REPORTING THE MIDDLE EAST:
FROM THE "ROAD MAP" TO IRAQ

A LECTURE SERIES
Sponsored by the Palestine-Israel Peace and Justice Alliance (PIPAJA), the Harvey Goldberg Memorial Fund, the A. E. Havens Center, the Office of International Studies and Programs, the Global Studies Program, & the Middle East Studies Program

ALI ABUNIMAH
Thursday, November 6, 7:30 PM
Great Hall, UW Memorial Union
Ali Abunimah is a co-founder of and major contributor to The Electronic Intifada, an ?online educational gateway? to the Palestine-Israel conflict, and one of today?s most prominent critics of mainstream U.S. media coverage of that conflict. He is also vice-president of the Arab-American Action Network of Chicago.

DR. AS'AD ABUKHALIL
Thursday, November 13, 7:00 PM
Great Hall, UW Memorial Union
Dr. Abukhalil is a Professor of Political Science, Dept. of Politics and Public Administration at California State University-Stanislaus. He is the author of the just-released book, Saudi Arabia and the U.S.: The Tale of the ?Good? Taliban.

ROBERT FISK
Thursday, November 20, 8:00 PM
Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street
Robert Fisk covers the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia for the London Independent. One of the leading independent journalists in the world today, Beirut-based Fisk has put the mainstream American media to shame for 28 years with his unflinching on-the-ground reports from the frontlines in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Lebanon and more. He has received more awards for excellence in reporting than any other journalist in his league. Author of Pity the Nation on the Lebanese civil war & Israel?s invasion, he is currently working on a book covering events in Iraq since the first gulf war.

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