept to Concrete Outcomes*

3:45pm-4:00pm Break

4:00pm-5:30pm Working Group Sessions

5:30pm-6:00pm Break

6:00pm dinner and Opening Plenary: Writing the Next Chapter*

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010

9:00am-10:45am A Fresh Start? Has Obama Initiated a New Beginning in Relations with Muslim Communities?*

10:45am-11:00am Coffee Break

11:00am-12:45pm Working Group Sessions

1:00pm-2:00pm Lunch – Al Hubara Restaurant, Sheraton Hotel

2:15pm-4:15pm Working Group Sessions

2:15pm-4:15pm Maintaining the Momentum: A Strategy Session to Develop Public and Private Parternships (Special Session)

4:30pm Offsite Dinner and Excursion

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2010

9:00am-10:45am Fragile States: Shared Challenges to Ensuring Regional Stability* 10:45am-11:00am Coffee Break 11:00am-12:30pm Working Group Sessions 12:45pm-1:45pm Lunch – Al Hubara Restaurant, Sheraton Hotel 2:00pm-3:00pm Working Group Sessions 3:30pm-4:45pm Communicating the Results: Working Group Presentations* 5:00pm-7:00pm Closing Remarks and Farewell Reception

*Open to the media

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SESSIONS IN DETAIL

DATE/TIME SESSION LOCATION Saturday An Introduction to the Goals of the Inslamic World Forum and an Al-Maha 11:00am-12:30pm Opportunity to Meet Your Fellow Conference Participants Meeting Room

Saturday Towards a More Robust U.S.-Muslim Engagement: From Concept to Al-Maha 2:00pm-3:30pm Concrete Outcomes Meeting Room This session will highlight governmental and non-governmental efforts to build partnerships between the United States and Muslim communities. How do we de- fine engagement and move from dialogue toward enduring impact, sounder policies and sustainable programs and initiatives. What are concrete examples of this? Sunday A Fresh Start? Has Obama Initiated a New Beginning in Relations Salwa 9:00am-10:45am with Muslim Communities? Ballroom In his historic Cairo address, President Obama sought to create a new beginning in relations with the global Muslim community—a relationship based on mutual respect and the pursuit of mutual interests. Has the President succeeded and has the substance of U.S. foreign policy actually changed? A centerpiece of the speech was that the U.S. would reengage in the Arab-Israeli peace process. Has the U.S. made any progress toward a final resolution of the conflict? This session will address both the administration’s approach to the Arab-Israeli conflict and broader U.S. foreign policy affecting global Muslim communities. Sunday Maintaining the Momentum: A Strategy Session to Develop Public Al Rayyan 2:15pm-4:15pm and Private Partnerships (Invited Participants Only) Room The goal of this special session is to catalyze ideas into action, so as tocreatea civic infrastructure for partnerships between U.S. and global Muslim communi- ties. Select representatives from foundations, businesses and governemtns will come together to share information, identify sources of financial support and encourage collaborations. By outlining present initiatives, activities and future areas of em- phasis, assembled public and private stakeholders will identify areas of strength and complementarities, in addition to examing the possibilities for future partnerships. We will also examine metrics for evaluating progress and success as we prepare for the 2011 U.S.-Islamic Forum in Washington, D.C. Monday Fragile States: Shared Challenges to Ensuring Regional Stability Salwa 9:00am-10:45am Ballroom Weak states pose a threat to the security and stability of many parts of the Muslim world. This session will examine the causes of state weakness, its domestic and re- gional consequences and potential policy responses. How do the volatile internal dynamics of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, and Yemen affect regional stability and unity and what can be done about it? Monday Communicating the Results: Working Group Presentations Al Maha 3:30pm-4:45pm Meeting Room This session will allow the working group coveners to present the key findings of their session with a focus on recommendations for policymakers and private sector funders.

Monday Closing Remarks and Farewell Reception Salwa 5:00pm-7:00pm Ballroom

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WORKING GROUPS

Role of Religious Leaders and Religious Communities in Diplomacy

Conveners Bishop John B. Chane and Reverend Canon John L. Peterson Washington National Cathedral

Recent incidents such as the Swiss referendum, the Geert Wilders video, and the Danish cartoon controversy have demonstrated the renewed role that religion plays in foreign policy. Religious leaders and the communities they serve have the capacity either to temper or exacerbate disputes that arise as a result of religious or cultural differ- ences, helping determine whether they remain localized or—in a world of instant communications—spiral rapidly into more global foreign policy conflicts. Religious leaders and networks have also played important roles in halting ethnic violence, fostering reconciliation within states and making significant humanitarian and development con- tributions in communities. This working group examines both the potential and limits on the role religious leaders and communities can play in diplomacy and seeks to build partnerships among religious leaders for this purpose.

Participants The Reverend Canon John L. Peterson Reverend Joel C. Hunter Washington National Cathedral Northland Church The Right Reverend John B. Chane Ayatollah Ahmad Iravani Episcopal Bishop of Washington Catholic University of America Jasser Auda Imam Mohamed Magid Faculty of Islamic Studies at Qatar Foundation Islamic Society of North America Sheikh Abdullah Bin Bayyah Reverend Hady Mahfouz King Abdul Aziz University Holy Spirit Seminary in Jerusalem The Right Reverend Suheil Dawani Dalia Mogahed Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem Gallup Center for Muslim Studies Claudette Habesch Theodore Cardinal McCarrick Caritas Jerusalem Roman Catholic Church Janab Mehlam Yunus Hakimuddin Rabbi David Saperstein Dawat-e-Hadiyah Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism Anwer Hasan His Beatitude Theophilos Maryland Governor’s Commission on Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Middle Eastern American Affairs Imam Yahya Hendi Georgetown University

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 7 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r Democracy and Islamic Parties: Opportunities and Challenges

Conveners Dr. Bridget Welsh Associate Professor of Political Science at Singapore Management University and Dr. Syed Azman Syed Ahmad Central Working Committee Member and State Assemblyman for Kuala Trengganu (Islamic Party of Malaysia)

Throughout the Muslim world, Islamic parties are playing a major role in national politics. Often lumped together with organizations that use Islam in violent struggles and mistakenly tied to terrorism and intolerance, Islamic par- ties tend to be wrongly pegged as “undemocratic” and “extremist.” Few link Islamic parties with democracy and recognize the crucial role many of these parties play in representation, governance and the promotion of rights. This panel will bring together representatives from Islamic parties and the Western world to discuss how these parties en- gage in democratic processes and the challenges they face in doing so. The aim of the discussion is to start a dialogue with Islamic parties over their potential role in strengthening democracy as well as to promote a better understand- ing of how their participation in national and international politics is evolving.

Participants

Bridget Welsh Hamdie Morsi Singapore Management University Vali Nasr Syed Azman Syed Ahmad U.S. Department of State Islamic Party of Malaysia Nursanita Nasution Salah Ali Abdulrahman Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) National Islamic Forum (Bahrain) Abdul Aziz Omari Anas Altikriti Member of Parliament (Morocco) Islamic Party of Iraq Mahazir Osman Ghaffur Aziz Islamic Front Jamaat-e-Islami Barnett Rubin Safrullah Ahmad Dipatuan U.S. Department of State Moro Islamic Liberation Front Sabri Samirah Temal Karamolloglu Middle East Studies Center Saadet Party Abdirisak Waberi Joe Klein Islamic Association of Sweden Time Magazine Tamara Cofman Wittes Siti Mariah binti Mahmud U.S. Department of State Islamic Party of Malaysia Quinn Mecham U.S. Department of State

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 8 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r Transformative Partnerships in U.S.-Muslim World Relations: Empowering Networks for Community Development and Social Change

Convener Peter Mandaville George Mason University

Muslim populations around the world consistently define their chief priorities and concerns in relation to issues such as development, justice, and economic security. This working group will bring together thought leaders, community organizers, and foundations from the United States and the Muslim world to identify areas of mutual interest and begin designing actionable programs that emphasize sustainable community development and social innovation. Seeking to harness the appetite for social transformation among young people in the United States and the Muslim world, the workshop will build a network of change leaders, allowing them to share their experiences and explore new collabora- tions. The workshop will have two main areas of focus: developing ways to foster greater involvement in community development, and exploring the transformative potential of innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology to both ad- dress inequalities and support existing community networks. Concrete deliverables will include recommendations for specific programs and initiatives as well as a set of best practice guidelines for designing transformative social networks.

Participants

Peter Mandaville Kim McQuay George Mason University Asia Foundation Imam Al-Hajj Talib Abdur-Rashid Nicco Mele Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood EchoDitto Junaid Ahmad Fuad Nahdi Lahore University of Management Sciences Radical Middle Way Cherif Mohamed Aly Aïdara Rami Nashishibi Mozdahir International Institute Inner-City Muslim Action Network Aysha Alkusayer Iqbal Noor Ali Alwaleed bin Talal Foundation Aga Khan Development Network Shaykh Jihad Brown Alec Ross Deputy Director, Tabah Foundation U.S. State Department Asha Hagi Elmi Anas Saidi Save Somali Women and Children Association for Pesantren and Community Develop- ment (P3M) Junaid Jamshed Philanthropist Taleb Salhab Rockefeller Brothers Fund Amr Khaled Right Start Foundation Kanwar Schahzab Iqbal Academy Imtiaz Khan Congress of Muslim World Philanthropists Sheikha Aisha bint Faleh Al Thani Qatar Supreme Education Council Kalsoom Lakhani ML Resources Social Vision Doug Wilson Howard Gilman Foundation

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 9 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r Scientific, Intellectual and Governance Cooperation on Emerging Environmental Challenges

Convener Amit Pandya Senior Associate and Director of the Regional Voices: Transnational Challenges project at the Henry L. Stimson Center

The working group will bring together scientists, engineers, educators, economists and entrepreneurs, technical subject experts, experts in science policy and governance, and observers and analysts of politics and of philosophical and intellectual trends. The group will identify the principal economic, social and natural challenges posed by envi- ronmental change, and their principal causes (demographic, economic, and social). It will consider the availability of scientific and other intellectual resources and institutions relevant to these, and will discuss existing and potential cooperation, among sectors and disciplines and at the regional, inter-regional and global levels. The workshop will identify, consolidate and expand existing networks, and foster creation of additional ones. We will emphasize inte- gral multi-disciplinary approaches to economic, social and environmental trends.

Participants

Amit Pandya Ismid Hadad Wael Mua’lla Henry L. Stimson Center National Council on Climate University of Damascus Change (Indonesia) Vaughan Turekian Norm Neuriter AAAS Syed Iqbal Hasnain AAAS Energy and Resources Institute Shere Abbott Ainun Nishat White House Office on Science Mohamed Hassan International Union for and Technology Policy Third World Academy of Science Conservation of Nature Khursheed Ahmad Farkhonda Hassan Atiq Rahman Institute of Policy Studies National Council for Women in Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Egypt Studies Hayfaa Almudhaf Kuwait Institute for Scientific Asclepias Indriyanto Amina Rasul-Bernardo Research Indonesian Institute for Energy Asian Institute of Management Economics Lara Campbell Youba Sokona Center for International Science Shafqat Kakakhel Sahara and Sahel Observatory and Technology Advancement Sustainable Development Policy Institute Moneef Zou’bi Dia El Din El Quosy Islamic Academy of Sciences Egyptian Ministry of Water Bill Lawrence Resources and Irrigation U.S. Department of State Mohamed El-Raey David Michel University of Alexandria Henry L. Stimson Center

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 10 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r New Media to Further Global Engagement

Convener al-Husein Madhany Independent Consultant

This working group will explore opportunities for expanding the instruments available to foreign policy-makers to engage weak states. Fragmented and internally-conflicted states can be difficult to influence by traditional foreign policy means and further can be difficult to understand through traditional media outlets. New models of civil so- ciety action enabled by new media—and more broadly grounded civic media—show potential for reducing internal conflict and promoting social trust among tribal, ethnic, and religious groups. Bringing new media communications together with model civil society programs creates more powerful opportunities to enhance understanding of these internal conflicts and thereby address them in ways that will help accelerate social and political change. We will ac- complish this by identifying tools in any media that can foster or enhance civic engagement through case studies that span the globe. This working group will create policy recommendations on how best to employ civic media, as well as new media information technology communication tools, to harness the muted voices of civil societies to be active partners in promoting foreign policy objectives by working for economic, social, and political reform.

Participants al-Husein N. Madhany Jahid Mohseni Independent Consultant Moby Group Lawrence Chickering Cory Ondrejka Educate Girls Globally Second Life Vishakha Desai Abdul Aziz al-Nuaimi Asia Society Saafir Rabb Shereen El Feki USC Annenberg School American University in Cairo Cynthia Schneider Philip N. Howard Brookings Institution University of Washington Philip Seib Safeena Husain USC Center for Public Diplomacy Educate Girls Globally Abbi Shabazz Ali Jaber Media Gateway Dubai American University in Dubai Amra Tareen Hani Khoja All Voices Elixir Marketing Consultancy Ibrahim al-Turki Simon Mainwaring Wafi Corp Mainwaring Creative Huma Yusuf Laurie Meadoff Dawn.com Cancer Schmancer Riyaad Minty Al-Jazeera Labs

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List of Participants

Gail Chalef Mohamed Hagmagid UNITED STATES Director of Communications, Vice President, Islamic Society of & EUROPE Foreign Policy, The Brookings North America (ISNA) Institution Shadi Hamid John Bryson Chane Deputy Director, Brookings Doha Shere Abbott Bishop of Washington, Center; Fellow, Saban Center for Deputy Science Advisor, White Washington National Cathedral Middle East Policy, The Brook- House Office on Science and ings Institution Technology Policy David Chavern Chief Operating Officer and Edward Jack Hardin Al-Hajj Talib ‘Abdur-Rashid Senior Vice President, Founding Partner, Rogers and Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood U.S. Chamber of Commerce Hardin LLP

Mohammed Mahfoodh Al Lawrence Chickering Anwer Hasan Ardhi Founder, Educate Girls Globally Chairman, Maryland Governor’s Board Member, Investcorp and Commission on Middle Eastern Brookings International Advisory Aysha Chowdhry American Affairs Board Research Analyst and Publications Manager, Project on U.S. Yahya Hendi Hady Amr Relations with the Islamic World, Chaplain, Georgetown University Fellow and Director, Brookings Saban Center for Middle East Doha Center, Saban Center for Policy, The Brookings Institution Richard Holbrooke Middle East Policy, The Brookings Special Representative for Institution Vishakha Desai Afghanistan and Pakistan, United President, Asia Society States Department of State Durriya Badani Project Manager, Project on U.S. Jeffrey Feltman Phil Howard Relations with the Islamic World, Assistant Secretary for Near Associate Professor, University of Saban Center for Middle East Eastern Affairs, United States Washington Policy, The Brookings Institution Department of State Joel Hunter Jihad Brown Marc Ginsberg Pastor, Northland Church Deputy Director President, Layalina Productions, Tabah Foundation Inc. Rashad Hussain Deputy Associate Council to the Lara Campbell Stephen R. Grand President, The White House Director, International Fellow and Director, Project on Partnerships, Center for U.S. Relations with the Islamic Martin S. Indyk International Science and World, Saban Center for Middle Vice President and Director Technology Advancement East Policy, The Brookings Foreign Policy Studies Institution The Brookings Institution

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 13 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r Benjamin Jacobs Laurie Meadoff Michael E. O’Hanlon Managing Member and Founder, CEO, Cancer Schmancer Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy JBG Holding Company Studies, The Brookings Institution Quinn Mecham Imtiaz Khan Member, Office of Policy Planning Cory Ondrejka Congress of Muslim World Staff, United States Department Co-Creator, Second Life Philanthropists of State Farah Pandith Joe Klein Nicco Mele Special Representative for Muslim Columnist, Time Magazine President & Co-Founder, Communities, United States echoditto.com Department of State Kalsoom Lakhani Director, ML Resources, LLC David Michel Amit Pandya Senior Associate Senior Associate, The Henry L. Muslim Lakhani Director, Environmental Security Stimson Center Chairman and CEO of ML The Henry L. Stimson Center Resources and ML Private John L. Peterson Investments, LLC. Dalia Mogahed Canon, Center for Global Justice Senior Analyst and Executive and Reconciliation, Washington Bill Lawrence Director, Gallup Center for National Cathedral Advisor for Science Partnerships, Muslim Studies United States Department of Kenneth Pollack State Fuad Nahdi Director, Saban Center for Director, Radical Middle Way Middle East Policy, The Brookings al-Husein Madhany United Kingdom Institution Independent Consultant Rami Nashishibi Saafir Rabb Simon Mainwaring Executive Director, Inner-City Senior Advisor to the Dean, President, Mainwaring Creative Muslim Action Network Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism, Alan Makovsky Vali Nasr University of Southern California Senior Professional Staff Member, Senior Advisor, Office of Special House Committee on Foreign Representative for Afghanistan Pradeep Ramamurthy Affairs and Pakistan, United States Senior Director for Global Department of State Enagagement, The White House Peter Mandaville Associate Professor of Shuja Nawaz Bruce Riedel Government & Politics Director, South Asia Center, The Senior Fellow, Saban Center for Co-Director, Center for Global Atlantic Council Middle East Policy, The Brookings Studies, George Mason University Institution Norm Neureiter Theodore McCarrick Senior Advisor, Center for Science Alec Ross Archbishop Emeritus of Diplomacy, American Association Senior Adviser on Innovation, Washington, Catholic Church for the Advancement of Science United States Department of State Michael Kim McQuay Iqbal Noor Ali Regional Director for Law and Senior Advisor, Barnett Rubin Governance, Asia Foundation Aga Khan Development Network Director of Studies and Senior Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, New York University

