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. 

It will present a wonderful opportunity to re-connect with old friends as well as to support discussion of topics related to the
Arab world at Harvard.

For the first time, the HAAA, in coordination with Middle East groups across Harvard, is hosting a series of events over the course of the weekend dedicated to contemporary MENA issues.

We hope you can join us for this landmark weekend.

The pre-registration period begins on Nov 5th and ends Nov 20th; please see www.harvardmenaweekend.org for further details and to register.

Friday, Nov 30:

5p-9p: MENA Civil Society Forum at the Kennedy School of Government, featuring Dr. Stephen Walt of Harvard as the keynote speaker and Dr. Jack Shaheen screening his film Reel Bad Arabs

Saturday, Dec 1:

8a-4p: MENA Business Conference at Harvard Business School, featuring
organizations from across the region discussing various topics from
private equity to Islamic banking and national economic reform to
Asia-MENA trade relations

4p-7p: MENA Careers Fair at Harvard Business School, featuring the
region's top companies: Citadel Capital, EFG-Hermes, Istithmar,
Abraaj, Booz Allen Hamilton, Goldman Sachs, Investcorp, McKinsey &
Company, Monitor Group, Mubadala and Saudi Aramco

8p-10p: HAAA Alumni Gala Dinner – Members of the Harvard, Yale, and
MIT Arab Alumni Associations are invited to this exclusive dinner with
MENA Weekend sponsors and speakers

10p-2a: Charity Benefit Party at a Boston Nightclub

For further information and to register, please see the website:
www.harvardmenaweekend.org.  Registration is $20 for all HAAA members
+ $50 for a ticket to the Alumni Gala Dinner.

Please feel free to forward this email to any of your colleagues or
friends who might be interested in attending the Harvard MENA Weekend.
If you have any questions or comments, please email the HAAA's Program
Director, Sena Halabi, at sena@harvardarabalumni.org.

We hope you can join as for this important weekend, and we look
forward to welcoming you back to Harvard at the end of the month.

Thanks,
The HAAA Board