{"id":69731,"date":"2011-04-12T17:12:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T21:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brookings.alley.test\/events\/2011-u-s-islamic-world-forum-year-of-change\/"},"modified":"2022-08-13T10:58:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T10:58:35","slug":"2011-u-s-islamic-world-forum-year-of-change","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/event\/2011-u-s-islamic-world-forum-year-of-change\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 U.S.-Islamic World Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"

On April 12-14, 2011, the Government of Qatar, the Brookings Institution and the\u00a0Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World<\/a> hosted\u00a0the eighth annual U.S.-Islamic World Forum<\/a>, convening for the first time in Washington, D.C. at this critical moment in Middle Eastern political history.
\nThe\u00a0U.S.-Islamic World Forum is a platform for dialogue at the highest level featuring leading U.S. and Muslim public officials, business leaders, scholars, journalists and commentators. Long seen as the world\u2019s premier policy event for leaders with stakes in the global Muslim community, the Forum has a history of fostering unique, positive relationships between policymakers, business, cultural and religious leaders from across the Muslim World and the United States.
\nThis year\u2019s discussions focused on the rapid, turbulent change in the Middle East and implications for Muslims around the world.
\nThere were five plenary sessions on topics such as civil society, the Libyan crisis, and the media.
\nWatch videos and read more about the plenaries \u00bb<\/a>
\nTen rountables held discussions on the Middle East peace process, the role of youth in the Arab Spring, Afghanistan-Pakistan relations, and many other issues.
\nWatch videos and read more about the roundtables \u00bb<\/a>
\nFive working groups were convened to discuss and recommend action on issues in U.S. relations with the Islamic world, which were summarized in a paper published by the Brookings Institution. They are as follows:
\nMuslim-Majority and Muslim-Minority Communities in a Global Context
\n<\/em><\/a>Humera Khan, Executive Director, Muflehun
\nImam Mohamed Magid, President, Islamic Society of North America
\nDisconnected Narratives Between the United States and Global Muslim Communities
\n<\/em><\/a>Ambassador Marc Ginsberg, Senior Vice President, APCO Worldwide
\nAnne Hagood, Managing Editor, The Layalina Review and The Chronicle, Layalina Productions
\nHigher Education Reform in the Arab World
\n<\/em><\/a>Katherine Wilkins, Vice President for Communications, AMIDEAST
\nBuilding Capacity and Developing Leadership among American Muslims and Their Organizations
\n<\/em><\/a>Brie Loskota, Managing Director, Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California
\nNadia Roumani, Co-Founder and Director, American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute, University of Southern California
\nThe Role of Entrepreneurship and Job Creation in U.S.-Muslim Relations
\n<\/em><\/a>Ahmed Younis, Senior Analyst, Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, and Director of Strategic Partnerships and Communications, Silatech
\nMohamed Younis, Senior Analyst, Gallup Center for Muslim Studies
\nForum Highlights:
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\nRemarks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton \u00bb<\/a> (state.gov)
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\nU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks\u00a0at the 2011 U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Washington,\u00a0D.C.<\/em>
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\nQatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmad Bin Abdullah Al-Mahmoud, and Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Ekmeleddin \u0130hsano\u011flu.<\/em>
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\nTime Magazine Editor and CNN host Fareed Zakaria moderates a panel with former U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Judeh, Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister of Turkey Ibrahim Kalin, and U.S. Senator John Kerry.
\n(images courtesy of Paul Morse)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":69732,"template":"","class_list":["post-69731","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/69731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mecouncil-afkar.fuegodigitalmedia.qa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}