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 14 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r Taleb Salhab Vaughan Turekian Aisha bint Faleh Al Thani Program Director, Peace and Chief International Officer, Qatar Supreme Education Council Security, Rockefeller Brothers American Association for the Qatar Fund Advancement of Science Hamad bin Jassim Al-Thani David Saperstein Abdirisak Waberi Prime Minister and Foreign Director, Religious Action Center Chairman, Islamic Association of Minister of State of Qatar of Reform Judaism Sweden Qatar Sweden Cynthia Schneider Ibrahim al-Turki Nonresident Senior Fellow, Doug Wilson Wafi Corp The Brookings Institution; Executive Vice President, The Saudi Arabia Distinguished Professor in Howard Gilman Foundation the Practice of Diplomacy Aysha Alkusayer Georgetown University Tamara Cofman-Wittes Assistant Executive Manager, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Alwaleed bin Talal Foundation Philip Seib Near Eastern Affairs, United States Saudi Arabia Director, USC Center for Public Department of State Diplomacy Hayfaa Almudhaf Elias Zerhouni Director of the Public Relations Abbi Shabazz United States Science Envoy, and Publications Division, Kuwait Managing Director, Exwaze, LLC United States Department of Institute for Scientific Research State Kuwait Christal L. Shrader Project Assistant, Project on U.S. Ahmed Zewail Anas Altikriti Relations with the Islamic World, United States Science Envoy, Islamic Party of Iraq Saban Center for Middle East United States Department of Iraq Policy, The Brookings Institution State Cherif Mohamed Aly Aïdara Fatema Sumar Founder, Mozdahir International Professional Staff Member, Senate MIDDLE EAST Institute Committee on Foreign Relations & AFRICA Senegal

Strobe Talbott Jasser Auda President, The Brookings Associate Professor in Public Institution Salah Ali Abdulrahman Policy Program, Faculty of Islamic National Islamic Forum Studies, Qatar Foundation Amra Tareen Bahrain Qatar CEO, All Voices Abdul Aziz bin Ali bin Rashid Abdallah Bin Bayyah Shibley Telhami Al Nuaimi King Abdulaziz University Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Chairman, Green Base Saudi Arabia Brookings Institution Environmental Services Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace UAE Suheil Dawani and Development, University of Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem Maryland, College Park Mohammed Abdullah Mutib Palestinian Territories Al-Rumaihi Assistant Foreign Minister for Follow-Up Affairs Qatar

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 15 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r Shereen El Feki Farkhonda Hassan Riyaad Minty American University of Cairo Secretary General, National Senior New Media Analyst, Advisor, Meedan Council for Women in Egypt Al-Jazeera Egypt Egypt Qatar

Dia El Din El Quosy Mohamed Hassan Jahid Mohseni Advisor, Ministry of Water President, Academy of Sciences Director and CEO, Moby Group Resources and Irrigation for the Developing World Afghanistan Egypt Sudan Hamdie Morsi Mohamed El Raey Saad Eddin Ibrahim Egypt Professor of Environmental Chairman, Ibn Khaldun Center Physics, University of Alexandria for Development Studies Wael Mua’lla Egypt Egypt President, University of Damascus Syria Asha Hagi Elmi Ahmad Iravani Chairperson, Save Somali Women Professor, Catholic University of Abdul Aziz Omari and Children America Member of Parliament Somalia IRAN Morocco

Recep Tayyip Erdogan Ali Jaber Mahazir Osman Prime Minister, Republic of Dean of the Mohammed Islamic Front Turkey Bin Rashid School of Sudan Turkey Communication, The American University in Dubai Sabri Samirah Nabil Fahmy UAE Director of the Studies’ Unit, Dean of the School of Public Middle East Studies Center Affairs, American University in Temel Karamolloglu Jordan Cairo Vice President, Saadet Party Egypt Turkey Youba Sokona Executive Secretary, Sahara and Ashraf Ghani Amr Khaled Sahel Observatory Chairman, Institute for State Chairman of Right Start Tunisia Effectiveness Foundation International Afghanistan Egypt Theophilos Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Hani Khoja Claudette Habesch Jerusalem Secretary General, Caritas Owner, Elixir Marketing Jerusalem Jerusalem Consultancy Saudi Arabia Palestinian Territories Moneef Zou’bi Director General, Islamic Hady Mahfouz Ismid Hadad Academy of Sciences Chair, Working Group on Finan- President, Holy Spirit Seminary Jordan cial Mechanism, National Council Lebanon on Climate Change of the Repub- lic of Indonesia Abdul Salam Majali Indonesia President, Islamic Academy of Sciences JordAn

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 16 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r Mehlum Hakimuddin Nursanita Nasution SOUTH & Director, Attalim, Dawat-e- Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) SOUTHEAST ASIA Hadiyah Indonesia India Ainun Nishat Syed Iqbal Hasnain Senior Advisor, Climate Junaid Ahmad Senior Fellow, The Energy and Change, International Union for Lahore University of Management Resources Institute Conservation of Nature Sciences India Bangladesh Pakistan Safeena Husain Atiq Rahman Khursheed Ahmad Executive Director, Educate Girls Executive Director, Bangladesh Chairman, Institute of Policy Globally Center for Advanced Studies Studies India Bangladesh Pakistan Anwar Ibrahim Amina Rasul Syed Azman Syed Ahmad Leader of Parliamentary Asian Institute of Management Central Working Committee Opposition Philippines Member and State Assemblyman, Malaysia Pan-Islamic Party of Malaysia Anas Saidi Malaysia Asclepias Indriyanto Director, Pesantren and Executive Director, Indonesian Community Development (P3M) M.J. Akbar Institute for Energy Economics Indonesia Chairman and Director of Indonesia Publications, Covert Magazine Kunwar Schahzeb India Junaid Jamshed Director, Iqbal Academy Philanthropist Pakistan Ghaffur Aziz Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami Bridget Welsh Pakistan Shafqat Kakakhel Associate Professor, Singapore Advisor on Environment, Management University Safrullah Dipatuan Sustainable Development Policy Singapore Moro Islamic Liberation Front Institute (MILF) Pakistan Huma Yusuf Philippines Features Editor, DAWN Siti Mariah binti Mahmud newspaper Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) Pakistan Malaysia

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BIOGRAPHIES

Salah Ali Abdulrahman He served as president of the U.S.-based National Bahrain Muslim Law Students Association (NMLSA), and is Salah Ali Abdulrahman is the on the board of the Muslim Peace Fellowship. He has Deputy Speaker of the Islamic Na- been a longtime human rights activist. He was on the tional Party and currently serves as Executive Board of the Domestic Violence Resource a member of the Council of Rep- Project. His research interests include political Islam, resentatives of the Kingdom of globalization, and social movements, and he has lec- Bahrain. He is also the President tured and written extensively on these topics. of the National Islamic Forum and in 1992 received his Medical Degree in Family Medicine from the Arab Khursheed Ahmad Board of Medical Specializations in Syria. Pakistan Khursheed Ahmad is a renowned Al-Hajj Talib ‘Abdur-Rashid scholar, economist and Islamic United States activist. He is the founding chair Al-Hajj Talib ‘Abdur-Rashid is of the Institute of Policy Stud- the religious and spiritual leader ies in Pakistan. He has written, (Imam) of The Mosque of Islamic edited, and translated more than Brotherhood Inc. He is now a Vice 70 books in English and Urdu. His in-depth compara- President (Deputy Amir) of that tive study of the oriental as well as occidental philoso- organization. He serves nationally phies in religion, academics, economics, constitutional as the Deputy Amir of The Muslim Alliance in North matters and his commitment to the cause of human- America. He is the co-founder of the African-African ity has led him to be entrusted with key positions in American Muslim Commission on HIV/AIDS, and the national, as well as international organizations on a member of the Advisory Committee of the Interna- these socioeconomic and other multidimensional dis- tional Muslim Leaders Consultation on HIV/AIDS. ciplines. In addition, he has also been awarded with He is the author of A Muslim Manifesto on Darfur and three honorary degrees. He has also served as Federal Healing Indigenous Muslim Families in America. The Minister for Planning, Development and Statistics in Imam is the host of a monthly Harlem-based radio the Government of Pakistan and is a long time member show, entitled “Prophetic Echoes”, on WHCR (90.3 FM, of the Senate of Pakistan. or whcr.org) in New York City. Syed Azman bin Syed Ahmad Junaid S. Ahmad Malaysia Pakistan Syed Azman bin Syed Ahmad is Junaid S. Ahmad has a Juris Doc- currently a member of the State torate from the College of William Assembly from Terengganu, Ma- and Mary, USA. He is currently a laysia and Chairman of Interna- Ph.D. candidate in the Depart- tional Affairs in the Islamic Party ment of Religious Studies at the of Malaysia (PAS). He received his University of Cape Town, and is Bachelor of Business in Administration, his M.A. in also a faculty member in the Faculty of Law and Policy, Public Administration and a Master of Science in Po- Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). litical Science from Indiana State University. He also

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 19 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of and Petroleum Engineering and Environmental Man- Birmingham, England. agement. He earned his Ph.D. in Cleaner Production and Industrial (Ecology) Eco-Systems. M.J. Akbar India Mohammed Abdullah Mutib Mobashar Jawed (M.J.) Akbar is Al Rumaihi Chairman and Director of Pub- Qatar lications of Covert Magazine He Mohammed Abdullah Mutib Al- has launched and edited several Rumaihi is assistant foreign min- important publications in India ister of follow-up af­fairs for the including Illustrated Weekly of In- State of Qatar. In this capacity, Al- dia and The Telegraph. Akbar has also written books on Rumaihi heads the Government the Indian political landscape. A renowned political Com­mittee for Delineating Maritime Borders and is and social commentator, Akbar is also the author of in charge of security affairs at the Ministry of Foreign several articles and books, including Blood Brothers and Affairs. He also heads the Government Committee for India: The Siege Within, Challenges to a Nation’s Unity. Coordinating Conferences. Al-Rumaihi has had a long In addition, he served as a member of India’s Parlia- and distinguished career in the Qa­tari military which ment from 1989-1992, and as an advisor in the Minis- he entered after his secondary school education.­ He try of Human Resources, helping with policy planning worked his way up the ranks, serving as a command- in education and literacy programs. He holds a B.A. in er of several artillery regiments, eventually becoming English from Presidency College, Calcutta. chief of the Qatari-French defense agreement techni- cal committee, and taking charge of the international Mohammed Mahfoodh Al- agreements portfolio at the Office of the Chief of Staff Ardhi of the Qatari Armed Forces. He was transferred from Oman the Qatari Armed Forces on the directive of HRH the Mohammed Al-Ardhi is a former Emir in 2001 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Chief of the Omani Air Force, he was eventually appointed ambassador to France and was responsible for all the military non-resident ambassador to Belgium, the Swiss Federa- and security relations between tion, Luxemburg­ and the European Union. Al-Rumai- Oman and the U.S. and Iran. He hi is a graduate of Saint Cyr Military Academy French negotiated the Border agreement between Oman and Artillery School. He was also a candidate officer at the the UAE. Following the completion of his Masters in French Military College from 1976 to 1980. Public Policy from the John F Kennedy School of Gov- ernment at Harvard University, Mohammed joined the Aisha Bint Faleh Bin Nasser family business as its Chairman. Presently he serves on Al-Thani the Board of Directors of Investcorp and the Brookings Qatar International Advisory Board. Aisha bint Faleh bin Nasser Al- Thani is a member of the Qatar Abdul Aziz bin Ali Al Nuaimi Supreme Education Council. She UAE is also a member of the Board Abdul Aziz bin Ali Al Nuaimi, of Directors of the Zaytuna In- who is also known as the “Green stitute in the United States and sits on the Board of Sheikh” because of his zealous Directors of Reach Out to Asia. Sheikha Aisha bint interest in the environment, is a Faleh al Thani is the Chairperson of Al Faleh Group. member of the ruling family of the Sheikha Aisha was a speaker at the Qatar Foundation Emirate of Ajman in the United and UNESCO joint conference (2007) on “Literacy Arab Emirates. Currently Sheikh Abdul Aziz is the in the Arab States: Building Partnerships and Promot- CEO of Al Ihsan Charity Centre, advisor for Green ing Innovative Approaches.” She received her BA from Ajman and the Chairman of Green-Base Environmen- the University of Qatar and MBA from the Univer- tal Services. His educational background is in Chemical sity of Hull in the U.K. Sheikha Aisha is now a Ph.D.

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 20 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r candidate at the City University in the United King- Aysha Alkusayer dom in the area of corporate governance. Saudi Arabia Aysha Alkusayer is the Assistant Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Executive Manager of Alwaleed Al-Thani Bin Talal Foundation’s Strategic Qatar Studies Department, which aims Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al- to endorse peaceful coexistence be- Thani is Prime Minister and For- tween the East and West through eign Minister of the State of Qatar. innovative dialogue and meaningful collaborations Previously, he served as First Dep- across the spectrum of Eastern and Western cultures. uty Prime Minister and Minister Aysha has an M.A. in screenwriting from Portland, Or- of Foreign Affairs. From 1982-1989 he was the Direc- egon, and has since collaborated on screenwriting proj- tor of the Office of the Minister of Municipal Affairs ects. Currently, she is working with the MBC network and Agriculture. In July 1989, Al-Thani was appointed on a comedy series. Minister of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture and in May 1990, served as Deputy Minister of Electricity and Hayfaa Almudhaf Water for two years. He has also served as Chairman of Kuwait the Qatar Electricity and Water Company, President Hayfaa Almudhaf is Director of the of the Central Municipal Council, Director of the Public Relations team in the Pub- Special Emiri Projects Office, member of Qatar Petro- lications Division of the Kuwait leum Board of Directors, and member of the Supreme Institute for Scientific Research Council for Planning. Additionally, Al-Thani has held (KISR). An engineer by training, several other key positions including member of the she has led a number of research Supreme Defense Council, head of Qatar’s Permanent projects at KISR and in the past served as Director of the Committee for the Support of al-Quds, member of the Policy Research and Planning Division. In addition, she Permanent Constitution Committee, member of the has served on the Board of Directors of Kuwait Environ- Ruling Family Council, and member of the Supreme mental Public Authority (EPA), and has authored more Council for the Investment of the Reserves of the State. than 40 publications, including technical reports, con- ference papers and journal articles. Her areas of expertise Ibrahim Al-Turki include development and workforce issues in the Gulf. Saudi Arabia Ibrahim Al-Turki is the CEO of Anas Altikriti Wafi International, a company Iraq that specializes in the develop- Anas Altikriti was formerly a Post ment of non-profit organizations Graduate Lecturer in Translation and social responsibility programs and Interpreting Studies and is across the Gulf region. Wafi Inter- currently pursuing his PhD in Po- national understands the social responsibility and loy- litical Studies at Westminster Uni- alty required by the Gulf society to meet international versity in London. Anas Altikriti standards through a humanitarian Islamic culture was President of the Muslim Association of Britain in while always seeking new avenues for sustainable de- 2004, and stood down to fight the European Parlia- velopment. Before his work at Wafi International, Mr. mentary Elections. Anas Altikriti advises a number Al-Turki was a business development manager at Gart- of Arab and Western governments on various matters ner, an information technology research and advisory pertaining to dialogue and regional issues, including firm. Mr. Al-Turki received his Bachelor of Science in conflict resolution, hostage negotiation, and general Mathematics from the King Saud University in 2004. West-East relations. Anas Altikriti often comments in the mainstream and satellite media (both Arabic and English) and presents the weekly ‘Politics and Be- yond’ program on Islam Channel as well as the weekly ‘Jusoor’ (Bridges) on Al-Hiwar Satellite Channel. He

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 21 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r also contributes articles to The Guardian’s Comment and a contributor to: Contextualizing Islam in Britain, a is Free, has a column on IslamOnLine.net and con- policy report to the UK Ministry of Communities. tributes to a number of other websites including Al- Jazeera Net. Abdul Ghaffar Aziz Pakistan Hady Amr Abdul Ghaffar Aziz is currently the United States Director of the Foreign Affairs De- Hady Amr is a fellow at the Saban partment of Jamaat-e-Islami Paki- Center at Brookings and founding stan. Mr. Aziz received his Bach- director of the Brookings Doha elor of Arts in Arabic Language and Center. Throughout his two de- Journalism from Qatar University cade career, he has been based in and his Master’s degree in Arabic Language and Literature a half-dozen Muslim-majority in Pakistan. In 1990, he was appointed as the Special As- countries and 11 territories from Sub-Saharan Africa, sistant to the Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan with the to the Balkans, to the Mid­dle East and traveled to 20 special responsibility of maintaining contacts in the Arab Muslim-majority countries. He was the lead author of World. After serving in this capacity for many years, he major reports on subsets of the Muslim world, includ- was also entrusted with Darul Uroobah, a department at ing the groundbreaking “The State of the Arab Child,” Jamaat headquarters meant to prepare Islamic literature and “The Regional Statistical Report on the Multiple and to contact Arabic speaking masses and dignitaries. Indicator Cluster Survey 2,” as well as “The Situation of In 1998, he was appointed as the Director of the For- Children Youth and Women in Jordan,” for UNICEF. eign Affairs Department of Jamaat-Islami Pakistan. This Amr was an appointee at the Near East South Asia Cen- department serves as a laision office and establishes con- ter for Strategic Studies at National Defense University tacts with the outside world, at the public and private and a senior advisor to the World Economic Forum. He levels. Dozens of his translations from Arabic have been was born in Beirut, Lebanon and raised in Greece, Saudi published in Urdu, including his translation of “Fiqhul Arabia, and the United States and earned his M.A. in Aulawiyat,” a famous Arabic treatise. He regularly con- Economics from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public tributes to the monthly Tarjuman-ul-Quran, an academic and International Affairs at Princeton University. journal with the largest circulation in Urdu.

