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Middle East Institute is honored to host Izzat Majeed, to discuss “Which Direction Islam? Is a Civilization Clash Inevitable?”

Middle East Institute is honored to host Vice Admiral Kevin J. Cosgriff, Commander of the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), to discuss the role of NAVCENT in the CENTCOM region of operation.

Middle East Institute & Israel Policy Forum are honored to co-host Aaron David Miller to discuss his new book "The Much Too Promised Land: America's Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace." For nearly twenty years, Miller has played a central role in U.S. efforts to broker Arab-Israeli peace. His position as an advisor to presidents, secretaries of state, and national security advisors has given him a unique perspective on a problem that American leaders have wrestled with for more than half a century.

Middle East Institute & American-Tunisian Association are honored to co-host Professor Granara to discuss "Culture and Politics as Reflected in Modern Tunisian Literature." Granara teaches Arabic language and literature and directs the Arabic language program at Harvard University. He studied Arabic at Georgetown University and received his PhD in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania . He is the former executive director of the Center for Arabic Study at the American University in Cairo and the former director of the Arabic Field School of the U.S.

Middle East Institute is honored to host Aram Roston, to discuss his new book,"THE MAN WHO PUSHED AMERICA TO WAR: THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE, ADVENTURES AND OBSESSIONS OF AHMAD CHALABI," an explosive biography that tells the untold story of the man who is largely responsible for the war in Iraq.

From the book cover:

Ahmad Chalabi literally changed the world. If anyone were to get the most credit for pushing the United States to war in Iraq, Chalabi, a wealthy exile who spent most of his life out of Iraq, would certainly be a leading contender.

Middle East Institute is honored to host Dr. Ebrahim Yazdi to discuss the “Situation in Iran.” Yazdi was born in 1931 in the northern Iranian city of Qazvin. He studied Pharmacology in the University of Tehran and was a student leader in the National Movement of Iran led by Dr Muhammad Mussadegh. After the coup in 1953, Yazdi joined the underground National Resistance Movement of Iran. In 1960, Yazdi traveled to the United States to continue his education and political activities.

Middle East Institute is honored to host Michael Ware, to discuss the "Situatation on the Ground in Iraq." Ware is a CNN correspondent based in the international news network’s Baghdad bureau.

Ware joined CNN in June 2006 and quickly established himself as one of the foremost on air experts on Iraq, providing in-depth analysis and reports across all CNN networks.

Since joining CNN, Ware has also reported from Lebanon where he was involved in the network’s coverage of the Israel-Hezbollah crisis in the summer of 2006.

Marking the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Middle East Institute & Foundation for Middle East Peace are honored to present Dalia Mogahed to discuss her timely new book, co-authored with John L. Esposito, "Who Speaks For Islam?

Middle East Institute & American-Tunisian Association are honored to co-host Oussama Romdhani is the general director of the Tunisian External Communication Agency, a cabinet-level position he has held since 1995. Previously, he served in Washington for about 15 years as a press counsellor at the Tunisian Embassy, bureau chief of the Tunisian News Agency and director of the Tunisian Information Office, and then as Deputy Ambassador.

Middle East Institute is honored to host Michael Scheuer, to discuss his new book “Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam after Iraq .” A decorated senior CIA counterterrorism officer, Michael Scheuer had one of the most crucial jobs in American intelligence. He was the head of the CIA’s Osama bin Laden unit (“Alec Station”) and responsible for the U.S. government’s rendition program. His expertise became understanding the motives and missions of Islamic extremists better than most scholars and analysts in the world.