American Universities in the Middle East: Agents of Change in the Arab World

Thursday, March 29, 2007
Speakers
John Waterbury
President, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
David Arnold
President, American University in Cairo, Egypt
Joseph G. Jabbra
President, Lebanese American University, Lebanon
Winfred L. Thompson
Chancellor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Presider
Lee C. Bollinger
President, Columbia University

Please join these university presidents as they discuss the importance and value of American-style liberal arts education in Egypt, Lebanon, and the Gulf, and how it can work to create social change in the Arab world.

5:30 – 6:00 p.m. Reception
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Meeting

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