The World Affairs Council of Washington DC
together with the League of Women Voters and
the American Academy of Diplomacy

Brings you ... A SPECIAL TOWN HALL MEETING

"Beginning the Dialogue: America's Troubled Relationship with the Islamic World"

Where: Round House Theater, Bethesda, Maryland
across the street from the Bethesda Metro (red line)

When: Wednesday, October 13, 2004
6:30pm to 8:30pm

Who: Moderator John Donvan, ABC Nightline
and an expert Panel:

Hon. Edward Gnehm, a US Ambassador to Jordan, Kuwait and Australia, who raised the American flag over the US embassy after the liberation of Kuwait in 1991. He is currently the Shapiro Professor at the Elliott School of International Relations at George Washington University.

John Esposito, called "one of America's foremost authorities and interpreters of Islam" by the Wall Street Journal, among others, is the author of "What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam" and "Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam." He is the founding director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.

Shibley Telhami, one of thE leading Middle East Scholars in the US, has conducted extensive polling on attitudes in the Muslim world. He is the Sadat Professor for Peace and Develpment at the University of Maryland and the author of "The Stakes: America in the Middle East."

Haleh Esfandiari, is the former Deputy Secretary General of the Women's Organization of Iran and a former journalist. Currently the Director of the Middle East Program at the Wilson Center, she is author of "Reconstructed Lives: Women and Iran's Islamic Revolution."

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

RESERVED SEATING AVAILABLE FOR WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL MEMBERS

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