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International Advisory Council


His Excellency Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar shakes hands with Madeleine Albright as Martin Indyk looks on.

Save to My Portfolio Brookings Doha Center International Advisory Council Inaugural Meeting

Sunday, February 15, 2009
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

On February 15, 2009, His Excellency Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, convened the inaugural Brookings Doha Center International Advisory Council meeting in Doha, Qatar. Read More

Islamic World, Governance, Development, Human Rights, International Relations

spotlight: Lebanon's Elections


Hiba Zeino (l), Hady Amr, Karim Makdisi and Ziad Abdel Samad discuss the elections in Lebanon at the Brookings Doha Center.

Save to My Portfolio The Lebanese Elections and the Middle East: An Opportunity for Change?

Tuesday, June 23, 2009
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

On June 23, the Brookings Doha Center hosted a policy discussion to examine the elections in Lebanon, to shed some light on the technical aspects of the elections and the monitoring process, and to explore potential reforms to the Lebanese electoral law and its underlying sectarian political system. Read More

Lebanon, Elections, Middle East

Spotlight: Somalia


His Excellency Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Somalia, speaks at the Brookings Doha Center while Hady Amr looks on.

Save to My Portfolio Somalia: A Transition from Anarchy to Stability?

Wednesday, April 01, 2009
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

On April 1, 2009, the Brookings Doha Center hosted a luncheon with the recently-appointed foreign minister of the Republic of Somalia, His Excellency Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar, to discuss the new unity government of Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, brokered by the Djibouti peace process, and the prospects for reconciliation, security, and reconstruction in the country. Read More

Africa, Transnational Security Threats, International Relations

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Saeb Erakat, Head of the Palestine Liberation Organization Negotiations Affairs Department, speaks at the Brookings Doha Center.

Save to My Portfolio The New Israeli Government, Palestinian Reconciliation, and Prospects for Peace after the Gaza War

Tuesday, March 31, 2009
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

On March 31, 2009, the Brookings Doha Center hosted Saeb Erakat, Head of the Palestine Liberation Organization Negotiations Affairs Department, for a policy discussion. Erakat opened the session by responding directly to the inauguration speech given a few hours earlier by Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. He expressed disappointment in Netanyahu’s failure to highlight the two-state solution in his speech and said that the Israeli leader's call for Palestinians to rule themselves is not a possibility when they must live in a continued state of occupation. Read More

Gaza Crisis, Israel, Middle East, Arab-Israeli Relations

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An audience at the Brookings Doha Center watches taped portions of President Obama's speech to the Muslim world shortly after it was given.

Save to My Portfolio President Obama’s Address to the Muslim World

Thursday, June 04, 2009
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

On June 4th, the Brookings Doha Center hosted its largest event to date on President Barack Obama’s address to the Muslim world given from Cairo earlier in the afternoon. Joseph LeBaron, U.S. Ambassador to the State of Qatar, provided remarks on the speech and took questions and comments from audience members. The session was moderated by Hady Amr, Director of the Brookings Doha Center. Read More

Middle East, Diplomacy, International Relations

Past Event

Save to My Portfolio Brookings Doha Center Inauguration by Prime Minister of Qatar

Sunday, February 17, 2008
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Doha, Qatar

The Brookings Doha Center was officially inaugurated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony lead by H.E. Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar. A project of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy in Washington, D.C., the Center represents the first Brookings Institution research facility located in the Muslim world. Read More

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Save to My Portfolio Saban Center

The Brookings Doha Center is a project of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy which conducts original research and develops innovative programs to promote a better understanding of the policy choices facing American decisionmakers in the Middle East. A diverse group of experts explores issues such as regime change and nation building in Iraq; Palestinian-Israeli relations; and U.S. relations with the Islamic World. Read More

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio A Dialogue: Engaging The Muslim World

Hady Amr, Michael E. O'Hanlon, Jeremy Shapiro, July 2007

Hady Amr has long argued that the divide between the United States and Muslim nations and communities poses a huge barrier on issues from terrorism to economic expansion and political freedom. In July 2007, he joined Michael O'Hanlon in a "listening session" with a number of prominent Muslims. Read More

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio Shared Sovereignty, Jerusalem and the War of Ideas

Hady Amr, Joel H. Samuels, July 21, 2007

A central issue in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been finding a solution for Jerusalem. Hady Amr argues that American leadership on "shared" sovereignty for the city can help bring peace, but that the U.S. must remain committed to making it happen. Read More

About Us

The Brookings Doha Center, a project of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings, undertakes research on the socio-economic and geopolitical issues facing the Muslim world and encourages greater understanding between policy-makers in the United States and the Muslim world.

Recent Research and Commentary

Terrorism There are Many Ways to Exploit Al-Qaeda's Vulnerabilities

Anouar Boukhars, June 22, 2009

Lebanon The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Lebanon's Elections

Hady Amr, June 12, 2009

Middle East President Obama’s Cairo Speech: Healing the Wounds?

Hady Amr, June 11, 2009

Middle East Reactions to President Obama's Speech to the Muslim World

Brookings Institution Experts, June 04, 2009

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