Guided Search: International Exchange, Middle East

Imagine . . . You were in charge and it was your job to bring peace to the world. What would you do?

Richard Wike, Director of Global Attitudes Research Pew Research Center, will discuss the results of Pew Foundation studies regarding attitudes of Middle Eastern nations and people of the United States.

New York Times journalist, Anemona Hartocollis, has been chosen as the National Resource Centers’ Global Distinguished Lecturer for 2016. In her talk she will discuss her experience following a group of migrants and refugees from the Greek Island of Kos to Denmark. She will explore the struggles, hopes and desires of people she met along the way and ponder the unknown outcomes of this mass exodus from the Middle East and North Africa.

Doctors Without Borders is coming to Philadelphia for a FREE panel discussion!

 Iran – once the East’s powerful center of art and culture – has of late been considered by many a radical and repressive member of the “Evil Empire.”

Some argue that the election of President Rouhani offers an opportunity which must be seized to negotiate a diplomatic repair of Iran’s relations with the United States and the West, and in particular, to resolve the question of Iranian nuclear weapons ambitions. Others argue that the apparent Iranian moderation is a sham and that no diplomatic solution to the nuclear issue is possible.

The Middle East Center at the University of Pennsylvania will host a Teacher Workshop entitled "Muslim and Islam in the United States" on October 31, 5pm at the University of Pennsylvania. The focus of this workshop will be on Islam and Muslims in America.