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| The Arab Cultural Debate and Its Implications for U.S.- Arab Engagement |
| Thursday March 18, 2010 • from 9:00 A.M. to NOON |
| at The Carter Center |
| Hosts |
| President Jimmy Carter |
| His Excellency Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed al-Salimi Minister of Religious Affairs and Endowments, Sultanate of Oman |
| Ambassador Andrew Young |
| Former Georgia Supreme Court Justice Leah Ward Sears |
| AGENDA |
| 9 A.M. |
| Welcome Remarks |
| Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears (retired) |
| Address to the Malta Forum and Guests |
| President Jimmy Carter |
| 9:30 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. |
| Presentation of the Arab Cultural Debate |
| by Hassan I. Mneimneh, Director, Center for IjtihadReason and Ridwan al-Sayyid, Professor of Islamic Studies, Lebanese University |
| Distinguished Panel Discussion followed by Questions and Answers |
| Moderated by William A. Galston, Ezra K. Zilkha Chair and Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings Institution |
| Panelists |
| Moataz Abdul-Fattah, Cairo University |
| Jean Bethke Elshtain, Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor, Social and Political Ethics, University of Chicago |
| Francis Fukuyama, Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy, Johns Hopkins University |
| 11:30 A.M. - NOON |
| Informal Discussion |
| Conference Videos |
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Justice Leah Sears and President Jimmy Carter
view David Blankenhorn and William Galston view Ridwan al-Sayyid view Frank Fukuyama view Panel Discussion: Hassan I. Mneimneh, Jean Bethke Elshtain, and Moataz Abdul-Fattah view Questions and Answers view |
