We are delighted to invite you to the inaugural Harvard Middle East / North Africa Weekend, November 30 –December 1, 2007.

We very much hope that you will be able to travel to Harvard for this very exciting weekend. 

Reflections on the Annapolis Peace Conference

 The Annapolis peace conference is being held to find a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with the ultimate goal of creating a two-state solution. The conference will be held in Annapolis, Maryland during the last week of November 2007. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will host the meeting and both Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert are expected to attend.

PUBLISHING YOUR FIRST BOOK

A Discussion with History Editors

Kathleen McDermott (Harvard University Press)and Vanessa Mobley (Penguin Press)

You are cordially invited to attend The World Film Premiere of:

An Islamic Conscience: The Aga Khan and the Ismailis

"What's Troubling about Zionism: An African-American Perspective"

A talk by J. Lorand Matory, Professor of Anthropology and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University

Ammar Al-Dwaik, Former Chief Electoral Officer,
Palestinian Central Elections Commission, and PhD Candidate, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University

MOROCCO FORUM

Susan Gilson Miller, Chair

Dr. Lamia Zaki

Bassam Haddad, Director, Middle East Studies Program, George Mason University, Visiting Professor, Georgetown University, and Documentary Filmmaker, About Baghdad

Seminar on Modern Turkey
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Harvard University

Cemal Kafadar and Lenore G. Martin Co-Chairs

Invite you to a lecture on
"Disarming, Demobilizing and Reintegrating the PKK"

David L Phillips
Project Director, National Committee on American Foreign Policy
and
Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia
University

*December 5, 2007 4:30-6 pm

Center for Government and International Studies

The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies
Tufts University
Invites you to attend:

Fares Center Lecture Series
Fall 2007

Barnett R. Rubin
"Why Are We in Afghanistan?"
Director of Studies and Senior Fellow,
Center on International Cooperation,
New York University

Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369

Vali Nasr is a Senior Fellow with The Dubai Initiative, Adjunct Sr. Fellow
for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; and Professor of
International Politics & Assoc. Director, Fares Center for Eastern
Mediterranean Studies, Fletcher School, Tufts University. He has worked
extensively on political and social developments in the Muslim world with a
focus on the relation on religion to politics, social change, and

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies

presents a lecture

by

Haggay Etkes

Legalizing Extortion: An Economic Analysis of State Regulated
'Protection Payments' Made to Tribes in Ottoman Gaza (1519-1582)

THE CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES
38 Kirkland Street, Room 208

An abstract of his thesis:
 
Bribing violent groups is a common phenomenon in contemporary and
historical economies. Usually it is difficult to study this phenomenon

 Listen to this lecture here: Luis Cristillo

The Male Veil: Gay Life in the Middle East
When: Thurs., Dec. 6, 5:30-7pm
Where: Room 102, Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), 38 Kirkland St.

Mr. Brian Whitaker, editor of the Guardian (UK) on Middle East
affairs, will discuss his recent book "Unspeakable Love: Gay and
Lesbian Life in the Middle East." This book is unique for its focus on
contemporary gay and lesbian Middle Eastern lives. Furthermore, balanced
approach--focusing on repression as well as pockets of reform and

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard and The Alliance for Justice in the Middle East (AJME) present a film screening
of Arabs and Terrorism.
Director Bassam Haddad will attend and lead a Q&A session following the film

"The result is a documentary that dares to journey into waters seldom treaded byother filmmakers, by traveling right to the core of the ideological debate that lies behind the war on terror and investigating what the Arab people actually
think, believe and desire -- independent of media bias."

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard and The Alliance for Justice in the Middle East (AJME) present a film screening
of Arabs and Terrorism.
Director Bassam Haddad will attend and lead a Q&A session following the film

"The result is a documentary that dares to journey into waters seldom
treaded byother filmmakers, by traveling right to the core of the
ideological debate that lies behind the war on terror and investigating
what the Arab people actually
think, believe and desire -- independent of media bias."

Come to RUMI Night

Live classical Persian music and poetry readings

8-10pm Thursday, December 6
Winthrop Owens Room (G-entryway)
 Refreshments provided

Please see the attached flyer for more info.

Harvard University
December 7th and 8th, 2007
Sponsored by Center for Middle Eastern Studies (Dr. Steve Caton) & Committee on Degrees in Women, Gender, and Sexuality (Dr. Brad Epps).

EVENT CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. Please contact Jaredmccormick@gmail.com with questions.

Harvard University
December 7th and 8th, 2007
Sponsored by Center for Middle Eastern Studies (Dr. Steve Caton) & Committee on Degrees in Women, Gender, and Sexuality (Dr. Brad Epps).

EVENT CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. Please contact Jaredmccormick@gmail.com with questions.

The Islamic Intellectual History Workshop Series presents a lecture by

Professor Suleiman Mourad, Smith College

The Semitic Museum  presents a lecture by James Osborne, Graduate Student in  NELC,   on Tuesday December 11   at 7:00 pm. entitled "Excavations at the Aramaean Capital of Kunulua in the Plain of Antioch," Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Camb.  preceded by a reception at 6:15 at the Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Ave..  Call Dena Davis at 617-495-4631 for more information or write <davis4@fas.harvard.edu>.  Free and open to the public

--

" The Regional Politics of Turkey"

Lead by Amassador Altay Cengizer

Part two of this five part series takes place on December 12th, 2007 and
is led by Professor Ali Asani, Professor of the Practice of Indo-Muslim Languages and Cultures, Harvard University.

Before Homosexuality in the Arab-Islamic World
When: Wed, Dec 12, 7:30pm - 9pm
Where: Kresge Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St.

Harvard Professor Khaled El-Rouayheb will discuss his recent book,
"Before Homosexuality in the Arab-Islamic World, 1500-1800." Drawing
on poetry, belles lettres, biographical literature, medicine,
physiognomy, dream interpretation, and Islamic legal, mystical, and
homiletic texts, he shows that the culture of the period lacked the