Cherif Mohamed Aly Aïdara Durriya Badani Senegal United States In 2000, Cherif Mohamad Aly Durriya Badani is currently the Aïdara founded the Mozdahir Project Manager for the Project International Institute, an NGO on U.S. Relations with the Islamic that works actively in Africa to World for the Brookings Insti- fight against material, mental and tution. Prior to her tenure with spiritual poverty, and for bringing Brookings, Durriya was appointed together people throughout the world. as Senior Associate for Government Affairs for Dawat- e-Hadiyah (America). As a Presidential Management Jasser Auda Fellow, Durriya also served as policy advisor for the Qatar Near East and South Asia for the President’s Interagen- Jasser Auda is an Associate Professor cy Council on Women, as a speechwriter to U.S. Secre- in the Public Policy Program in the tary of State Madeleine Albright, and as an Economic Faculty of Islamic Studies, a found- Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad for the U.S. ing member of the International Department of State. Durriya served in the U.S. Peace Union of Muslim Scholars, and Corps in Yemen and completed her M.A. in Arabic and a founding director of the Maqa- Islamic Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. sid Research Centre in the Philosophy of Islamic Law. In 2008, Durriya was appointed by Governor Mar- He is the author of: Maqasid Al-Shariah as Philosophy of tin O’Malley to the Commission for Middle Eastern Islamic Law: A Systems Approach, London: IIIT, 2008, American Affairs for Maryland.

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 22 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r Abdallah Bin Bayyah Gail Chalef Saudi Arabia United States Abdallah Bin Bayyah is an instruc- Gail Chalef is the Director of tor at King Abdul Aziz University Communications for Foreign Poli- in Jeddah and is the deputy head cy at Brookings and for the U.S.-Is- of the Union of Muslim Scholars, lamic World Forum. Chalef joined under Yusuf al Qaradawi. Before Brookings in 2007, after a 17- coming to teach in Saudi Arabia, year career with CNN and CNN the Sheikh was Minister of Education, Minister of Jus- International. During her years at CNN, Chalef was tice, and one of the first Vice Presidents in his native centrally involved in CNN’s coverage of the major news Mauritania. He is also a member of the International events of the past two decades—the first Gulf War, the Islamic Fiqh Academy, or Al Majma’ al Fiqhi, of the Bosnian War, the election of Nelson Mandela, the first Organization of the Islamic Conference. He has also Russian Presidential election, the 9/11 attacks, and the written numerous texts and his engagements draw death of Pope John Paul, to name a few. Chalef received crowds of tens of thousands of Muslims. He has spo- an Emmy Award for CNN’s 9/11 coverage, a Peabody ken at length about the endurance of the Islamic legal Award for CNN’s Hurricane Katrina coverage, and an tradition and also written extensively on rulings for Emmy nomination for Christiane Amanpour’s inter- Muslims living as minorities in foreign lands. view with Palestinian President Yassir Arafat. In 1987 and 1993 respectively, Chalef received fellowships from Jihad Brown the National Endowment for the Arts and the RIAS United States Berlin Commission. Jihad Hashim Brown was born in Santa Ana, California. He gradu- John Bryson Chane ated from Rutgers University in United States 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts degree The Rt. Rev. John Bryson Chane in Psychology and a Minor in Mid- serves a diverse diocese in the Dis- dle East Studies. Upon graduation, trict of Columbia and the State of he went on to pursue studies in Islamic Juristic Meth- Maryland as the Episcopal Bishop odology, Theology and Logic with renowned scholars in of Washington. He is President Damascus, Syria. Subsequently, he continued studies of and CEO of the Protestant Epis- Islamic Juristic Methodology from the Compendium of copal Cathedral Foundation which oversees the op- Compendiums of al-Taj al-Subki in the antique madrasahs eration of Washington National Cathedral. A graduate of the Southern Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Jihad of Boston University and the Berkeley Center at Yale Brown lives in Damascus with his wife and four children. Divinity School, he has received honorary doctorates from Virginia Theological Seminary, Berkeley Divin- Lara A. Campbell ity School at Yale and Episcopal Divinity School. Prior United States to his election as bishop, he served as Dean of Saint Dr. Campbell is Manager of Paul’s Cathedral, San Diego, California. Before that Partnerships and Outreach and he served parishes in New Jersey, and Massachusetts Senior Scientist with the not-for- and was Canon Pastor of Saint Paul’s Cathedral, Erie, profit CUBRC Center for Inter- Pennsylvania. national Science and Technology Advancement (CUBRC-CISTA). David C. Chavern Dr. Campbell recently returned to the U.S. after ten United States months in the Middle East as a Fulbright Scholar do- David C. Chavern is executive ing research on the factors affecting development of a vice president and chief operating vibrant innovation ecosystem in the Arab Middle East. officer at the United States Cham- Dr. Campbell holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry ber of Commerce. Chavern has from Rice University in Houston Texas and a Ph.D. in responsibility for the day-to-day Chemistry from the University of Texas at Austin. operations of the U.S. Chamber

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 23 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r including finance, small business and Mid-Market Prior to this, Chowdhry worked in the World Bank’s membership, information technology, and human re- Human Development Network. She received a B.A. sources, and he serves as chair of the Chamber’s Man- from Northwestern University in History and Asian agement Committee. Chavern also is responsible for and Middle Eastern Studies and an M.A. in Near and the Chamber’s Capital Markets and Intellectual Prop- Middle Eastern Studies from the School of Oriental erty policy initiatives. In addition, he has oversight­ and African Studies in London. of the National Chamber Litigation Center (NCLC) and the Office of the General Counsel. NCLC is the Suheil S. Dawani Chamber’s public policy law firm. Chavern previously Palestine served as the Chamber’s chief of staff and vice presi- The Rt. Reverend Suheil S. Dawa- dent of its Capital Markets initiative, where he quickly ni is the 14th Anglican Bishop in became one of the nation’s leading voices on corporate Jerusalem and the Bishop of the governance and on the regulation of U.S. capital mar- Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, kets. Earlier, he served in several senior positions at the where he oversees 27 parishes and U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank, including deputy 30 priests. He is the Chairman for general counsel. over 30 educational and health care institutions of the Diocese in Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, and Leba- Lawrence Chickering non, and represents the Anglican Church in regional, United States ecumenical, interfaith networks. Bishop Dawani ob- Lawrence Chickering is a social tained an Associate Degree in Arts in 1973 from Bir entrepreneur and writer whose Zeit University and graduated from the Near East work has focused on empowering School of Theology in Beirut in 1975 with the degree citizens to partner with govern- of Bachelor of Theology. He received his Master’s de- ments and help solve major pub- gree in Theological Studies from Virginia Theological lic challenges. The most powerful Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia in 1987, and in Oc- example of Lawrence’s approach to public policy and tober, 2006, he was awarded the degree of Doctor in social reform may be found in Educate Girls Globally Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary. (EGG), which he founded in 1999 to promote girls’ education by reforming government schools in devel- Vishakha N. Desai oping countries. Lawrence wrote his first manifesto United States for a “transpartisan” politics in his 1993 book Beyond Dr. Desai is the President and CEO Left and Right, which drew wide praise across the U.S. of Asia Society, a leading global or- political spectrum, as did his coauthored 2008 sequel ganization committed to strength- (with James S. Turner), Voice of the People: The Transpar- ening partnerships among the tisan Imperative in American Life. He was cofounder of people, leaders, and institutions of The International Center for Economic Growth, which Asia and the United States. Prior in a ten-year period helped promote major reforms in to assuming her current position as President, Dr. Desai more than fifty countries; and he was a co-founder of held several positions at Asia Society, first as Director Reuniting America, a citizen organization bringing to- of its Museum, and then as Vice President for Arts and gether officials of major conservative and liberal orga- Cultural Programs and as Senior Vice President of the nizations in the U.S. Society. Before joining Asia Society in 1990, Dr. De- sai was a curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Aysha Chowdhry and the head of Public Programs and Academic Affairs. UNITED STATES She has also taught at the University of Massachusetts, Aysha Chowdhry is the Research Boston University, Columbia University and Williams Analyst and Publications Manager College. Dr. Desai holds a B.A. in Political Science from for the Project on U.S. Relations Bombay University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Asian with the Islamic World at the Sa- Art History from the University of Michigan. ban Center for Middle East Poli- cy at the Brookings Institution.

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 24 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r Saffrullah M. Dipatuan Dia El Din Ahmed El Quosy Philippines Egypt Dr. Saffrullah Dipatuan has been Dr. Dia El Din Ahmed El Quo- Chief of Staff in the Office of the sy is currently an Advisor to the Vice Chairman for Military Af- Ministry of Water Resources and fairs of Moro Islamic Liberation Irrigation in Egypt. He previously Front (MILF) since 2004. He is served as the Deputy Chairman of Vice Chairman of the Bangsam- the National Water Research Cen- oro Development Agency, an organization that caters ter in Cairo. Dr. El Quosy received his Ph.D. in Civil to the needs of the Muslim people in conflict-affected Engineering at Aston University in Birmingham, UK. areas and strives to make these communities peaceful, progressive, and prosperous. As Vice Chairman, he has Mohamed El Raey been actively campaigning for peace and conducting ca- Egypt pability-building trainings and values-transformations Mohamed El Raey is a profes- sessions for Muslim communities. He is also Medical sor of environmental physics at Director of the SMD General Hospital in Marawi City the University of Alexandria in and School President of the SMD Foundation Acad- Egypt. He obtained a Ph.D. in emy, an NGO active in health care services, education, space physics at the University of and medical outreach programs. He also serves as Di- California, Berkeley (1971). Upon rector of the Action Center for Social Justice, Peace, his return to Egypt he initiated and chaired the first and Development, has attended many international department of environmental studies and he was dean conventions, and was named Most Outstanding Physi- of the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research at cian by the Philippine Medical Association in 1996. the University of Alexandria from 1994 to 2004. He is a member of the Prime Minster’s National Commit- Shereen Gwen El Feki tee on Change in Egypt, chairman of the Sector Com- Egypt mittee on Environment, Supreme Council of Egyptian Shereen El Feki is an inaugural Universities since 2007. He is the environment advi- Fellow at the Kamal Adham Cen- sor for the Arab Academy of Science, Technology and ter at the American University in Maritime Transport and is presently working to initiate Cairo. Before joining AUC, Sher- the Regional Arab Center for Disaster Risk Reduction. een was a reporter for Al Jazeera He has received many awards including, the National (English), specializing in global State Award (1983), the Medal of Science and Arts health. From 1998 to 2005, Shereen was Healthcare First Class (1985), the Prize of the Arab Ministers of Correspondent at The Economist, writing on biomedical Environment (1999) and the University of Alexandria research, the pharmaceutical and biotechnology indus- Appreciation Award (2006). tries, international public health with a special focus on reproductive health and HIV/AIDS, biomedical ethics, Asha Hagi Elmi intellectual property rights and development. Shereen Somalia is a senior fellow at the 21st Century Trust-Salzburg Asha Hagi Elmi is chair and found- Global Seminar, the International Science and Tech- er of Save Somali Women and nology Practice and Policy Center at the University of Children (SSWC). She has man- Minnesota, and the Royal Society for Arts and Manu- aged to unify women across en­ factures (RSA). She is also an inaugural TED Global trenched clan and ethnic divides to Fellow. Shereen holds a B.Sc. from the University of advocate for their rights and devel- Toronto, as well as an M.Phil in biochemistry and a opment concerns in the national political processes. At Ph.D. in molecular immunology from the University the peace and reconciliation conference in 2000, Hagi of Cambridge. served as a vice-chair on behalf of the Sixth Clan. She has since been elected as a member of Somalia’s Tran- sitional Federal Parliament and sworn in as a member of the Pan African Parliament in Johannesburg in May

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 25 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r 2006. She was honored for her tireless human rights Management, both from the American University in and peace-building work by receiving the Alternative Cairo. He also received an honorary Doctor of Hu- Nobel Prize, often called the world’s premier award for mane Letters from the Monterey Institute of Interna- personal courage and social transformation.­ She is a tional Studies, an affiliate of Middlebury College, in recipient of the Right Livelihood Award 2008 by the May 2009. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hagi holds a Laureate of Arts in economics from the Somalia National Univer- Jeffrey D. Feltman sity, and a mas­ter’s in business administration and or- United States ganizational development from the U.S. International Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman was University Africa in Nairobi. sworn in as Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs on Recep Tayyip Erdoğan August 18, 2009. A career mem- Turkey ber of the Foreign Service since Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been 1986, Ambassador Feltman served the Prime Minister of the Republic as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Turkey since March 2003. He of Near Eastern Affairs from February 2008 to his pres- is also the Chairman of the Justice ent assignment, serving concurrently as Acting Assis- and Development Party, which has tant Secretary of State for the Bureau since December held the majority of seats in the Par- 18, 2008. From July 2004 to January 2008, Ambassa- liament since 2002. Since coming to power, Mr. Erdoğan dor Feltman served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Re- and his party have implemented economic reforms that public of Lebanon. Prior to his assignment in Lebanon have helped increase per capita annual income and re- he headed the Coalition Provisional Authority’s office duce the public debt in Turkey. In addition to economic in the Irbil province of Iraq, serving simultaneously as reforms, many credit the Erdoğan government with re- Deputy Regional Coordinator for the CPA’s northern forming other aspects of the government and moderniz- area. From 2001 until 2003, Ambassador Feltman ing the country. Further, Mr. Erdoğan has received many served at the U.S. Consulate-General in Jerusalem, first accolades for his role in promoting peace between cul- as Deputy Principal Officer and then as Acting Prin- tures and recently won the King Faisal International Prize cipal Officer. Mr. Feltman speaks French, Arabic and for “service to Islam” from the King Faisal Foundation. Hungarian. He received his Bachelor’s degree in history Before his current role as Prime Minister, Mr. Erdoğan and fine arts from Ball State University in 1981, and served as the Mayor of Istanbul from 1994 until 1998. his Master’s degree in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts Uni- Ambassador Nabil Fahmy versity in 1983. Egypt Ambassador Fahmy is the found- Ashraf Ghani ing Dean of the School of Public Afghanistan Affairs at the American Univer- Ashraf Ghani is currently Chair- sity in Cairo. He is also the Chair man of the Institute for State Ef- of the James Martin Center for fectiveness. As Adviser to the UN Nonproliferation Studies’ Middle Secretary General, he advised on East Project. Since September 1, 2008, he has been the Bonn Agreement for Afghani- Ambassador at Large at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry stan and then as Afghanistan’s Fi- after completing his service as Ambassador of Egypt to nance Minister he is credited with a series of successful the United States, which began in October 1999. He reforms in Afghanistan, including reform of the trea- served as Egypt’s Ambassador to Japan from September sury, customs, budget and the currency. He prepared 1997-September 1999 and before that as the Political Afghanistan’s first National Development Framework Advisor to the Foreign Minister from 1992-97 and and Securing Afghanistan’s Future, a $28 billion re- has held numerous posts in the Egyptian Government construction program for the country. As Chancellor since 1974. He received his Bachelor of Science de- of Kabul University, he instituted a style of participa- gree in Physics/Mathematics and his Master of Arts in tory governance to enlist the students in managing

