New Old Lebanon

A public lecture by As'ad Abukhalil, CSU Stanislaus and UC Berkeley

New Old Lebanon

Tuesday, November 28, 2006
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10383

As'ad AbuKhalil is a Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at California State University, Stanislaus and visiting professor at University of California, Berkeley.  He has served as a Scholar-in-Residence at the Middle East Institute in Washington DC and as a free-lance Middle East consultant for NBC News and ABC News.  His recent books include The Battle for Saudi Arabia: Royalty, Fundamentalism, and Global Power; Bin Laden, Islam, and America's New "War on Terrorism"; and the Historical Dictionary of Lebanon.

This lecture is part of the Center for Near Eastern Studies Fall lecture series on The New Middle East: Five Years After 9/11, exploring the most recent events in the Middle East, while providing perspective and analysis from a variety of points of view.

Cost: Free

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For more information please contact

Peter Szanton, Center for Near Eastern Studies
Tel: (310) 825-1455
pszanton@international.ucla.edu
www.international.ucla.edu/cnes

Sponsor(s): Center for Near Eastern Studies

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