Georgetown University: School of Foreign Service in Qatar

The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar invites distinguished authors, academics and respected figures to engage into discussions with the Doha community. As part of this Distinguished Lecture program, CIRS will host Rami Khouri for his reflections on the challenges that the next US Administration will be facing.

Rami George Khouri, a Palestinian-Jordanian and US citizen whose family resides in Beirut, Amman and Nazareth, is Editor at Large, and Former Executive Editor, of the Daily Star newspaper in Beirut, and Director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut. He is a book author and writes an internationally syndicated weekly column. "I expect this will be a very stimulating and engaging discussion," said CIRS Director Mehran Kamrava.

Khouri often comments on Mideast issues in the international media, including the BBC and U.S. National Public Radio, and lectures frequently at conferences and universities throughout the world. He is a member of the Leadership Council of the Harvard Divinity School, a member of the board of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University and the Jordan National Museum, and a member of the international advisory council of the International Committee of the Red Cross. In 2002 he was named a member of the Brookings Institution Task Force on US Relations with the Islamic World.

This Distinguished Lecture is held on August 24, 2008 at 6:00 PM at the Diplomatic Club in Doha, Qatar. Please visit CIRS website for more about this event.