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 26 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r their university’s transformation. Dr Ghani is involved Strategy Group at the Aspen In­stitute from 2004 to on the advisory boards for a number of activities sup- 2006. Prior to that, Grand served as adjunct profes- porting the reform of global institutions, including the sor at Syracuse University’s Maxwell­ School and was Commission on the UN High-Level Panel on Legal a scholar-in-residence at the American University in Empowerment of the Poor, IDEA, and The Brookings Washington, DC. From 2002 to 2003, he was an In- Institution’s project on global insecurity, the Atlantic ternational Affairs Fellow at the Council of Foreign Re- Council, and the World Justice Project of the American lations. He has also served as the direc­tor of programs Bar Association. He is a Senior Non-Resident Fellow at at the German Marshall Fund, and a professional staff The Brookings Institution’s Managing Global Insecuri- member for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. ty Project. He was educated at the American University Grand received a B.A. from the University of Virginia Beirut and Colombia University, and taught at Johns and a Ph.D. from Har­vard University. Hopkins and Berkeley Universities before joining the World Bank, where for a decade he led work on coun- Claudette Habesch try strategies and policies. Palestine Claudette Habesch is a Christian Marc Ginsberg Palestinian born and raised in Je- United States rusalem. Ms. Habesch is a mem- Marc Ginsberg is Senior Vice ber of the Pontifical Council for President of APCO Worldwide Cor Unum and the Secretary Gen- and Managing Director and CEO eral of Caritas- Jerusalem. She also of Northstar Equity Group, a fi- actively serves on several committees including Caritas nancial management and con- Internationalis Executive Committee/Roma, Interna- sulting affiliate of APCO World- tional Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC)/Ge- wide. He is also President of Layalina Arab Television neva, and the Middle East Council of Churches. Ms. Productions—a private, not-for-profit Arab language Habesch received her Bachelor of Arts in Social Work television production company headquartered in with a minor in Child Psychology from the Beirut Col- Washington, D.C. and Amman, Jordan. Ginsberg is lege for Women. Fox News Channel’s principal global affairs commen- tator and appears regularly on all Fox News Channel Ismid Hadad programs. Previously, Ginsberg served as the U.S. Am- Indonesia bassador to Morocco from 1994 to 1998 and as Special Ismid Hadad is Chair of the Work- U.S. Coordinator for Mediterranean Trade, Invest- ing Group on Financial Mecha- ment and Security Affairs. He also served as deputy se- nism at the National Council on nior advisor to President Carter on Middle East affairs, Climate Change of the Republic and was the White House liaison for Secretary of State of Indonesia. Before joining this Cyrus Vance. He was also a national security legislative recently established Presidential assistant to Senator Edward M. Kennedy while attend- Council, he was Advisor to Indonesia’s Minister of ing undergraduate school. Ginsberg holds a B.A. from the Environment/President of the 13th Conference the American University, an M.B.A. from Georgetown of Parties (CoP13), the United Nations Framework University, and a J.D. from the Georgetown University Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Law Center. He speaks French, Arabic and Hebrew. Bali, Indonesia, in 2007. Before joining the govern- ment he served as Executive Director of KEHATI—the Stephen R. Grand Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation. Ismid Hadad cur- United States rently serves as Chair of the Governing Board of KE- Stephen R. Grand is a fellow and HATI. He is also Chair of the Executive Board of the director of the Saban Center at Indonesian Foundation for Sustainable Development Brookings’ Project on U.S. Re­ (YPB) and Chair of the Association of Philanthropy In- lations with the Islamic World. donesia, as well as in the Supervisory Board of LP3ES, Before coming to Brookings, he Indonesia’s think tank institute for socio-economic and was director of the Middle East community based development. Ismid Hadad studied

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 27 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r economics at the Christian University of Indonesia Shadi Hamid (UKI, 1966) in Jakarta, public administration from the United States Kennedy School of Harvard University (1982), and Shadi Hamid is Deputy Director was a Fellow in Public Policy and International Affairs of the Brookings Doha Center and at Princeton University in the U.S. a Fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brook- Mohamed Hagmagid ings Institution. Prior to join- United States ing Brookings, he was Director Imam Mohamed Hagmagid is the of Research at the Project on Middle East Democracy Vice-President of ISNA and was (POMED) and a Hewlett Fellow at Stanford Univer- formerly the Imam and Executive sity’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule Director of the All Dulles Area of Law. He currently serves as vice-chair of POMED’s Muslim Society (ADAMS) Center board of directors. Hamid has conducted extensive re- in Sterling, Virginia. He was born search on Islamist parties in Egypt and Jordan, most re- in Sudan, the son of a leading Islamic Scholar, who was cently as a resident fellow at the American Center for an Azhar graduate and the Mufti of Sudan. His duties, Oriental Research in Amman. Previously, he served as a as the Imam and Executive Director of the ADAMS program specialist on public diplomacy at the U.S. State Center, include giving Juma Khutbas and teaching Department and a Legislative Fellow at the Office of classes in many aspects of the Islamic Sciences. Senator Dianne Feinstein. His articles have appeared in The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The Mehlam Yunus Hakimuddin New Republic, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, and many India other publications. Hamid writes for the National Se- Mehlam Yunus Hakimuddin is curity Network’s foreign affairs blog Democracy Arsenal one of the grandsons of His Ho- and is a fellow of the Truman National Security Project. liness Dr. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (TUS), the spiritual Edward (Jack) Hardin and temporal leader of the Da- United States woodi Bohra community. A grad- Edward Hardin is a founding uate from the 200 year old Arabic Academy, Al-Jamea partner of Rogers & Hardin tus-Saifiah, in Surat, India, Mr. Hakimuddin also holds LLP, a corporate and commercial a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Arabic Literature from law firm in Atlanta, Georgia. Darul Uloom affiliated with the University of Cairo. He has extensive experience in He currently serves as the director for al-Taalim and is representing public companies, a consultant for preparing religious modern syllabi for their officers and directors, and special committees over 700 educational institutes run under the admin- of their boards in corporate and securities matters, istration of Attalim across the world. He also closely including internal investigations, corporate control works with Shaba ul-Eiddiz Zahabi, a Trust involved and proxy contests, and investigations by state and in the welfare and empowerment of youth and is expe- federal regulators and national stock exchanges. As a rienced in the coordination and supervision of disaster member of the Council on Foreign Relations, he of- management teams and in the rehabilitation of victims ten speaks on issues of United States foreign policy, of natural calamities and communal turmoil. A poet including national security and democracy promotion. who has written a large number of Arabic poems, Mr. He is a member of the board of the United Way of Hakimuddin under the directives of Syedna Moham- Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc., of which he is a past chair. med Burhanuddin, frequently visits remote villages He is the former Chairman of the Board of the Har- and towns across the world to evaluate community vard Center for the Study of World Religions. Mr. education institutes. Hardin has also served as director of various public companies and currently serves as a director of CompX International, Inc.

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 28 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r Anwer Hasan Farkhonda Hassan United States Egypt Mr. Anwer Hasan has more than Dr. Farkhonda Hassan is a scien- 29 years of comprehensive experi- tist, university professor, promi- ence in the areas of Regional Oper- nent politician, development spe- ation, Business Unit Management, cialist, and a women’s rights activ- Program and Project Management, ist. Dr. Hassan has been on the Shu- Project Controls and Engineering, ra Assembly of Egypt since 1984, a and Contract Administration for large transportation, member and Secretary-General of the National Council water/wastewater, school, solid waste, remediation and for Women since 2000, and an honorary life member of water quality projects. He has been with EA Engineer- the International Parliamentary Union. In addition to ing, Science, and Technology, Inc. for 13 years and has her political career, Dr. Hassan has had a prolific science assisted the City of Baltimore’s Departments of Pub- and technology career. She received her Bachelor of Sci- lic Works and Transportation and the Baltimore City ence in Geology and Chemistry from Cairo University Public School System in the organization and manage- and her Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Pitts- ment of the Capital Improvement Program. Mr. Hasan burgh. She is currently Professor Emeritus of Chemis- actively participated in Governor Martin O’Malley’s try and teaches Geology at the American University in Transition Team in 2007 and chaired the transpor- Cairo, where she chaired the Sciences and Engineering tation transition team. He is currently serving as a Department from 1975 until 1980. She has authored Chairman of Requirement Committee for Base Re- a large number of scientific articles in the field of -ge alignment Closure (BRAC) Task Forces for Howard ology, and in the field of Science and Technology for County and has served for two consecutive years in Development and Environment in both internation- the Spending and Affordability Committee in How- al and national journals. Dr. Hassan was granted the ard County. He served as President of Howard County medal of Science and Art of the first Degree in 1980. Muslim Council for four years and now he is the Presi- Further, as part of the advisory council of Scientists dent of the Maryland Muslim Council for the last four Without Borders which works to “advance the under- years, which is an umbrella organization for these eight standing of science, technology, and medicine,” Fark- councils. He was also very instrumental in the forma- honda Hassan works to promote scientific education tion of the American Muslim Business and Professional and careers, particularly for women and minorities. Association and the Maryland Middle Eastern Cham- ber of Commerce. Currently he serves on their Board. Mohamed H.A. Hassan Egypt Syed Iqbal Hasnain Hassan is executive director of the India Academy of Sciences for the De- Professor Syed Iqbal Hasnain is a veloping World (TWAS), presi- Senior Fellow at the Energy and dent of the African Academy of Resources Institute in New Delhi. Sciences (AAS) and chairman of He is an internationally renowned the Honorary Presidential Advi- expert in the field of Himalayan sory Council for S&T in Nigeria. After obtaining his glacier research and education. He DPhil at the University of Oxford in 1973, he returned currently serves as chairman of the Glacier and Climate to Sudan as professor and dean of the School of Math- Change Commission established by the State Govern- ematical Sciences at the University of Khartoum. Since ment of Sikkim. He has published research papers and 1986 he has been working in Trieste, first as execu- books in peer reviewed journals like Journal of Glaciology tive secretary and then as executive director of TWAS. and Journal of Hydrology. Professor Hasnain was award- Since 2001, Hassan also serves as executive director of ed Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2009. the Secretariat of the InterAcademy Panel on Interna- tional Issues (IAP), also located in Trieste.

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 29 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r Yahya Hendi House (1966-68); wrote one volume of the Pentagon United States Papers; and was a member of the American delegation Imam Yahya Hendi is the Muslim to the Vietnam Peace Talks in Paris (1968-69). He was chaplain at Georgetown Universi- Peace Corps Director in Morocco (1970-72), Manag- ty, the first American University to ing Editor of Foreign Policy (1972-77), and held senior hire a full-time Muslim chaplain. positions at two leading Wall Street firms, Credit Suisse Imam Hendi is also the Imam of First Boston (Vice Chairman) and Lehman Brothers the Islamic Society of Frederick (Managing Director). He has written numerous articles in Frederick, MD and is the Muslim Chaplain at the and two best-selling books: To End a War, a memoir National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. He of the Dayton negotiations, and co-author of Counsel also serves as a member of the Islamic Jurisprudence to the President, Clark Clifford’s memoir. He previous- Council of North America. He has served as an ad- ly wrote a monthly column for The Washington Post. junct faculty member for Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Science and Osher’s Lifelong Learning Institute of Philip N. Howard Johns Hopkins University, Fordham University and United States Hartford Seminary. Imam Hendi also teaches a very Philip N. Howard is an associate popular course at Georgetown University, “Inter-reli- professor in the Department of gious Encounter.” Mr. Hendi’s undergraduate educa- Communication at the Univer- tion was in Islamic Studies and his Master’s and Ph.D. sity of Washington. He directs education were in comparative religions with an inter- the NSF-funded World Informa- est in Christianity, Judaism, comparative religions and tion Access Project (wiaproject. inter-religious dialogue and relations. He has written org), and his book The Internet and Islam: The Digital numerous publications on many topics, including Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy, is forthcom- women in Islam, women and gender relations in Islam, ing from Oxford University Press. He is the author of, the second coming of the Messiah, Islam and biomedi- New Media Campaigns and the Managed Citizen (New cal ethics and religion and Islam in the United States. York: Cambridge University Press, 2006), about how digital information technologies are used to manipu- Richard C. Holbrooke late public opinion in the United States. This book United States was awarded the 2007 CITASA Best Book prize from Richard C. Holbrooke is the U.S. the American Sociological Association and the 2008 Special Representative for Afghani- Best Book prize from the International Communica- stan and Pakistan. He served as the tion Association. He has worked on several National United States Ambassador to the Science Foundation projects, serving on the advisory United Nations, where he was also board of the Survey2000 and Survey2001 Projects, co- a member of President Clinton’s managing a project about Information and Communi- cabinet (1999-2001). As Assistant Secretary of State for cation Technologies in Central Asia, and directing the Europe (1994-1996), he was the chief architect of the World Information Access Project. Howard has been 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement that ended the war in a Fellow at the Pew Internet & American Life Project Bosnia. He later served as President Clinton’s Special in Washington D.C., the Stanhope Centre for Com- Envoy to Bosnia and Kosovo and Special Envoy to Cy- munications Policy Research in London, and the Cen- prus on a pro-bono basis while a private citizen. From ter for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in 1993-1994, he was the US. Ambassador to Germany. Palo Alto. He received his BA from Toronto, MSc from During the Carter Administration (1977-1981), he the London School of Economics, and his Ph.D. from served as the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Northwestern University. and Pacific Affairs, and was in charge of U.S. relations with China at the time Sino-American relations were normalized in December of 1978. After joining the For- eign Service in 1962, he served in Vietnam (1963-66), including a tour of duty in the Mekong Delta for AID. He worked on Vietnam issues at the Johnson White

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 30 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r Joel C. Hunter programs from Ecuador to India, South Africa, Mexico United States and Bolivia. Ms. Husain holds a BS from the London Since June 1985, Dr. Hunter has School of Economics and Political Sciences, and was served as senior pastor of North- born and raised in New Delhi, India. land, A Church Distributed, a congregation of 12,000 that Rashad Hussain worships at four sites in Metro United States Orlando and more than 1,000 Rashad Hussain is Deputy Associ- sites worldwide via interactive webcast. A bridge- ate Counsel to President Barack builder among religious and mainstream leaders for Obama. His work at the White issues that advance the common good, Dr. Hunter House focuses on national secu- is on the boards of directors of the World Evangeli- rity, new media, and science and cal Alliance, the National Association of Evangelicals, technology issues. In addition to and Peacemaking Resources, Inc. He is on the advi- his work in the Counsel’s Office, Rashad also contrib- sory boards of Denver Seminary’s Vernon C. Grounds utes to the White House’s outreach efforts to Muslim Institute of Public Ethics, Man in the Mirror Minis- communities. Mr. Hussain previously served as a Trial tries, Florida’s Faith-based and Community-based Attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice. Earlier in Advisory Council, among others. Dr. Hunter earned his career, Mr. Hussain was a legislative assistant on the his Doctor of Ministry from Christian Theological House Judiciary Committee, where he focused on na- Seminary and received an Honorary Doctorate of Hu- tional security-related issues. Mr. Hussain earned his manities from Belhaven College. He is a guest lecturer bachelor’s degree from the University of North Caro- in practical theology at Reformed Theological Semi- lina at Chapel Hill, Master’s degrees in Public Admin- nary and author of several books, including A New istration (Kennedy School of Government) and in Ara- Kind of Conservative, which outlines a non-partisan ap- bic & Islamic Studies from Harvard University, and proach to political involvement, and Inner State 80, a his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he served as an series of daily devotionals offering inspiration toward editor of the Yale Law Journal. Upon graduation, he spiritual maturity. served as a Law Clerk to Judge Damon J. Keith on the U.S. Court of Appeals. Safeena Husain India Anwar Ibrahim Safeena Husain is the CEO and Malaysia founder of the India Study Abroad Anwar Ibrahim is currently the Center (indiastudyabroad.org) leader of Malaysia’s parliamentary that promotes experiential and opposition. He served as deputy service learning programs. She prime minister of Malaysia from has over ten year’s experience in 1993-1998 and as minister of fi- designing and executing educational programs for in- nance from 1991-1998. Highly ternational students around the world. Ms. Husain is respected for his principled stance against corruption a noted expert in the field of education, serving as the and his skillful management of the Malaysian economy Executive Director of Educate Girls Globally (educate- during the turbulent period of its financial crisis, Ibra- girls.org) and currently runs educational programs for him is also viewed as one of the forefathers of the Asian girls in 500 schools in Rajasthan, India. From 1997 to Renaissance and a leading proponent of greater coopera- 2004, Ms. Husain was the Executive Director for Child tion among civilizations. He is an ardent supporter of Family Health International (CFHI) in San Francisco, democracy and is an authoritative voice bridging the gap California. She was responsible for managing and between East and West. Recently he is credited with lead- supporting a range of International Development Ex- ing Malaysia’s opposition to unprecedented victories in changes (IDEX). She serves on the Advisory Council the March 2008 Malaysian elections. Ibrahim has held of the Clarence Foundation and runs a free school for lecturing positions at Oxford University, Johns Hop- underserved rural children in the Himalayas. With kins School of Advanced International Studies, and in CFHI, Ms. Husain was instrumental in expanding the the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 31 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r In March 2006 he was named honorary president of the currently serves as the Director for Foreign Policy and London-based think tank, AccountAbility. Vice President at the Brookings Institution. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Israel from 1995 to 1997 and Saad Eddin Ibrahim 2000 to 2001. Before his first posting to Israel, Indyk Egypt was Special Assistant to President William J. Clinton Saad Eddin Ibrahim is a prominent and Senior Director for Near East and South Asian Af- Egyptian social scientist, human fairs at the National Security Council. He served as As- rights defender, and democracy sistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs from advocate. Saad is currently a visit- 1997 to 2000. Before entering the U.S. Government, ing professor of political science at Indyk was founding Executive Director of the Wash- Harvard University. He has more ington Institute for Near East Policy. He currently than thirty authored or edited books and more than a serves as Chairman of the International Council of the hundred scholarly articles. Saad is the chairman of the New Israel Fund. His book, Innocent Abroad: An In- Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies in Cai- timate Account of U.S. Peace Diplomacy in the Middle ro, and has founded numerous democracy and human East was published in January 2009 in both Hebrew rights organizations throughout the Arab World. He and English. Most recently, Indyk contributed to the has taught at Indiana University, DePauw, UCLA, Co- book Which Path to Persia? Options for a New American lumbia, NYU, American Universities of Beirut (AUB) Strategy toward Iran (2009) in conjunction with several and in Cairo (AUC), Istanbul Kulture University. other Saban Center and Brookings Senior Fellows. In- dyk received a B.Econ. (Hon.) from Sydney University Asclepias Rachmi Soerjono and a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Aus- Indriyanto tralian National University. Indonesia Asclepias Rachmi Soerjono In- Ahmad Iravani driyanto has been the Executive Iran Director of the Indonesian Insti- Ahmad Iravani is a Director of Is- tute for Energy Economics (IIEE) lamic Studies and Dialogues at the since 2003. She leads the IIEE Center for the Study of Culture team in various policy research activities and the pro- and Values, Catholic University of duction of a periodical entitled the Indonesian Energy America, where he teaches courses Economics Review. In the past years IIEE has been fo- on Islam. He is President of the cusing its research in energy security and various related Center for the Study of Islam and the Middle East in areas including renewable energy development. During Washington, DC. He was the Dean of the School of 2006-2009 she was an energy expert for the Board of Philosophy, Mofid University in Qom, Iran before go- Commissaries of PT PLN (Persero), the state-owned ing to the United States. He is also a senior advisor to electricity utility company. She is now a member of the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy the Oil and Gas Production Improvement Monitoring in Washington, D.C. Team, directly reporting to the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources. She holds both a Ph.D. and M.A. Ali M. Jaber in Economics from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, United Arab Emirates and a Bachelor in Mathematics from the Bandung In- Born in Lebanon in 1961, Mr. Jaber stitute of Technology in Indonesia. completed his Bachelors in Busi- ness Administration at the Ameri- Martin Indyk can University of Beirut in 1984 United States before going on to earn his Master’s Martin Indyk is the convener of degree in Communications at Syr- the Saban Forum and was the acuse University in the U.S. in 1986. Upon returning founding Director of the Saban to Beirut, Ali joined the Fine Arts faculty of Beirut Uni- Center for Middle East Policy at versity College. There he helped set up their Broadcast- the Brookings Institution. He ing Department and for eight years taught a range of

