Fifty-one participants from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Iraq, Morocco, Libya, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Jordan convened at the Dead Sea last week for a five-day Executive Education program entitled "Leading for the Future: The Arab Region in a Changing World."

The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy is now accepting applications for the Gebran G. Tueni Human Rights Fellowship, which was created to support human rights practioners in the Middle East, especially those from Iraq and Lebanon.

In December 2010, the Middle East Initiative and the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) hosted an executive education workshop, celebration and conference in Kuwait to celebrate 10 years of partnership between the two institutions.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu opened the inaugural event of the Crown-Belfer Middle East Seminar Series in September.  The series is a joint venture between the Belfer Center and Brandeis' Crown Center for Middle East Studies.

His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al Faisal of Saudi Arabia visited Harvard Kennedy School on Friday, November 19th.

The AllWorld Network 2010 Summit took place at the Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School from October 18-22.

Marwan Muasher, vice president for studies for the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, former Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan and former Ambassador to the United States spoke at a Crown-Belfer Middle East Seminar Series breakfast on November 1st.

Dr. Khalil Shikaki, Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) in Ramallah, spoke on Monday, October 25^th.

Jordanian businessman and founder and CEO of Aramex, Fadi Ghandour visited the Harvard Kennedy School on September 24th, 2010. The event, entitled   "Entreprenuership in the Arab World," was hosted by the Middle East Initiative, the Harvard Kennedy School Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative and the Mossavar Rahmani Center for Business and Government.

Fatima Bhutto, niece of the late Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto, spoke to students and community members at the Harvard Kennedy School on September 29, 2010