Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project and the Middle East Initiative for a discussion on the Trump administration's Middle East peace plan entitled "Peace to Prosperity: A Vision to Improve the Lives of the Palestinian and Israeli People" with Fisher Family Fellow Dr. Saeb Erakat, Chief Palestinian Negotiator and Head of the Negotiations Affairs Department. This seminar will be moderated by Professors Nicholas Burns and Tarek Masoud.

NOTE: This seminar will be conducted via Zoom. Please register in advance for this meeting:

https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/uZUscO2oqzItf8eZVMh8xZ_OGsJoEVtD-Q

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Please join us for an evening with the writers of American Repertory Theater's We Live in Cairo, Daniel Lazour and Patrick Lazour, featuring live performances of songs from the musical and discussion with MEI Faculty Director Tarek Masoud on translating the story of Egypt's 2011 revolution and its aftermath for the stage, and the gripping and transformative events that inspired the show.

Please RSVP below (requested, but not required).

A discussion with Tarek Masoud, Professor of Public Policy and Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School; Faculty Chair, Middle East Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School, as part of the We Live in Cairo Act II Series following the 2:00pm performance at the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University.

Presented by the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, and the Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School.

The event will take place at A.R.T. (Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St, Cambridge).For tickets and more information, please contact A.R.T. Ticket Services at 617.547.8300.

A seminar with Tarek Masoud, Faculty Chair of MEI and Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations at HKS.

Co-sponsored by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation as part of the Ash Community Speaker Series.

Lunch will be served.

A seminar with David Kirkpatrick, New York Times International Correspondent and Cairo Bureau Chief, 2011-2015, on his recent book Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East (Viking, 2018).

Followed by a book signing at the Harvard COOP, 1400 Mass Ave in Harvard Square.

Co-sponsored by the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy.

A panel discussion with Dr. Hala Aldosari, Robert G. James Scholar Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute; Sahar Nowrouzzadeh, Joint Research Fellow at the Belfer Center's Iran Project and Project on Managing the Atom; Jeffrey G. Karam, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Belfer Center's International Security Program; and Tarek Masoud, Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations at Harvard Kennedy School.

This event is presented jointly by the Middle East Initiative, the Iran Project, and the International Security Program at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

The Dubai Initiative Presents

REVOLUTION & REFORM:
The Historic Transition in the Middle East

Youth Movements • Political Transformation • Foreign Policy Energy • Urbanization

The Charles Hotel

April 8 & 9, 2011

Free; no registration required