Since 1995, the AAEF has sponsored numerous programs, including:   LECTURE SERIES Salwa Mikdadi – Arab Women in Art (Part of Arab Women Month) Dr. Alia Arasoughly – Arab Women Filmmakers (Part of Arab Women Month) Imam Yahya Hendi – Arab Women in Islam (Part of Arab Women Month) Nathalie Handal – Arab Women in Poetry & Performance (Part of Arab Women Month) Paul Silverstein – Antisemitism and Islamophobia: Lessons from France Ilan Pappe – The Peace Charade in Palestine and Israel As'ad AbuKhalil – The Bush Doctrine: Assumptions and Realities in the Arab World George Sabra – Arab Christians and Christian Zionism Dr. Rashid Khalidi – U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani – World Energy Dr. Edward Said – The Question of Palestine Dr. Hanan Ashrawi – The Peace Process Ms. Zaha Hadid – Architecture of the Future Dr. Robert Haddad – The History of Fundamentalism Dr. Fadwa Malti Douglass – Survey of Modern Arab Literature Ms. Ahdaf Soueif – Modern Arab Novels Ms. Hanan al-Shaykh – The Modern Scheherazade FILM SERIES Arab Film Festival at Rice University Media Center (2001) Arab films purchased for Arab Studies Department at Rice University (1998) Arabian Sights – Arab Films at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (1997) CULTURAL PERFORMANCES Simone Shahine Marcel Khalife Rami Khalife and Kinan Azmeh Rami Khalife
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