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 32 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r courses in television production. Concurrently, Ali explores why Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon worked as a journalist covering the war in Lebanon and Him) was so beloved to Allah. The third album titled Iraq between the years 1987 to 1999. He was a corre- Badrud-Duja enumerates the blessings of Prophet Mo- spondent for The New York Times and The Times of Lon- hammad (Peace Be Upon Him) on humanity. Badi- don between 1989 and 1994, and Chief Correspondent uz-Zaman celebrates the one and only. In Rahmatul- for Lebanon and Syria for the German Press Agency lil-Alameen, Jamshed narrates Prophet Mohammad’s (GPA) from 1987 to 1999. Ali founded and managed (Peace Be Upon Him) journey as a beloved Messenger what later became Future TV till 2003. While with of Allah who transformed the world and highlights Future, he also started and managed a youth-oriented how forgetfulness of his teachings has proved to be di- sister channel, Zen TV, which he ran for five years. In sastrous for the Muslim Ummah. 2006, Ali was appointed DMI’s Managing Editor. Ali Jaber serves on the Board of Directors of two non-gov- Shafqat Kakakhel ernmental organizations: Young Arab Leaders (YAL) Pakistan and The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). Mr. Shafqat Kakakhel served as the former U.N. Assistant Secretary Benjamin R. Jacobs General and Deputy Executive United States Director of the United Nations Benjamin Jacobs has over 45 years Environment Program (UNEP). of experience at JBG in the acqui- He is also a former Ambassador of sition, development, ownership Pakistan. He is currently the Chief Advisor on climate and management of commercial, change at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute hospitality, retail and residential (SDPI). The Secretary-General of the United Nations real estate. Mr. Jacobs has de- appointed Mr. Kakakhel Deputy Executive Director veloped some of the most prominent projects in the of UNEP in 1998, at the level of Assistant Secretary- Washington, D.C. area including the new Washington General. In this position, Mr. Kakakhel assists the Ex- Convention Center and the headquarters for the De- ecutive Director in the execution of all his tasks and partment of Transportation in the Southeast Federal duties in relation to the running of UNEP. He also Center. He was recognized in 2002 when the Urban plays a key role in maintaining UNEP’s relations with Land Institute awarded him its first annual Lifetime governments, working both to enhance the Program’s Achievement Award. He received his B.S. from Ameri- understanding of the expectations and environmental can University; and his J.D. from Washington College needs of governments and to keep governments fully of Law. informed of UNEP’s ongoing activities and plans. Mr. Kakakhel has a M.A. degree in Political Science. Junaid Jamshed Pakistan Amr Khaled After spending 16 years in the Egypt limelight as a world-renowned Amr Khaled is a renowned Egyp- music artist from Pakistan, Junaid tian Muslim activist and preach- Jamshed bid farewell to music in er, and Chairman of Right Start 2003 following a spiritual reawak- Foundation International (RSFI), ening as a result of his involve- a charitable organization commit- ment with the Tablighi Jamaat. Jamshed’s musical in- ted to building bridges between stinct has now found an alternative mode of expression civilizations and nurturing constructive and positive in his career as a nasheed (spiritual recitals) artist. It is in co-existence between cultures, faiths, minority groups this genre that he feels music has the power to be both and host communities. The New York Times Magazine constructive and, consequently, transformative. Jam- described Khaled as “the world’s most famous and in- shed has released five albums to date. The first, Jalwa- fluential Muslim televangelist,” and Time chose him e-Jaanan, represents his quest to explore the perfection as one of the world’s most influential people. Khaled of the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him) as a began preaching in mosques in 1990 while work- model to be emulated. In Mehboob-e-Yazdaan, Jamshed ing as an accountant. He is the host of TV’s “Call for

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 33 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r Coexistence,” as well as past television shows “Life Mak- the community. Hani’s personal vision it to transform ers,” “On the Path of the Beloved,” and “In Thy Name, Saudi Arabia into a powerful and positive source of in- We Live.” He promotes community development in novation, energy, and leadership for the world. Hani the Arab and wider Muslim world based on what he holds an MBA in Marketing from George Washington terms “Faith Based Development,” calling on people University, from which he graduated with honors, and to develop their communities and countries with faith a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering Sciences as their motivator and guide. Khaled received a B.A. from the University of Virginia. in Accounting from Cairo University, and is currently studying for his Ph.D. at the University of Wales. Joe Klein United States Imtiaz Khan Joe Klein writes a weekly politi- United States cal column for Time magazine, After becoming certified with “In the Arena,” and is a regular the American Board of Family contributor to Time.com’s politi- Medicine, Dr. Imtiaz Khan joined cal blog, “Swampland.” He previ- Helping Hands in 1999 as a medi- ously served as Washington corre- cal volunteer in Kosovo. Dr. Khan spondent for the New Yorker and as a political reporter then became a founding mem- for Newsweek. He has also been a political columnist at ber of Doctors Worldwide (DWW), an international New York magazine. Klein has written articles and book medical and developmental non-profit organization. reviews for the New Republic, New York Times, Wash- He continues to volunteer with them regularly and has ington Post, LIFE and other publications. He is author traveled extensively to lead medical teams into various of the critically acclaimed roman à clef novel Primary areas of need, including most recently Sri Lanka after Colors, and its follow-up, The Running Mate.He is also the Asian tsunami and in Pakistan after the 2005 earth- the author of Politics Lost: How American Democracy quake. He sits on the board of the World Congress of Was Trivialized by People Who Think You’re Stupid, The Muslim Philanthropists which is a global network of Natural: the Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton, donors, foundations, and socially responsive corpora- Payback: Five Ma­rines after Vietnam and Woody Guth- tions established to advance effective and accountable rie: A Life. Klein gradu­ated from the University of giving. Dr. Khan has served as the founder and as a Pennsylvania with a degree in American civilization. member on the board of directors for As-Sabeel Acad- emy, a community primary Islamic school. For the past Kalsoom Lakhani 12 years Dr. Khan has worked in the private healthcare United States sector as a Family Medicine Specialist. Currently he is Kalsoom Lakhani is director for with Regenesis Community Health Center. ML Resources Social Vision, the strategic philanthropy arm of a Hani Khoja private investment firm based in Saudi Arabia Washington, D.C., where she as- Before co-founding Elixir, a busi- sesses funding and provides in- ness and marketing consultancy sight for various capacity-building and community in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Hani development projects and organizations. Kalsoom also was a Category Team Leader and runs the popular Pakistani blog, CHUP or Changing up Pakistan, Committee at Procter & Gamble, which aims to raise awareness on the issues affecting Arabian Peninsula. Among his many accomplishments Pakistan through news analysis, interviews, and con- were leading his team to grow a portfolio with sales tributions by young Pakistanis. She received an M.A. near SR 1 billion; consistently growing double digit in International Affairs/Conflict Resolution from The top-line and bottom-line business. He managed hu- George Washington University’s Elliott School of In- man resources for the Marketing Department. Among ternational Affairs, and a B.A. in Foreign Affairs and the causes he championed were the employment of fe- Middle East Studies from the University of Virginia. males and the promotion of CSR activities that help

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 34 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r Muslim Lakhani Science at Johns Hopkins University, and he has taught United States at Georgetown University, the Fletcher School of Law Muslim Lakhani is Chairman and and Diplomacy, Tufts University, and Cadi Ayyad Uni- CEO of ML Resources and ML versity in Marrakesh. Private Investments, LLC. He is an entrepreneur and philanthro- Al-Husein N. Madhany pist of Pakistani origin. For over United States 25 years, he has developed natural Al-Husein N. Madhany is the resource projects as well as undertaken other business project manager for InterCulture, ventures in the Middle East and South Asia. He has LLC (InterCulture.com), procur- been active in promoting dialogue among different ing strategic, academic and media faiths, ethnic groups, and social classes, helping build communications partnerships that institutions for political, social, and economic reform. facilitate cutting edge multime- His long-standing commitment to philanthropy, cou- dia education for students to develop custom-made pled with the success of risk and reward over the years cultural content for global distribution. With a BA was harnessed to form ML Resources Social Vision, the from Wake Forest and graduate degrees from Harvard, strategic philanthropy arm of the company that en- Georgetown and the University of Chicago, al-Husein compasses the spirit of sharing and tolerance. is a term-member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the Pacific Council on International Pol- Bill Lawrence icy, a Senior Fellow at the Homeland Security Policy United States Institute at George Washington University, and serves Dr. Bill Lawrence is the State on the advisory board for the Abbasi Program in Islam- Department Advisor for Science ic Studies at Stanford University. Previously, al-Husein Partnerships. He implements the taught at Georgetown University and worked as the U.S. Science Envoy Program and U.S.-based Executive Director and Executive Editor advises the White House Office of Islamica Magazine. Al-Husein recently co-authored of Science and Technology Policy with Rashad Hussain, the analysis paper, Reformulat- on core elements of President Obama’s Global Engage- ing the Battle of Ideas: Understanding the Role of Islam ment Initiative. He is the co-founder and deputy head in Counterterrorism Policy, published by the Brookings of the State Department’s Global Muslim Science Part- Institution. nerships Program, best known for its organization of the 2007 Kuwait Conference on Women Leaders in Hady Mahfouz Science, Technology, and Engineering; the Fairhaven Lebanon Project; the Egypt Science and Technology Initia- Father Hady J. Mahfouz is Rector tive (ESTI); the Hurghada Project (in oceanography); of the Holy Spirit University of U.S.-Libya Science and Technology Dialogue; and Kaslik (USEK), a private Catho- four science diplomacy films: Wafa and Ahmed’s Excel- lic higher education institution, lent Adventure, One, Path of Totality, and in December established by the Lebanese Ma- One Small Step, One Giant Leap, for which he was an ronite Order in 1961. Located Executive Producer. He is Co-Chair of the U.S.-Egypt in the heart of Mount Lebanon, it is multilingual by Science and Technology Development Fund and di- tradition, and mainly a French-speaking institution. rects programs under the Science and Technology Co- USEK welcomes more than 7,000 students across its operation Agreements with five North African states. ten faculties and four institutes. Father Mahfouz has He serves as NATO Project Director for Sahara Winds also served as Middle East Council of Churches Associ- in Morocco and Mauritania. He previously served as ate Secretary General. the State Department’s officer in charge of Tunisian Affairs and Libyan Affairs and of Iraq reconstruction and as a Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research. Dr. Lawrence was the 2008-9 Goldman Sachs Visiting Professor of Political

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 35 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r Abdel-Salam Majali are re-inventing their industries and enabling positive Jordan change. In the non-profit world Simon has consulted Professor Majali is Chairman of for FreeForm, working for ONE.org, the Entertain- the Board of Trustees of the Uni- ment Industry Foundation and the Bill & Melinda versity of Jordan, President of the Gates Foundation, while his eco-conscious projects in- International Affairs Society in clude the Philadelphia Eagles “Go Green” Program and Jordan, and a Founding Fellow the launch of all three generations of the Toyota Prius. and current President of the Is- lamic Academy of Sciences. He has established several Peter Mandaville Medical and Nursing Colleges in Jordan and is a mem- United States ber of several professional organizations. He was Vice- Dr. Peter Mandaville is an As- Chairman, Board of Trustees at the University of Jordan sociate Professor in the Depart- (1980-1985), Chairman, University Council, United ment of Public and International Nations University, Tokyo (1977-1982), and Member Affairs and Founding Director of of the Executive Board of UNESCO (1985-1990). He the Center for Global Studies at has received several honors and awards, including the George Mason University outside Jordan Independence Medal, the Jordan Star Medal, Washington DC. He previously taught at the Univer- the St. John of Jerusalem Medal, and Distinction in sity of Kent at Canterbury in the UK. He holds degrees Education Medal. Professor Majali was appointed ad- from the University of St. Andrews and the University visor to HM the King of Jordan during the late eighties of Kent, and has also studied at the American Univer- and served as Prime Minister of Jordan for two terms sity in Cairo, Egypt. Visiting affiliations have included during the 1990s, 1993-1995 and 1997-1998. He is American University, and the Center for Strategic and currently a member of the Jordan Senate (1997). International Studies. Born and raised in the Middle East—the third generation of his family to live in the re- Alan Makovsky gion—his recent research has taken him to a wide range United States of Muslim settings such as Pakistan, Indonesia, Malay- Alan Makovsky has been a Senior sia, and West Africa. He is most recently the author Professional Staff Member in the of Global Political Islam (London: Routledge, 2007), House Foreign Affairs Commit- a broad global overview of Islamic social and political tee in the United States Congress movements. Other books include Transnational Muslim since 2001. Before his current po- Politics: Reimagining the Umma (London: Routledge, sition, Mr. Makovsky was a Senior 2001; paperback 2003)—a study of Muslim communi- Fellow and Director of the Turkish Research Program ties in the United Kingdom. He currently serves on the at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. From Board of Directors of the Center for the Study of Islam 1983 until 1994, he was a State Department official, and Democracy, and is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the focusing on Turkey and the Middle East. He is the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life where he is di- author of Turkey’s New World: Changing Dynamics in recting a two-year project on Muslim movements and Turkish Foreign Policy and has published numerous networks in Europe. articles on Turkish foreign policy and U.S.—Turkish relations. Siti Mariah binti Mahmud Malaysia Simon Mainwaring Dr. Siti Mariah binti Mahmud United States has been a member of the Ma- Simon Mainwaring is an adver- laysian Parliament since March tising creative director, branding 2008, representing the Kota Raja consultant and speaker. A former constituency in the state of Selan- Nike creative at Wieden & Ken- gor. She is a member of the Pan- nedy and worldwide creative di- Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), which is part of the rector for Motorola at Ogilvy, he Pakatan Rakyat opposition coalition. Dr. Siti Mariah now consults for brands and creative companies that was PAS’s first woman vice-presidential candidate and

