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SPOTLIGHT: Middle East


Reuters/Nayef Hashlamoun - Palestinians and a tourist watch a televised broadcast in Hebron of US President Obama's speech.

Save to My Portfolio Reactions to President Obama's Speech to the Muslim World

Brookings Institution Experts, June 04, 2009

President Barack Obama delivered a highly anticipated address in Cairo, Egypt on June 4 in an attempt to improve U.S. relations with the Muslim world. Brookings experts offered comments on the President’s speech. Read More

Middle East, Diplomacy, Human Rights, Foreign Policy

SPOTLIGHT: Middle East


Reuters/Jerry Lampen - Palestinian youth prays on street in Mughraqa.

Save to My Portfolio Obama's Egypt Speech: What He Should Say to the Muslim World

Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, June 02, 2009

On June 4, President Obama delivered what was billed as a “major speech to the Muslim world” in Cairo, Egypt. To provide context for this event, the Saban Center at Brookings’ Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World asked leading experts and policy-makers from the United States and the Muslim world to submit commentary on what they hoped to hear from President Obama’s speech. Read More

Middle East, Arab-Israeli Relations, Human Rights, Diplomacy, Islamic World

SPOTLIGHT: Islamic World


Reuters/Asmaa Waguih - An Egyptian couple sits in a public park overlooking old Cairo's mosques.

Save to My Portfolio Obama's Four Cairo Challenges

Stephen R. Grand, May 29, 2009

On June 4, President Obama continued his efforts to improve America’s relations with the Muslim world by delivering a highly anticipated address at Cairo University in Egypt. Stephen Grand analyzed four difficult challenges for the president in order to make this historic address to the world's approximately 1.3 billion Muslims a success. Read More

Islamic World, Diplomacy, Middle East, International Relations

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Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah - The Lebanese singer and Oud player Marcel Khalife performs at the American university in Dubai.

Save to My Portfolio Creative Expression and Its Impact on Society in the Arab World

Friday, March 06, 2009
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC

On March 6, the Saban Center at Brookings’ Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, in conjunction with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, hosted a panel discussion on contemporary creative expression and its impact on Arab society, with a conversation that ranged from the role of literature, poetry and music, to the relationship between art and state sponsorship, to the differences in creative expression from Morocco to the Persian Gulf. Read More

Islamic World, Middle East, Diplomacy

About Us

The Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World is a major research project, housed under the auspices of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy. It is designed to respond to some of the profound questions that the terrorist attacks of September 11th have raised for U.S. policy.

Recent Research and Commentary

Islamic World Intolerance and Censorship in the Arab World

Cynthia P. Schneider, Nadia Oweidat , October 13, 2009

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Cynthia P. Schneider, September 2009

Terrorism The Lockerbie Trial: A Unique Moment in International Justice and Diplomacy

Cynthia P. Schneider, August 21, 2009

Middle East Thoughts on President Obama's Cairo Speech

Mirette F. Mabrouk, June 05, 2009

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ExpertMark McClellan

Mark McClellan works on promoting high-quality, innovative and affordable health care. Once commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Dr. McClellan now directs the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform.

ExpertAmy Liu

Amy Liu is deputy director of the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. Her policy studies include economic competitiveness, metropolitan growth and development, governance reforms, urban reinvestment, and social equity.

TopicEducation

The economic and political well-being of any society requires a well-educated citizenry. Brookings’s work extends beyond the K-12 bookends to include pre-school interventions, higher education and the challenges of education in developing countries.

ExpertDomenico Lombardi

As president of the Oxford Institute for Economic Policy, Domenico Lombardi’s work at Brookings focuses on the international financial crisis and the reform of the IMF and the World Bank. He is an expert on G-20 and G8 Summits.

TopicHealth Care

Brookings is committed to producing innovative policy solutions to our nation’s most difficult challenges. The country may face no more important domestic policy challenge than the much-needed reform of our health care system. Through an institution-wide effort, Brookings delivers new ideas and offers policy solutions to improve health care both at home and globally.

ExpertTed Gayer

Ted Gayer is the co-director of the Economic Studies program and the Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He conducts research on a variety of economic issues, focusing particularly on public finance, environmental and energy economics, housing, and regulatory policy.

ExpertIsabel V. Sawhill

A nationally known budget expert, Isabel Sawhill focuses on domestic poverty and federal fiscal policy. She is also co-director of the Center on Children and Families at Brookings.

Policy CenterCenter on Children and Families

The Center on Children and Families studies policies on the well-being of America's children and their parents and seeks a more effective means of addressing poverty, inequality and lack of opportunity in the United States.

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The Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform provides practical solutions to achieve high-quality, innovative, affordable health care with particular emphasis on identifying opportunities on the national, state and local levels.

ExpertVanda Felbab-Brown

Vanda Felbab-Brown focuses on the national security implications of illicit economies and strategies for managing them. She is an adjunct professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

ExpertFederiga Bindi

Federiga Bindi is a leading expert on European political integration. She has a broad experience in government and held a number of posts in international organizations. Bindi currently serves as an advisor to the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs. Her research focuses on the EU, transatlantic relations; EU states foreign policies, global governance issues.

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Suzanne Maloney studies Iran, the political economy of the Persian Gulf and Middle East energy policy. A former U.S. State Department policy advisor, she has also counseled private companies on Middle East issues.

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The Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement monitors displacement problems worldwide, works with governments, regional bodies, international organizations and civil society to create more effective policies and institutional arrangements for Internally Displaed Persons.

ExpertRichard Joseph

Richard Joseph is John Evans Professor of International History and Politics at Northwestern University. Former fellow of The Carter Center, Atlanta, he focuses on African governance, political economy, and democratization.

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