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5th ANNIVERSARY BANQUET & A SPECIAL PRESENTATION by PROF. JUAN COLE Saturday, May 9, 2009 6:00 PM Adam’s Mark Hotel, Buffalo, NY Program: - Annual Activities Summary
- New MPAC Initiatives
Juan ColeJuan Cole is one of the nation’s leading historians focusing on the Middle East. Over the past decade he has emerged as a commentator on Middle East policy and a reliable source for new ideas that may enable the United States to pursue its foreign policy objectives more effectively in the region. For millions, his frequent posts at the Informed Comment blog provide a daily update on press accounts from the Islamic world, often including translations from Arabic- and Farsi-language sources in close-to-real time. His new book,Engaging the Muslim World, will be published on March 17. The Book will be available and signed by the Author at the Banquet.
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 | | | Juan R. I. Cole is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. | | For three decades, he has sought to put the relationship of the West and the Muslim world in historical context. His most recent book is Engaging the Muslim World (Palgrave Macmillan, March, 2009) and he also recently authored Napoleon's Egypt: Invading the Middle East (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). He has been a regular guest on PBS's Lehrer News Hour, and has also appeared on ABC Nightly News, Nightline, the Today Show, Charlie Rose, Anderson Cooper 360, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Democracy Now! and many others. He has also given many radio and press interviews. He has written extensively about Egypt, Iran, Iraq, and South Asia. He has commented extensively on the Iraq War, the politics of Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the increasing conflict with Iran. He has a regular column at Salon.com. He continues to study and write about contemporary Islamic movements, whether mainstream or radical, whether Sunni and Salafi or Shi`ite. Cole commands Arabic, Persian and Urdu and reads some Turkish, knows both Middle Eastern and South Asian Islam. He lived in various parts of the Muslim world for nearly 10 years, and continues to travel widely there. A bibliography of his writings may be found here. |  | All cordially invited! BUY YOUR TICKETS TODAY: Tickets can be purchased online by clicking on the Tickets button on the right Tickets: $75 (Per Person) Full Page Ad: $600.00 Half-Page Ad: $400.00 Banquet Co-Chairs: Sharifa Fazili (631-0621)/Samira Khatib (462-3979) |
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