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 36 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r represents the new progressive voice within PAS. Dr. The Asia Foundation’s Bangkok-based regional director Siti Mariah studied in Malaysia, the United Kingdom, for law and governance. Kim previously served as the and Egypt. She is also a frequent blogger. Foundation’s Jakarta-based senior director for Law Pro- grams (2001-03), where he led a major national legal Theodore McCarrick reform and counter-corruption program in Indonesia United States and advised other Foundation field offices on the design Theodore Cardinal McCarrick and implementation of law and human rights programs. was ordained a priest of New York Prior to joining the Foundation, Kim practiced corpo- on May 31, 1958. After receiving rate-commercial law with Osler Hoskin & Harcourt a Ph.D. in sociology from The LLP, Toronto. He received his B.A. and LLB degrees Catholic University of America he from Queen’s University, and an LLM in public inter- became president of the Catholic national law from the University of Cambridge. University of Puerto Rico in Ponce. He returned to New York in 1969 to become Associate Secretary for Laurie Meadoff Education and secretary to Terence Cardinal Cooke. In United States 1977, he was named Auxiliary Bishop of New York; in Laurie Meadoff is CEO of Fran 1981, the first bishop of Metuchen, in New Jersey; and Drescher’s Cancer Schmancer. in 1986, Archbishop of Newark. In January 2001, he Cancer Schmancer is shifting the was installed as Archbishop of Washington. Just seven national health care priority from weeks later, Pope John Paul II elevated him to the Col- finding a cure for cancer to lower lege of Cardinals. Cardinal McCarrick is the past chair the cancer mortality rate through of the domestic and international policy committees prevention and early detection. Cancer Schmancer for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, empowers women to transform from patients into and former chancellor of The Catholic University of medical consumers, teach women to detect cancer early America and former chairman of the Board of Trustees when it is most curable, and advocate for their right to of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate health at the local and national level. Prior to this, as Conception. He has long served on the Board of Direc- Co-Founder and CEO of Chat Ventures, Laurie had a tors of Catholic Relief Services and as a member of the long history of executive producing programming for Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, ABC, HBO Family, Unity, Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Pon- MTV and VH1. In 2001, she received a Rockefeller tifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Fellowship and began to create the innovative televi- Itinerant Peoples and the Pontifical Commission for sion/web program, Chat the Planet—a conduit of con- Latin America. In April 2005, Cardinal McCarrick was versation with diverse groups of young people around one of 115 Cardinals in the world who participated the globe via satellite. Most recently, she executive pro- in the conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI as the duced the critically-acclaimed web series “Hometown successor to Pope John Paul II. Since retiring as Arch- Baghdad,” which reached millions of online viewers. bishop of Washington, Cardinal McCarrick has con- Laurie is also the Founder of The CityKids Founda- tinued to travel internationally, advocating on behalf tion, known for its artistic and leadership program- of human rights and religious freedom. ming. Passionately envisioning a world without barri- ers and prejudice, Ms. Meadoff strives to build these Michael Kim McQuay bridges through tolerance and understanding, and her United States primary tool of choice is dialogue. Kim McQuay is a lawyer and de- velopment professional with over Quinn Mecham 20 years of experience in program United States design, implementation, monitor- Quinn Mecham joined the Secre- ing and evaluation, technical assis- tary of State’s Policy Planning Staff tance, and research and writing in in early 2009. He leads policy plan- the fields of law and development, governance, and eco- ning efforts for the Arab Gulf, Po- nomic reform. In October 2009 Kim was appointed as litical Islam, and Global Religious

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 37 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r Engagement. He came to the State Department from D.C. He previously served as Senior Associate at the Middlebury College, where he is a professor of Middle Center for Transatlantic Relations at The Johns Hop- Eastern politics. He has also been in residence at the kins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced In- Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies ternational Studies (SAIS). Educated at Yale University, as an Academy Scholar, where his research has focused l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, on Islamist politics and Civil Conflict in the Middle and Johns Hopkins, he has written widely on the hu- East and broader Muslim World. During the Clinton man security and international governance challenges Administration, he worked at the State Department in presented by global environmental change and has ad- the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, vised the U.S. government and consulted with several and has also worked at the Center for Strategic and NGOs on climate policy issues. International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. Riyaad Minty Nicco Mele Qatar United States Riyaad Minty leads the Al Jazeera Nicco Mele is the founder and Network’s social media initiatives. president of EchoDitto (EchoDit- As part of the Network’s New Me- to.com), a leading internet strat- dia team, he ensures that Al Jazeera egy consulting company with has a presence and is part of the offices in Washington DC, and conversation across Facebook, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Nic- Twitter and other social media platforms. Riyaad was co is adjunct faculty at the Harvard Kennedy School, part of the team that produced Al Jazeera English’s Em- where he teaches graduate level classes on the internet my-nominated coverage of the 2008 US Presidential and politics. In the fall of 2008, he was a Fellow at the Election (International Digital Emmy 2009). Most re- Harvard Institute of Politics and in the spring of 2009 cently his work has focused on the use of citizen media he was named the Edward R. Murrow Distinguished for crisis reporting, with a particular focus on the war Lecturer at the Harvard Shorenstein Center for the on Gaza (2008/9) and the 2009 Iranian election. He study of Press, Politics, and Public Policy. Nicco has has been interviewed by The New York Times, the Inter- broad experience working with emerging technologies national Herald Tribune, National Public Radio and Al and is a considered a pioneer in the social media and Jazeera English to discuss how the challenges and oppor- Web 2.0 field. As the Internet Operations Director of tunities new technologies provide in enhancing news Gov. Howard Dean’s presidential primary campaign coverage. Prior to joining Al Jazeera, Riyaad co-founded in 2003, Nicco managed all technical, functional and Future Technologies which focused on mobile content design aspects of Gov. Dean’s national web presence. production, aggregation and distribution. His company Following the Dean campaign, one of EchoDitto’s first brought the award-winning cartoon strip, Madam and clients was state senator Barack Obama. Nicco is a co- Eve, to mobile phones across South Africa. founder of GeniusRocket.com, a crowd sourced cre- ative ad agency, and he is also a co-founder of ProxyDe- Dalia Mogahed mocracy.com, an online resource for proxy voting and United States shareholder resolutions. In December of 2003, Nicco Dalia Mogahed is a Senior Ana- was named one of America ‘s “best and brightest” by lyst and Executive Director of the Esquire magazine. Gallup Center for Muslim Studies. With John L. Esposito, Ph.D., she David Michel is coauthor of the book Who Speaks United States for Islam?: What a Billion Muslims David Michel is Senior Associ- Really Think. Dalia was recently appointed to President ate in the Regional Voices: Trans- Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith Based and Neigh- national Challenges project and borhood Partnerships, where she serves on the Inter- Director of the Environmental religious dialogue and cooperation task force. Moga- Security program at The Henry L. hed also serves on the boards of Freedom House and Stimson Center in Washington, Women in International Security (WIIS). Her analysis

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 38 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy on aspects of British Islam specializing in intra-Muslim magazine, the Harvard International Review, the Mid- and inter-community dialogue. He is also a Fellow of dle East Policy journal, and many other academic and the Royal Society of Arts and a founding member of popular journals. Mogahed earned her master’s degree the Archbishop of Canterbury sponsored Christian- in business administration with an emphasis in strategy Muslim Forum. from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh. She received her under- Rami Nashashibi graduate degree in chemical engineering. Upon gradua- United States tion, Mogahed joined Procter & Gamble as a marketing Rami has been serving as the Ex- products researcher. ecutive Director of the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) Jahid Mohseni since its incorporation as a non- Afghanistan profit in January 1997. Rami and Jahid Mohseni is a Director and his work with IMAN have been CEO of the Moby Group, an or- featured in many national and international media out- ganization which has driven the lets including the BBC, PBS and a front page story in nascence of Afghanistan’s contem- the Chicago Tribune. In 2007 Islamica Magazine pro- porary media industry. The award filed Rami as being among the “10 Young Muslim Vi- winning and multi-faceted Moby sionaries Shaping Islam in America” and most recently Group dominates audience share across traditional and Chicago Public Radio has selected Rami Nashashibi new media in Afghanistan, and continues to expand re- as one of the city’s Top Ten Chicago Global Visionar- gionally with the recent launch of Farsi1, targeting the ies. Rami was named one of the “500 Most Influential Farsi speaking audiences across Iran, Tajikistan and the Muslims in the World” by The Royal Islamic Strategic Gulf. Prior to Moby Group, Jahid held senior positions Studies Center in concert with Georgetown’s Prince Al- in Government, including head of the Afghan Gov- waleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Under- ernment’s Afghan Assistance Co-ordination Authority standing. He was also invited by the Governor of Illi- (AACA). AACA was the main coordination body deal- nois to serve on the Commission for the Elimination of ing with donor assistance to Afghanistan and oversaw Poverty. He is currently a Sociology Ph.D. candidate at the nation’s first Development Forum, as well as the the University of Chicago. National Development Budgets. He also served as Sec- retariat of the Cabinet’s Economic Coordination Com- Vali Nasr mittee, chaired by the President, and was an advisor United States to the Minister of Agriculture. He holds a Bachelor of Vali Nasr is Senior Advisor to the Commerce and Master of Business Administration, and Special Representative for Afghan- is fluent in Dari, English and conversational Japanese. istan and Pakistan in the United States State Department. He is a Fuad Nahdi political commentator and scholar United Kingdom of contemporary Islam and has Fuad Nahdi is the Executive Di- testified before Congress and has advised the President rector of the Radical Middle Way and Vice-President on numerous issues related to the project. He is the Founding Editor Middle East. Mr. Nasr is the author of The Shia Re- and Publisher of Q-News, a lead- vival, Democracy in Iran, and The Islamic Leviathan. ing Muslim current affairs maga- He has taught at the University of San Diego and the zine established in 1992. Fuad has Naval Postgraduate School, and is currently a Senior worked with and contributed to some of the world’s Fellow at the Belfer Center at Harvard and Professor of leading publications for the last two decades includ- International Politics at Tufts University. A Life Mem- ing Reuters, The Guardian, The Independent, The New ber of the Council on Foreign Relations, Nasr has been York Times, The Economist, Arab News, and The New published in Foreign Affairs, The New Republic, Foreign Statesman. Fuad is a Senior Fellow at the Muslim Col- Policy, Time, The New York Times, and The Washing- lege, London, where he teaches and conducts research ton Post, among others. He is an editor of the Oxford

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 39 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r Dictionary of Islam and has appeared on CNN, the Norman Neureiter BBC, and National Public Radio. United States Norman Neureiter has a B.A. in Nursanita Nasution Chemistry (1952) from the Uni- Indonesia versity of Rochester (NY), and a Dr. Nursanita Nasution has been Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from a member of the national parlia- Northwestern University (1957), ment of Indonesia from 2004- with one year as a Fulbright Fellow 2009. She was elected from the at the University of Munich. After 6 years as a research Parliament Prosperous Justice chemist with the Humble Oil Co. (now Exxon) in Tex- Party faction where she has been as, in 1963 he joined the National Science Foundation engaged in Commission VI of the Indonesian House of to direct a cooperative science program with Japan ini- Representatives. Dr. Nasution has also volunteered for tiated by President Kennedy. From 1965-69 he served the National Democratic Institute to train women in as scientific attaché in the U.S. Embassies in Germany Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal and strives for women and Poland (also responsible for Hungary and Czecho- empowerment in Indonesia and increasing their qual- slovakia). In 1969 he moved to the White House Of- ity of life. In 2006 she earned her doctorate in Educa- fice of Science and Technology—playing an important tion Technology from the State University of Jakarta. role in the scientific aspects of President Nixon’s break- through diplomacy with Russia and China in 1972. He Shuja Nawaz joined Texas Instruments (TI) in 1973 where a 23-year Pakistan career culminated in the position of Vice President of Shuja Nawaz is the first Director TI Asia, based for five years in Tokyo. Retiring from of the South Asia Center at The TI in 1996, he was appointed in 2000 as the first Sci- Atlantic Council of the United ence and Technology Adviser to the U.S. Secretary of States. He has worked on projects State. In 2004 he joined the American Association for with RAND, the United States the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as the Director of Institute of Peace, The Center the Center for Science, Technology and Security Pol- for Strategic and International Studies, The Atlantic icy (CSTSP). In 2009, he became Senior Advisor to Council, and other leading think tanks on projects the AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy as well as to dealing with Pakistan and the Middle East. He is the CSTSP. He is a Public Welfare Medalist member of the author of Crossed Swords: Pakistan, its Army, and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of AAAS Wars Within for Oxford University Press. He was a as well as of the American Academy of Arts and Sci- television newscaster and producer with Pakistan Tele­ ences and a board member of several non-profit orga- vision from 1967-72, where he covered the 1971 war nizations involved in science and public policy. with India on the western front. He has worked for the New York Times, the World Health Organization, as Ainun Nishat a division chief for the Inter­national Monetary Fund, Bangladesh and as a director of the International Atomic Energy Dr. Ainun Nishat is currently Agency, and has widely written and spoken on military the Country Representative for and politico-economic issues on radio, television, and Bangladesh for the International at think tanks. He was editor of Finance & Develop- Union for Conservation of Nature ment, the multilingual quarterly of the IMF and the (IUCN). He has been working World Bank. as a catalyst, advocate, educator and facilitator, championing the wise use of natural re- sources and sustainable development in Bangladesh for decades.His arena of work and interests include water resource development and management, environment management, biodiversity conservation, coastal zone and wetland conservation and management, disaster management, adaptation to climate change and climate

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 40 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r variability and related policy advocacy. Before joining Defense Strategy for the Post-Saddam Era, and co-au- IUCN, Dr. Nishat was a Professor of Water Resources thor of Neither Star Wars nor Sanctuary: Constraining Engineering of Bangladesh University of Engineering the Military Uses of Space, Expanding Global Military and Technology (BUET). He has been a member of the Capacity for Humanitarian Intervention, and Protecting Bangladesh National Water Council, Indo-Bangladesh the American Homeland. He has written extensively for Joint River Commission, Bangladesh National Agricul- such publications as The Washington Post, The New York tural Commission and the National Council on Science Times, The Los Angeles Times, Foreign Affairs, The Wash- and Technology. Dr. Nishat had played an important ington Times, and The Japan Times. He has also con- role in the Ganges Water Treaty negotiations, water sec- tributed to The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, tor policy formulation, agriculture sector policy revision and has contributed to CNN, MSNBC, BBC, FOX and strategy formulation. and Al-Hurra. He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. from Princeton University. Iqbal Noor Ali United States Cory Ondrejka Iqbal Noor Ali is a 30-year veteran United States of the Aga Khan Development Cory Ondrejka was the co-creator Network (AKDN), having served of Second Life, the revolutionary as the Chief Executive Officer of and award-winning virtual world Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. for that has transformed how millions over 25 years until October 2009. of people think about community, This followed five years with the AKDN’s Industrial collaboration, and entrepreneur- Promotion Services in Canada, where his responsibili- ship. After Second Life, Ondrejka was a visiting profes- ties included the development of small enterprise for sor at University of Southern California’s Annenberg recent immigrants to North America. As of November School of Communication. From there, Ondrejka 1, 2009, he was appointed to the newly created posi- spent 18 months driving digital strategy and cultural tion of Senior Advisor at AKDN. As CEO of Aga Khan change at EMI Music, first as Senior Vice President for Foundation USA, he worked closely with the develop- Digital Strategy, then as Executive Vice President for ment community in the United States, having served Global Digital Marketing. Through a focus on con- on the Boards and Committees of various organiza- sumer insight, technology awareness and internal col- tions such as InterAction, the Council on Foundations laboration, EMI saved millions of dollars and enabled and the Independent Sector, as well as on the Advisory its artists to share the music experience with fans in Committee on Voluntary Foreign Assistance (ACVFA) new and innovative ways. Today Ondrejka is working that advises the USAID Administrator on matters re- on a new project, consulting on innovation, and advis- lated to U.S. foreign assistance. He received a Bach- ing early-stage startups. elor’s degree in commerce from Karachi University, pursued an MBA degree, and then moved to Canada in Farah Anwar Pandith 1969 to pursue further studies in business and finance. United States Farah Pandith was appointed Spe- Michael O’Hanlon cial Representative to Muslim Com- United States munities in June 2009. Her office is Michael O’Hanlon is a Senior Fel- responsible for executing Secretary low in Foreign Policy Studies at Clinton’s vision for engagement the Brookings Institution, where with Muslims around the world on he specializes in U.S. defense a people-to-people and organizational level. Prior to this strategy, the use of military force, appointment, she was Senior Advisor to the Assistant homeland security and American Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs. foreign policy. He is a visiting lecturer at Princeton Before joining the Department of State, she served as University, and a member of the International Insti- the Director for Middle East Regional Initiatives for the tute for Strategic Studies and the Council on Foreign National Security Council. Special Representative Pan- Relations. He is the author of several works, including dith served on the staff of the National Security Council

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 41 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r from December 2004 to February 2007. Prior to join- munion headquartered in London. Before his appoint- ing the NSC, Special Representative Pandith was Chief ment as Secretary General, Peterson was the Dean of St. of Staff for the Bureau for Asia and the Near East for the George’s College, Jerusalem, for 12 years. He is also the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Anglican Canon at St. George’s Cathedral in Jerusalem She received a Master’s degree from The Fletcher School and is an Honorary Canon in the Cathedral Church of of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where she Christ in Canterbury, St. Michael’s Cathedral in Nige- specialized in International Security Studies, Islamic ria, and All Saints in Tanzania. Peterson is a member Civilizations and Southwest Asia, and International of the Advisory Council of the Anglican Observer at Negotiation and Conflict Resolution. She concen- the United Nations and is a member of the American trated on the insurgency in Kashmir and has spoken Friends of the Diocese of Jerusalem. Among his nu- on the subject in international and domestic forums. merous academic achievements and honors are degrees Prior to graduate school, Special Representative Pandith from Concordia College, Harvard University, Chicago worked at USAID as the Special Assistant to the Direc- Institute for Advanced Theological Studies, Virginia tor of Policy. She received an A.B. in Government and Theological Seminary, and the University of the South Psychology from Smith College. and Seabury-Western Theological Seminary. Peterson has also studied at the American University and the Amit Pandya Near East School of Theology in Beirut, Lebanon. United States Amit Pandya directs the Stimson Kenneth Pollack Center’s Regional Voices: Transna- United States tional Challenges project, which Kenneth M. Pollack is the Direc- focuses on developing greater un- tor of the Saban Center for Middle derstanding of how experts in the East Policy at the Brookings Insti- Middle East, South Asia, South- tution and a Brookings Senior Fel- east Asia and East Africa approach transnational securi- low. He has served as Director of ty issues, including human security and nontraditional Persian Gulf Affairs and Near East security threats and challenges. Pandya is a South Asia and South Asian Affairs at the National Security Coun- expert and international lawyer. He has been Coun- cil, Senior Research Professor at the National Defense sel to the Government Operations and Foreign Affairs University, and Iran-Iraq military analyst for the Cen- Committees of the House of Representatives, and held tral Intelligence Agency. Pollack’s most recent book is senior positions at the Departments of Defense and A Path Out of the Desert: A Grand Strategy for America State and at the US Agency for International Develop- in the Middle East (2008), and he is the lead author ment. He has also practiced law and worked in various of Which Path to Persia? Options for a New American civil and human rights nonprofit organizations, and Strategy toward Iran with several other Brookings Se- was formerly an ethnographer and teacher. He holds nior Fellows. He is also co-author with Daniel L. By- degrees from Oxford, Yale, the University of Pennsyl- man of Things Fall Apart: Containing the Spillover from vania and Georgetown. an Iraqi Civil War (2007) and author of A Switch in Time: A New Strategy for America in Iraq (2006), The John L. Peterson Persian Puzzle: The Conflict between Iran and America United States (2004), The Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading John L. Peterson is the Wash- Iraq (2002), and Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness, ington National Cathedral’s first 1948-1991 (2002). Pollack received a B.A. from Yale Canon for Global Justice and University and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Insti- Reconciliation and the Special As- tute of Technology. sistant to the Anglican Bishop in the Diocese of Jerusalem for In- ternational Affairs. In both positions he is active in Interfaith Relations, particularly as it interfaces with Public Diplomacy. Most recently, he served as the Secretary General of the Worldwide Anglican Com-

