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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

Diplomacy A New Way Forward: Encouraging Greater Cultural Engagement with Muslim Communities

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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