Arab, Muslim worlds in spotlight Wednesday

United Nations officer Zahir Jamal

11:10 a.m., March 30, 2004--“Snakes in the Sand: The Arab and Muslim Worlds” is the topic of UD's Global Agenda lecture series this week at 7:30 p.m, Wednesday, March 31, in Mitchell Hall. United Nations officer Zahir Jamal and U.S. Ambassador Kenton Keith will examine Arabian and Muslim culture.

Jamal is chief of Arab regional programs for U.N. Development Program and principal editor of the annual U.N. report, which first critiqued the Arab world in 2002. Keith recently served as U.S. spokesperson in Islamabad, Pakistan, during the 2002 war in Afghanistan. He previously spent his diplomatic career representing the United States in the Arab world.

For more information about Jamal and Keith, visit [www.udel.edu/global/agenda/2004/speakers/speaker5.html].

The “Enemies List” series of Global Agenda lectures, highlighting topics ranging from terrorism to nuclear disarmament, continues at 7:30 p.m., Wednesdays, through May 12, in Mitchell Hall. The series is free and open to the public.

Diplomat Kenton Keith

Next in the series will be “China: Partner or Challenger?” on April 14, with William Perry, former U.S. defense secretary, discussing China’s relationship to the U.S. Perry was defense secretary during the Clinton administration, serving in top Pentagon posts from 1993-97, as well as from 1977-81. He currently codirects the Preventive Defense Project, a research collaboration of Stanford and Harvard Universities.

Organized by Ralph Begleiter, UD’s Rosenberg Professor of Communication and distinguished journalist in residence, the series is designed to survey potential threats to the United States and explore the complex framework of global relations. The series is cosponsored by the University of Delaware and the World Affairs Council of Wilmington.

For more information on the speakers and their subjects, visit [www.udel.edu/global/agenda/2004/]. For general information on the series, call the Department of Communication at 831-8041.

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