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 42 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r Saafir Rabb 1974 and completed his Ph.D. on solid state chemistry United States and low energy processes from Brunel University, Lon- Saafir served as assistant to the don, in 1977. late Imam Warith Deen Moham- med, leader of the largest Muslim Pradeep Ramamurthy community in the United States. United States Saafir is also the founder and CEO Pradeep Ramamurthy is the Senior Director for Glob- of Managing Opportunity, Inc. al Engagement at the National Security Council. The (MO)—a strategic planning and development con- Global Engagement directorate was created by President sulting firm that operates in the U.S. and internation- Obama “to drive comprehensive engagement policies ally to provide business solutions to socially-oriented that leverage diplomacy, communications, international organizations and enterprises. Prior to founding MO, development and assistance, and domestic engagement Saafir served as COO of I Can’t We Can (ICWC), a and outreach in pursuit of a host of national security ob- unique community development and drug-rehabili- jectives.” Mr. Ramamurthy is a career civil servant who tation organization that received over 100 awards and has served at the White House, the Office of the Director citations from state and local officials and peer organi- of National Intelligence, and the Federal Bureau of Inves- zations. Saafir also served as a consultant to the Obama tigation. Immediately prior to his current assignment, he administration’s transition team for public diplomacy was a director on the Homeland Security Council staff and is a Senior Advisor to the dean of the University responsible for counterterrorism issues. From Novem- of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Com- ber 2007-November 2008, Mr. Ramamurthy was the munication and Journalism. first-ever intelligence fellow for homeland security and counterterrorism, serving as an advisor on to the Presi- A. Atiq Rahman dent’s Homeland Security Advisor. Before serving at the Bangladesh White House, Mr. Ramamurthy was a PDB Briefer to Dr. A. Atiq Rahman is the Ex- senior officials from 2006-2007. From 2005-2006, Mr. ecutive Director of the Bangla- Ramamurthy was involved in the establishment of the desh Centre for Advanced Stud- FBI’s National Security Branch (NSB) and served as ies (BCAS) and a lead author of the special assistant to the NSB’s deputy director. Prior the chapter on “Assessing Key to 2005, Mr. Ramamurthy served in analytic positions Vulnerabilities and the Risk from focused on counterterrorism. Pradeep has a M.A. from Climate Change” in the Intergovernmental Panel on the University of Chicago and a B.Sc. from Georgetown Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report, University. which earned the panel and the lead authors the Nobel Peace Prize. He played a leading role in the UNCED Amina Rasul-Bernardo Intergovernmental Negotiations on Climate Change Philippines (INC) session in Rio in 1992, as well as the Confer- Amina Rasul-Bernardo is a re- ences of Parties and climate summits in Kyoto that search fellow with the Sycip Policy led to the Kyoto Protocol in 1997. He was also a lead Center at the Asian Institute of author of the IPCC Third Assessment Report and the Management in the Philip­pines. IPCC Special Report on Technology Transfer and the She is an expert on issues relating to cross-cutting paper on “Development, Equity and minority representation and Sustainability.” Dr. Rahman is a Visiting Professor of democratic participation in the Philippines, focusing International Diplomacy and Sustainable Development on the Muslim in­surgency in Mindanao. She is also a at Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts Uni- trustee of the Magbassa Kita Foundation, and has or- versity, Boston, USA. He is the Chairman of Climate ganized mutual guarantee as­sociations for women and Action Network South Asia (CANSA). He is also the indigenous communities. Rasul-Bernardo served as Chairperson of the Coalition of Environmental NGOs presidential adviser on youth affairs and as chair and in Bangladesh. Dr. Rahman was trained as a chemist CEO of the National Youth Commission. She served with a B.Sc Hons. and M.Sc from Dhaka University. as a commissioner on the National Commission on the He was awarded the Commonwealth Scholarship in Role of Filipino Women. She was the director of the

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 43 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r De­velopment Bank of the Philippines and the found- Ross and three colleagues co-founded One Economy, ing director of the Local Government Guarantee a global nonprofit that uses innovative approaches to Corporation. Rasul-Ber­nardo holds a master’s degree deliver the power of technology and information about in business management from the Asian Institute of education, jobs, health care and other vital issues to Management in the Philippines, and an M.P.A. from low-income people. During his eight years at One the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard Uni- Economy, it grew from a team of four people work- versity. ing in a basement to the world’s largest digital divide organization, with programs on four continents. Alec Bruce Riedel started his career as a sixth grade teacher in inner-city United States Baltimore through Teach for America. He is a graduate Bruce Riedel is a Senior Fellow in of Northwestern University. the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institu- Barnett (Barney) Rubin tion. He retired in 2006 after 30 United States years service at the Central Intel- Barnett R. Rubin is Director of ligence Agency including postings Studies and Senior Fellow at the overseas. He was a senior advisor on South Asia and the Center on International Coop- Middle East to the last four Presidents of the United eration of New York University, States in the staff of the National Security Council at where he directs the program on the White House. He was a negotiator at several Arab- the Reconstruction of Afghani- Israeli peace summits including at Camp David and stan. Between 1994 and 2000, he was Director of the Wye River. He was also Deputy Assistant Secretary of Center for Preventive Action, and Director of Peace and Defense for the Near East and South Asia at the Pen- Conflict Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations tagon and a senior advisor at the North Atlantic Treaty in New York. Rubin was Associate Professor of Politi- Organization in Brussels. In January 2009 President cal Science and Director of the Center for the Study Barack Obama asked him to chair a review of American of Central Asia at Columbia University from 1990 to policy towards Afghanistan and Pakistan, the results of 1996. Previously, he was a Jennings Randolph Peace which the President announced in a speech on March Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace and As- 27, 2009. He is the author of The Search for al Qa- sistant Professor of Political Science at Yale University. eda: Its Leadership, Ideology and Future and coauthor In November-December 2001 he served as special advi- of Which Path to Persia: Options for a New American sor to the UN Special Representative of the Secretary Strategy Toward Iran. He teaches at Georgetown Uni- General for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, during the versity’s School for Foreign Service and Johns Hopkins negotiations that produced the Bonn Agreement. He University’s School for Advanced International Studies. advised the United Nations on the drafting of the con- He is a graduate of Brown (BA), Harvard (MA) and the stitution of Afghanistan, the Afghanistan Compact, and Royal College of Defense Studies in London. the Afghanistan National Development Strategy. Dr. Rubin is the author of Blood on the Doorstep: the Politics Alec Ross of Preventing Violent Conflict and The Fragmentation of United States Afghanistan: State Formation and Collapse in the Interna- Alec Ross serves as Senior Advi- tional System. Dr. Rubin has written numerous articles sor for Innovation in the Office and book reviews on conflict prevention, state forma- of Secretary of State Hillary Clin- tion, and human rights. His articles have appeared in ton. In this role, Alec is tasked Foreign Affairs, The New York Times, The Washington with maximizing the potential of Post, and The New York Review of Books. technology in service of America’s diplomatic and development goals. Prior to his service at the State Department, Alec worked on the Obama- Biden Presidential Transition Team and served as Con- vener for Obama for America’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications Policy Committee. In 2000, Alec

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 44 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r Anas Saidi Sabri Samirah Indonesia Jordan Anas Saidi is the Executive Di- Sabri Samirah is the Director of rector of the Association for the Studies Unit in the Middle Pesantren and Community De- East Studies Center, an independ- velopment (P3M) and a lecturer ent private academic center, spe- at the University of Indonesia, cializing in the study of significant where he teaches local culture in changes and influences in Jordan its social development program. He also lectures on re- and the Middle East in all of its aspects: strategically, search methodology and participatory action in Islamic politically, economically and socially. He is also Director universities in Indonesia. Mr. Saidi also has experience General of an investment and consulting firm, conduct- outside of Indonesia, conducting research in Japan, ing real-estate investments, economic research, evalua- Germany, and the Philippines. Further, Mr. Saidi has tion studies, analysis of public policies, and academic worked to promote social and economic empowerment participation at conferences, seminars and gatherings. in local villages and communities and has published Before his current positions, Mr. Samirah was President numerous case studies and edited books on the mili- and CEO of the United Muslim Americans Association tary, religion, and policy in Indonesia. from 1999 until 2003 and Assistant Professor of Politi- cal Science at the University of Jordan from 2004 until Taleb Salhab 2005. Mr. Samirah has also directed a community edu- United States cational and social NGO in Chicago, IL. Taleb Salhab is the program di- rector for the Peace and Security David Saperstein program at the Rockefeller Broth- United States ers Fund. Mr. Salhab has a broad Rabbi David Saperstein is the range of experience working on Director of the Religious Action policy issues related to U.S. global Center of Reform Judaism. De- engagement, with particular emphasis on the Arab and scribed in a Washington Post pro- Muslim worlds. Most recently, he served as director of file as the “quintessential religious the National Network for Arab American Communi- lobbyist on Capitol Hill,” he rep- ties (NNAAC), a program of the Arab Community resents the national Reform Jewish Movement to Con- Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) in gress and the administration. He currently co-chairs Dearborn, Michigan. Under his leadership, the network the Coalition to Preserve Religious Liberty, which grew from nine to 22 members in 11 states, and greatly comprises more than 50 national religious denomina- expanded the scope and effectiveness of its programs, tions and educational organizations, and serves on the particularly in the areas of civic engagement, advocacy, boards of numerous national organizations including policy, and national service. He served as a board mem- the NAACP and People for the American Way. Presi- ber of the Arab Language Instruction Flagship Program dent Barack Obama recently named Rabbi Saperstein at Michigan State University, and on the Membership to the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based Committee of Independent Sector. He was also a mem- and Neighborhood Partnerships, a volunteer advisory ber of the Arab American Institute Leadership Council, council composed of 25 religious and secular leaders and the President of the Arab American Community and scholars. Center. Mr. Salhab holds a Master of Arts in Interna- tional Affairs and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science Kunwar Schahzeb from Florida State University. Pakistan Kunwar Schahzeb is a media con- sultant specializing in the develop- ment communication sector, with experience stretching over sixteen years. His expertise spans the are- na of television, print, radio, social

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 45 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r and interactive media. Kunwar Schahzeb holds a Mas- the Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political ters Degree in Economics from the University of the Communication, co-editor of the Palgrave Macmillan Punjab and an MSc in Development Studies from the Series in Global Public Diplomacy, and co-editor of the London School of Economics and Political Science. He journal Media, War, and Conflict, published by Sage. is based in Lahore, Pakistan. Abbi Shabazz Cynthia P. Schneider United States United States Abbi Shabazz is the managing Cynthia P. Schneider teaches, director of Exwaze, LLC, an in- publishes, and organizes initiatives ternational content-distribution in the field of cultural diplomacy, and special events company. He with a focus on relations with the is a board member of Red Hook Muslim world. For the Brookings Water Works, an artist/production Institution she leads the Arts and management company. He is the co-founder of Good Culture Initiative within the Saban Center for Middle Tree Media, Cherokee Bey Film Company, and the East Policy. Schneider teaches courses in Diplomacy Inkiru Cultural and Education Center. Shabazz spe- and Culture at Georgetown University, where, from cializes in developing administrative and professional 1984-2005, she was a member of the art history fac- teams to provide artist, artist management companies, ulty, and published on Rembrandt and seventeenth and production efforts with developmental and profes- century Dutch art. From 1998-2001 she served as U.S. sional support. Abbi Shabazz is currently the President Ambassador to the Netherlands, during which time she and CEO of Media Gateway, a Dubai-based content led initiatives in cultural diplomacy, biotechnology, cy- distribution and media technology firm, with an af- ber security, and education. In 2001 she was awarded filiation at Spectra Maxima, where he serves as a Se- the Office of the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Pub- nior Media Consultant, assisting young local produc- lic Service Award (highest civilian award given by Pen- ers with project development services. In December tagon, in recognition of support for the U.S. military 2009, Shabazz begin working on the Board of Special during ambassadorship). Schneider received her B.A. Advisors—International Media Affairs, for Simply Me and Ph.D. from Harvard University. TV, a US-based content distribution firm.

Philip Seib Christal L. Shrader United States United States Philip Seib is Professor of Journal- Christal L. Shrader is the project ism and Public Diplomacy, and assistant for the Brookings Project Professor of International Rela- on U.S. Relations with the Islamic tions at the University of South- World. Prior to joining Brookings, ern California. He is also direc- she spent two-and-a-half years tor of USC’s Center on Public with the Washington Institute Diplomacy. He studies linkages between media and for Near East Policy and worked for Senator Benja- war and terrorism, as well as public diplomacy issues. min Cardin. Christal holds a B.A. in Government and He is author or editor of numerous books, including Politics with a concentration in International Relations Headline Diplomacy: How News Coverage Affects Foreign from the University of Maryland, College Park and Policy; The Global Journalist: News and Conscience in a plans to pursue an M.A. in International Affairs. World of Conflict; Beyond the Front Lines: How the News Media Cover a World Shaped by War; Broadcasts from Youba Sokona the Blitz: How Edward R. Murrow Helped Lead America Tunisia into War; New Media and the New Middle East; The Al Youba Sokona has been the Execu- Jazeera Effect: How the New Global Media Are Reshaping tive Secretary of the Sahara and Sa- World Politics; Toward a New Public Diplomacy: Redi- hel Observatory (OSS), a position recting U.S. Foreign Policy; and the forthcoming Global he has held since 2004. Before join- Terrorism and New Media. He is the series editor of ing OSS in June 2004, he was the

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 46 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r Coordinator of the Energy Programme and the Executive Strobe Talbott Secretary for international relations of Environnement et United States Développement du Tiers Monde (ENDA-TM), an inter- Strobe Talbott became President of national non-profit organisation based in Dakar, Senegal. the Brookings Institution in July Dr Sokona joined ENDA in 1982 after he had taught 2002. He was previously Found- at the Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs, in Bamako, Mali. ing Director of the Yale Center Throughout his career, Dr Sokona has served in various for the Study of Globalization. advisory capacities to various African governments and Talbott served in the U.S. Depart- organisations. He has published several books and articles ment of State from 1993 to 2001, first as Ambassador- on the issues of energy, environment and development at-Large and Special Advisor to the Secretary of State with a focus on Africa. He is a Co-Chair of the IPCC for the Newly Independent States of the former So- WGIII for the Fifth Assessment Report, member of the viet Union, and then as Deputy Secretary of State for Swedish Commission on Climate Change and Devel- seven years. He entered government after twenty-one opment, Senior Advisor to the Global Leadership for years with TIME Magazine, during which he covered Climate Action of the joint initiative of United Nations Eastern Europe, the U.S. Department of State, and Foundation and the Club of Madrid, and Co-Chair of the the White House. He was TIME’s Washington Bureau Global Adaptation Network in Africa. Chief, Editor-at-Large, and Foreign Affairs Columnist, and he was recently elected a Fellow of the American Fatema Z. Sumar Academy of Arts & Sciences. He began his publishing United States career by translating and editing two volumes of Nikita Fatema Z. Sumar is a Professional Khrushchev’s memoirs and has written eight books. Staff Member on the Senate For- His most recent book is The Great Experiment: The eign Relations Committee where Story of Ancient Empires, Modern States, and the Quest she focuses on South and Central for a Global Nation (2008). A Rhodes Scholar, Talbott Asia and U.S. engagement with received a B.A. from Yale University and an M.Litt. Muslim communities for Chair- from Oxford University. man John F. Kerry. During her tenure as a Presidential Management Fellow, Fatema served as the Regional Amra Tareen Central Asia and Tajikistan Desk Officer at the U.S. United States Department of State, the Economics/Commercial Of- Amra Tareen is founder and CEO ficer at U.S. Embassy Kabul in Afghanistan, andas of Allvoices.com, a global people’s a Congressional Fellow in Foreign Policy for Senator media company where anyone can Robert Casey, Jr. Fatema was also a National Finalist report news or their story from for the White House Fellows. She received her M.A. in anywhere in the world via cell Public Affairs from Princeton’s University’s Woodrow phone or PC. Launched in July of Wilson School of Public and International Affairs 2008, Allvoices is the fastest growing citizen media site where she was awarded the Donald E. Stokes Award for with over 4.7M unique users per month and 265,000 Academic Achievement & Public Service Leadership citizen reporters from over 180 countries. Amra has and her Bachelor of Arts in Government from Cornell an MBA from Harvard University and a Bachelors of University. She studied abroad at the American Univer- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from sity in Cairo and interned for the Arab Association for University of New South Wales, Australia. Amra was Human Rights in Nazareth, Israel. Fatema was born in born in Pakistan, and lived in Australia before moving Malaysia and raised in East Brunswick, NJ. to the USA to attend Harvard.

