CMEPP Events: 2006
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July 2006
IMEY Researcher Meets Imam Tantawy to Discuss Middle East Youth Issues
IMEY researcher Ed O'Connell obtained a rare audience with Grand Imam Sheik Muhammad Sayid Tantawy at the Al-Azhar Institute in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss RAND's initiatives regarding Middle East youth. O'Connell discussed plans for a second RAND Horizons of Hope for Middle East Youth Conference and solicited the Imam's assistance.
June 2006
Conference to Focus on Creative Media and Youth in the Middle East
U.S.-based projects often aim to encourage discourse and community building, through various media, because of the positive effects on civil society and stability overall; policy recommendations often include diverse initiatives for building such capacity. The IMEY Conference on Creative Media and Youth in the Middle East, to take place in January 2007, will be unique in that it will focus on indigenous regional initiatives that have developed independently of U.S. based resources or interest.
April 2006
BBC Article Features Expert Advice of IMEY Partners
"Seeking Out Suicide Bombers," an April 2006 article on the BBC News web site, examines the psychology of suicide bombers -- specifically those who attacked the London subway system last year. Several IMEY partners were intereviewed for and quoted in the article.
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