Past Events

Events



An Evening of Traditional Performance and Discussion with Fatima Chebchoub

Fatima Chebchoub, Moroccan actress/filmaker and Penn graduate student
Dec 6, 2001 at



A Multimedia Presentation: Songs of the Bitter Migration: Nubian Music in Egypt

Ted Swedenburg, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Arkansas with the participation of Hamza El-Din, World-Renowned Master of Nubian Music
Dec 6, 2001 at



Arabian Sea to Mediterranean Shores: Transitioning Business in the 21st Century

Dec 1, 2001 at

Wharton West Asia Conference held under the rubric of the Wharton Global Business Forum. Keynote Address:  Mr. Shahid Javed Burki, CEO of EMP Financial Advisors, Former President of the World Bank and HRH Prince Firas…



Empowering Afghan Women

Tahmeena Faryal, Representative from the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
Nov 28, 2001 at



The Other Israel Documentary Film Series: Zehava Ben: The Solitary Star

Nov 15, 2001 at

Winner of the 1997 Gold Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival. Zehava Ben assumed her place in Israel as the “unknown queen” of oriental Middle Eastern music. Ben performs songs of the greatest Egyptian queen of…



Freedom After September 11

Anthony Lewis, New York Times columnist
Nov 15, 2001 at



Some Words with a Mummy: Edgar Allan Poe and Egyptology

Nov 10, 2001 at

Special Weekend Program presented by the University of Pennsylvania Museum Events will include: a reading of Poe’s “Some Words with a Mummy” by actor and Poe impersonator David Keltz, gallery tours of the exhibition…



The Other Israel Documentary Film Series: Because of the War

Nov 8, 2001 at

Directed by Orna Ben-Dor, 1988. An award-winning documentary about the impact of the Holocaust on the lives of second generation survivors: two popular Israeli rock figures Yehuda Poliker, singer, and Ya’kov Gilad,…



The Struggle Against Global Terrorism: Ends & Means – Defining a Just War

Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law, Princeton University
Nov 8, 2001 at



State Business Relations in Syria: Economic Networks & Economic Change

Bassam Haddad, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Government, Georgetown University
Nov 1, 2001 at