Middle East events on the media and threat from Islam

19 May 2005

Chatham House is pleased to invite journalists to two key events relating to the Middle East.

Monday 23 May 2005, 19.00-20.30
The Media and the Middle East
Mouafac Harb, Director of News, Alhurra
Dr Percy Kemp, Tactical Studies
Professor Greg Philo, Glasgow University
Chair: Jeremy Bowen, BBC

Chatham House and Associated Press Television News invite you to a debate to launch a Middle East Forum. The speakers will discuss the relationship between the Western and regional media and the Middle East. Issues to be examined include: The impact of the new Arab media including Al-Jazeera; The problems and pressures faced by the Western media in covering the Middle East; The effect of media coverage of the Middle East on public perceptions in the region and in the West; The relationship between media coverage of the Middle East and government policy; and the interaction between truth, power and the media.

This debate will launch the Chatham House / Associated Press Television News Middle East Forum. Over the next 8 months, Chatham House and Associated Press Television News will host a series of events examining topical Middle East issues.

Registration is essential. Numbers are restricted.
Contact: Robert Lowe +44 (0) 20 7957 5737

Wednesday 1 - Thursday 2 June
Chatham House and The Khayami Foundation invite you to participate in a special two-day conference
Is Islam a Threat to the West?

Speakers include:
Rt Hon Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
Lord Carey of Clifton, former Archbishop of Canterbury
Ayatollah Sheikh Ahmad Al-Bahadeli, Najaf
Ambassador Elizabeth McKune, US Embassy, London
Professor Vitaly Naumkin, International Center for Strategic and Political Studies, Moscow
Dr Francois Burgat, Institut de Recherches et d'Etudes sur le Monde Arabe et Musulman and Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
Dr Jon Alterman, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC
Dr Maha Azzam, Chatham House
Professor Fred Halliday, London School of Economics
Dr Martin Kramer, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
HE Mr Mohammed Belmahi, Moroccan Ambassador to the UK
Dr Fazel Milani, Islamic College for Advanced Studies, London
Dr Abdolkarim Soroush, Director, Institute for Epistemological Research, Tehran

Registration is essential. Numbers are restricted.
Contact: Robert Lowe +44 (0) 20 7957 5737

To promote better understanding of this subject, all participation fees will be covered by The Khayami Foundation.

Venue: Chatham House, 10 St James's Square, London, SW1Y 4LE

Contact: Press Office +44 (0) 20 7957 5739

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