Lecture on “Confronting the Absence of Refugee Rights”

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As part of its Distinguished Lectures Series, IPS hosts a lecture by Mrs. Karen Koning AbuZayd on Tuesday, 19 April 2011, entitled “Confronting the Absence of Refugee Rights”. Mrs. AbuZayd is the Former Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian ...

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Encyclopedia of Life Meeting at Smithsonian

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As a member of the Executive Committee of the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL), Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, attends the committee meeting held at the Smithsonian Institution this week. The Committee members, who are senior figures from the cornerstone institutions of the ...

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Mamdouh Hamza in a Seminar at the BA

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The BA Futuristic Studies Unit hosts renowned Architect Dr. Mamdouh Hamza in a Seminar entitled “Geographical Redistribution of the Egyptian Population: A New Vision”, on Sunday 17 April 2011. Hamza believes that the Egyptian government should focus on the Western Desert, more than any deserted ...

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Presenting Comparative Examples of Democratic Transition

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Within the BA Political Awareness Training Program, the BA Futuristic Studies Unit held on Monday, 11 April 2011, a lecture entitled “Comparative Examples of Democratic Transition”, given by Dr. Dina Shehata, Researcher at the Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies. The Lecture presented ...

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