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 47 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r Shibley Telhami AAAS’s international activities. Prior to this position, United States Dr. Turekian served as Special Assistant to the Under Shibley Telhami is a Nonresident Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, Senior Fel­low at the Saban Cen- where he was lead advisor on international science, ter for Middle East Policy at the technology, environment and health issues, including, Brookings Institution and the An- clean energy, sustainable development, climate change, war Sadat Professor for Peace and scientific outreach and avian influenza. He is the two- Devel­opment at the University time recipient of the Department’s Superior Honor of Maryland. He is the author of The Stakes: America Award for his work on climate change and avian in- and the Middle East (2002) and Power and Leadership fluenza. Prior to his time at the State Department, Dr. in International Bargaining: The Path to the Camp Da- Turekian worked at the National Academy of Sciences vid Accords (1990), and coauthor of Liberty and Power: (NAS). In 2001, he was the Study Director for the A Dialogue on Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy in an White House-requested NAS report on climate change Unjust World (2004). He was an advisor to the U.S. science. He has published numerous articles on the Mission to the United Nations and to Congressman linkages between science and international policy. Dr. Lee H. Hamilton (D-Indiana). Telhami received a B.A. Turekian received his master’s and Ph.D. in atmospher- from Queens College of the City University of New ic geochemistry from the University of Virginia, where York, an M.A. from the Graduate Theological Union, he focused on applying stable isotopic tracers to char- Berkeley, and a Ph.D. from the University of Califor- acterize aerosol sources and chemistry in the marine nia, Berkeley. boundary layer, and was awarded the Maury Prize as Outstanding Student in Environmental Sciences. He Theophilos is a graduate of Yale University with degrees in geology Jerusalem and geophysics and international studies. His Beatitude Theophilos III of Jerusalem is the current Patriarch Bridget Welsh of the Greek Orthodox Church in Singapore Jerusalem. Theophilos was elected Bridget Welsh is an Associate the 141st Primate of the Ortho- Professor in Political Science at dox Church of Jerusalem on Au- Singapore Management Univer- gust 22, 2005. In 1964, he served as Archdeacon for sity where she teaches courses on then-Patriarch Benediktos (Benedict I). From 1991 to contemporary Southeast Asia, 1996, he was Priest in Cana in Galilee, which had a comparative politics, gender and predominantly Israeli Arab flock, there he also formed international development. She has edited Reflections: a society called “Nour al Masih” (“Light of Christ”), The Mahathir Years (2004), Legacy of Engagement in which spreads the Orthodox Christian faith through- Southeast Asia (2008), Impressions of the Goh Chok Tong out the region. Before becoming Patriarch, Theophilos Years in Singapore (2009), Democracy Takeoff?: Reflec- served for a short time as the Archbishop of Tabor, hav- tions on the BJ Habibie Period (2010 forthcoming) and ing been consecrated to the episcopacy by Irenaios in Transition or Transformation: Abdullah Badawi’s Ten- February of 2005. His Beatitude studied theology at ure (2010 forthcoming). In 2004 she was a Henry R. the University of Athens and went on to complete a Luce Southeast Asian Fellow at the Australian National master’s degree in London. University. Welsh is the former Chair of the Malay- sia, Singapore, Brunei Studies Group and a consultant Vaughan Turekian to Freedom House. She received her doctorate from United States the Department of Political Science at Columbia Uni- Dr. Vaughan Turekian is Chief versity, her M.A. from Columbia University, language International Officer for the training (FALCON) from Cornell University and BA American Association for the Ad- from Colgate University. vancement of Science (AAAS). In this role, he leads, develops and coordinates the broad range of

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 48 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r Douglas Wilson promote democracy there. It also hosts visiting fellows United States from the Middle East. Before joining the Saban Center Douglas Wilson is co-chair of the in December 2003, Wittes served as Middle East spe- US-Muslim Engagement Initia- cialist at the US Institute of Peace and previously as di- tive and President Obama’s nomi- rector of programs at the Middle East Institute in Wash- nee to be Assistant Secretary of ington. She has also taught courses in international re- Defense for Public Affairs. Mr. lations and security studies at Georgetown University. Wilson currently serves as Execu- Wittes was one of the first recipients of the Rabin-Peres tive Vice President of the Howard Gilman Foundation, Peace Award, established by President Bill Clinton in overseeing the development and implementation of 1997. She is the author of a recent book entitled Free- the Foundation’s domestic and international policy dom’s Unsteady March: America’s Role in Building Arab programs at White Oak, and as Chairman of the Board Democracy (Brookings Press), and editor of How Israelis of Directors of the Public Diplomacy Collaborative and Palestinians Negotiate: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of at Harvard University. He is also the immediate past the Oslo Peace Process (USIP, 2005). Other recent work president of The Leaders Project, the global successor includes “What Price Freedom? Assessing the Bush generation leadership initiative which he co-founded Administration’s Freedom Agenda,” and “Back to Bal- in 2001 with former US Defense Secretary William ancing in the Middle East,” co-authored with Martin Cohen. From 1997-1999, Mr. Wilson served as Dep- S. Indyk. Her analyses of U.S. democracy promotion, uty Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. Arab politics, the Middle East peace process, and oth- He spent a year as National Political Director of the er policy topics have been published in the Washing- Democratic Leadership Council before returning to ton Post, Policy Review, Political Science Quarterly, the the Pentagon in the summer of 2000 to become Prin- American Interest, the Weekly Standard, and the Chron- cipal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public icle of Higher Education, among others. Wittes holds a Affairs, coordinating communications and long-range B.A. in Judaic and Near Eastern Studies from Oberlin public affairs strategy. He was twice presented the De- College; her M.A. and Ph.D. in Government are from partment of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Georgetown University. She is a member of the Coun- Service, the Pentagon’s top civilian honor. Mr. Wil- cil on Foreign Relations. son has also served as Director of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs for the U.S. Information Huma Yusuf Agency and as foreign policy advisor to U.S. Senator Pakistan Gary Hart. Mr. Wilson began his career as a Foreign Huma Yusuf is a Karachi-based Service Information Officer at U.S. diplomatic posts in print and online journalist, and is Naples, Rome, and London. He serves on the Boards currently employed as the Features of Directors of Third Way, the U.S. Center for Citizen Editor of Dawn.com, the website Diplomacy and the National Security Network. Mr. of Pakistan’s largest English-lan- Wilson graduated from Stanford University and the guage daily. She reports on ter- Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. rorism, human rights, development, and media trends for Dawn, the Christian Science Monitor, and the In- Tamara Cofman Wittes dian Express. Huma holds a master’s degree from MIT’s United States Comparative Media Studies program and a bachelor’s Tamara Cofman Wittes currently degree from Harvard University. Her academic research serves as deputy assistant secretary at MIT examined how new media technologies and of state for Near Eastern affairs at mediated practices such as social networking and citizen the U.S. Department of State. Pri- journalism facilitate democracy, shape urban identity, or to her appointment at the State and document street violence in Pakistan. Her current Department she was a senior fellow research looks at the role of radio in spreading—and and director of the Saban Center at Brookings’ Middle countering—militancy. She is the recipient of the Eu- East Democracy and Development (MEDD) Project. ropean Commission’s 2006 Lorenzo Natali Prize for The MEDD Project conducts research into political Human Rights Journalism and the UNESCO/Pakistan and economic reform in the region and US efforts to Press Foundation 2005 Gender in Journalism Award.

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 49 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r Ahmed Zewail Gates Foundation. His research has focused on the de- United States velopment of quantitative imaging methods based on Ahmed Zewail is the Linus Paul- CAT and MRI scanning to diagnose and treat cancer, ing Chair professor of chemistry pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases. He has 212 and professor of physics at the publications and holds eight patents. Dr. Zerhouni is a California Institute of Technology member of the Board of Trustees of the King Abdullah (Caltech). For ten years, he was the University of Science and Technology, opened in Sep- Director of the National Science tember 2009 in Saudi Arabia and of Khalifa University Foundation’s Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (LMS), in UAE. and is currently the Director of the Center for Physical Biology at Caltech. He received his early education in Moneef R. Zou’bi Egypt, and in the U.S. completed a Ph. D., from the Jordan University of Pennsylvania, and a postdoctoral (IBM) Moneef Rafe’ Zou’bi has been fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley, the director general of the Islamic before joining the faculty at Caltech. Dr. Zewail was World Academy of Sciences in awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize for his pioneering devel- Jordan since 1998. He has been opments in femtoscience, making possible observation involved in scientific missions in of phenomena in a millionth of a billionth of a second, more than 50 countries and has the scale of atomic motion. On April 27, 2009, Presi- devoted all his energy to turning the IAS into an inter- dent Barack Obama appointed him to the President’s national academy of sciences that is engaged in bridg- Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and ing scientific and technological, development, and in November of the same year, he was named the first even political divides between countries, cultures and United States Science Envoy to the Middle East. He civilizations. He has written extensively on science and is an elected member of academies and learned societ- technology topics, and has given lectures on such sub- ies, including the American Philosophical Society, Na- jects around the world. Zou’bi has also published over tional Academy of Sciences, Royal Society of London, 40 papers, and edited and co-edited 10 books on top- French Academy, Russian Academy, Chinese Academy, ics such as higher education, the environment, water and the Swedish Academy, and serves on national and resources and transformational technologies. Prior to international boards for academic, cultural, and world his career at IAS, Zou’bi served in the Royal Corps of affairs. Engineers in the Jordanian Armed Forces.

Elias Zerhouni United States Dr. Zerhouni received his medical degree at the University of Algiers School of Medicine before coming to America. He completed his resi- dency at the John Hopkins School

of Medicine, where he later served as a professor and Chairman of the Radiology Depart- ment. Dr. Zerhouni has served as a consultant to the White House and to the WHO. In 2002, Dr. Zerhou- ni was appointed as the 15th Director of the National Institute of Health. Under his leadership, the NIH initiated the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, es- tablished an NIH-wide research initiative to address the obesity epidemic, and made health disparities a research priority. He rejoined the faculty of John Hop- kins University in 2008, and became a Senior Fellow in the Global Health program at the Bill and Melinda

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Special Thanks

Special recognition and appreciation is extended to the following individuals for ensuring that the vision for the 2010 U.S. Islamic World Forum was successfully transformed into reality. Many thanks to you.

Permanent Committee for Organizing Conferences Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar Mohammed Abdulla M. Abdulla A. Rahman Fakhroo Osman Abdul Majeed al-Rumaihi Executive Director Expert Assistant Foreign Minister for Follow-Up Affairs Malik Esufji Fatma Shafee Protocol Department

Brookings Institution Washington Stephen Grand Gail Chalef John Neureuther Fellow and Director, Project on Director of Communications, Staff Assistant, Saban Center for U.S. Relations with the Islamic Foreign Policy Middle East Policy World Reid Creedon Yinnie Tse Durriya Badani Programs Manager, Saban Center Assistant Director of Budget and Project Manager, Project on U.S. for Middle East Policy Administration, Saban Center for Relations with the Islamic World Middle East Policy Mehrun Etebari Aysha Chowdhry Senior Research Assistant, Saban Akram Al-Turk Research Analyst and Publications Center for Middle East Policy Research Assistant, Saban Center Manager, Project on U.S. for Middle East Policy Relations with the Islamic World Jackie Indek Associate Director for Christal Shrader Development, Saban Center for Project Assistant, Project on U.S. Middle East Policy Relations with the Islamic World

Brookings Doha Center Doha Hady Amr Shadi Hamid Erin Rosner Fellow and Director Fellow and Deputy Director Consultant Noha Aboueldahab Nadine Masri Kais Sharif Senior Research Assistant Budget Administrator and Office Program Coordinator Manager Charlie Gandelman Tarek Zeidan Consultant Areej Noor Communications Director Research Assistant

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 53 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r About the Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World

The Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World is a major research program housed within the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. The project conducts high-quality public policy research, and convenes policy makers and opinion leaders on the major issues surrounding the relationship between the United States and the Muslim world. The Project seeks to engage and inform policymakers, practitioners, and the broader public on developments in Muslim countries and communities, and the nature of their relationship with the United States. Together with the affiliated Brookings Doha Center in Qatar, it sponsors a range of events, initiatives, re- search projects, and publications designed to educate, encourage frank dialogue, and build positive partnerships between the United States and the Muslim world. The Project has several interlocking components:

n The U.S.-Islamic World Forum, which brings together key leaders in the fields of politics, business, media, aca- demia, and civil society from across the Muslim world and the United States, for much needed discussion and dialogue;

n A Visiting Fellows program, for scholars and journalists from the Muslim world to spend time researching and writing at Brookings in order to inform U.S. policy makers on key issues facing Muslim states and communities;

n A series of Brookings Analysis Papers and Monographs that provide needed analysis of the vital issues of joint concern between the U.S. and the Muslim world;

n An Arts and Culture Initiative, which seeks to develop a better understanding of how arts and cultural leaders and organizations can increase understanding between the United States and the global Muslim community;

n A Science and Technology Initiative, which examines the role cooperative science and technology programs involving the U.S. and Muslim world can play in responding to regional development and education needs, as well as fostering positive relations;

n A Faith Leaders Initiative which brings together representatives of the major Abrahamic faiths from the United States and the Muslim world to discuss actionable programs for bridging the religious divide;

n A Brookings Institution Press Book Series, which aims to synthesize the project’s findings for public dissemina- tion.

The underlying goal of the Project is to continue the Brookings Institution’s original mandate to serve as a bridge between scholarship and public policy. It seeks to bring new knowledge to the attention of decision-makers and opinion-leaders, as well as afford scholars, analysts, and the public a better insight into policy issues. The Project is supported through the generosity of a range of sponsors including the Government of the State of Qatar, The Ford Foundation, The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and the Carnegie Corporation.

The Project Conveners are Martin Indyk, Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy Studies; Kenneth Pollack, Senior Fellow and Director, Saban Center; Bruce Riedel, Senior Fellow in the Saban Center; Stephen R. Grand, Fellow and Director of the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World; Shibley Telhami, Nonresident Senior Fellow and Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland; and Hady Amr, Director of the Brookings Doha Center.

2010 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM 54 W ri t i n g t h e N e x t C h a p t e r About the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings

The Saban Center for Middle East Policy was established on May 13, 2002 with an inaugural address by His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan. The creation of the Saban Center reflects the Brookings Institution’s commitment to expand dramatically its research and analysis of Middle East policy issues at a time when the region has come to dominate the U.S. foreign policy agenda.

The Saban Center provides Washington policymakers with balanced, objective, in-depth and timely research and policy analysis from experienced and knowledgeable scholars who can bring fresh perspectives to bear on the critical problems of the Middle East. The center upholds the Brookings tradition of being open to a broad range of views. The Saban Center’s central objective is to advance understanding of developments in the Middle East through policy-relevant scholar- ship and debate.

The center’s foundation was made possible by a generous grant from Haim and Cheryl Saban of Los Angeles. Ambassador Martin S. Indyk, Vice President of Foreign Policy at Brookings was the founding Director of the Saban Center. Kenneth M. Pollack is the center’s Director. Within the Saban Center is a core group of Middle East experts who conduct original research and develop innovative programs to promote a better understanding of the policy choices facing American de- cision makers. They include Bruce Riedel, a specialist on counterterrorism, who served as a senior advisor to four presidents on the Middle East and South Asia at the National Security Council and during a twenty-nine year career in the CIA; Suzanne Maloney, a former senior State Depart- ment official who focuses on Iran and economic development; Stephen R. Grand, Fellow and Director of the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World; Hady Amr, Fellow and Director of the Brookings Doha Center; Shibley Telhami, who holds the Sadat Chair at the University of Maryland; and Daniel Byman, a Middle East terrorism expert from Georgetown University. The center is located in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at Brookings.

The Saban Center is undertaking path breaking research in five areas: the implications of regime change in Iraq, including post-war nation-building and Gulf security; the dynamics of Iranian domestic politics and the threat of nuclear proliferation; mechanisms and requirements for a two- state solution to the Israeli- Palestinian conflict; policy for the war against terrorism, including the continuing challenge of state sponsorship of terrorism; and political and economic change in the Arab world, and the methods required to promote democratization.

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at Brookings

2010 U.S.–Islamic World Forum at Brookings Writing the Next Chapter

Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 www.us-islamicworldforum.org February 13-15, 2010 • Doha, Qatar