Noelle Janka
Former Program Coordinator, Middle East Initiative
Marcus Halevi
September 20, 2011
Video: Inside the Arab Awakening
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By Noelle Janka, Former Program Coordinator, Middle East Initiative
September 19, Professor Nicholas Burns led a conversation in the John F. Kennedy Forum with Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, UAE-based columnist; Rami George Khouri, Director, Issam Fares Institute, American University of Beirut; Dr. Karim Makdisi, Associate Professor, American University of Beirut; and Diana Buttu, Joint Fellow with the Middle East Initiative and Harvard Law School’s Human Rights Program.
Noelle Janka, 2011
April 13, 2011
Isobel Coleman On Women, Islam, and Reform in the Middle East
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By Noelle Janka, Former Program Coordinator, Middle East Initiative
On April 5, Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy; Director of the Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative; and Director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program, spoke at an event entitled Women, Islam, and Reform in the Middle East at the Harvard Kennedy School.
January 24, 2011
Executive Education program in Jordan hosts senior executives from across the Arab region
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By Noelle Janka, Former Program Coordinator, Middle East Initiative
Fifty-one participants from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Iraq, Morocco, Libya, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Jordan convened at the Dead Sea last week for a five-day Executive Education program entitled "Leading for the Future: The Arab Region in a Changing World."
KFAS, 2010
December 20, 2010
KFAS and the Middle East Initiative Celebrate 10 Years of Collaboration in Kuwait
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By Noelle Janka, Former Program Coordinator, Middle East Initiative
In December 2010, the Middle East Initiative and the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) hosted an executive education workshop, celebration and conference in Kuwait to celebrate 10 years of partnership between the two institutions.
Noelle Janka, 2010
November 22, 2010
HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal of Saudi Arabia visits the Kennedy School
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By Noelle Janka, Former Program Coordinator, Middle East Initiative
His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al Faisal of Saudi Arabia visited Harvard Kennedy School on Friday, November 19th.
November 5, 2010
MEI Co-Sponsors AllWorld Network Gathering of Leading Entrepreneurs from the Middle East
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By Noelle Janka, Former Program Coordinator, Middle East Initiative
The AllWorld Network 2010 Summit took place at the Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School from October 18-22.
November 4, 2010
Former Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister Marwan Muasher Speaks in Crown-Belfer Seminar Series
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By Noelle Janka, Former Program Coordinator, Middle East Initiative
Marwan Muasher, vice president for studies for the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, former Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan and former Ambassador to the United States spoke at a Crown-Belfer Middle East Seminar Series breakfast on November 1st.
November 3, 2010
Top Palestinian Pollster Dr. Khalil Shikaki Speaks to Crown-Belfer Seminar Series
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By Noelle Janka, Former Program Coordinator, Middle East Initiative
Dr. Khalil Shikaki, Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) in Ramallah, spoke on Monday, October 25th.
October 8, 2010
Tzipi Livni Speaks in Crown-Belfer Middle East Seminar Series
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By Noelle Janka, Former Program Coordinator, Middle East Initiative
Israeli Opposition Leader and former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni spoke at the second event in the Crown-Belfer Seminar Series on October 5.
Photo by Martha Stewart, 2010
October 7, 2010
Crown-Belfer Middle East Seminar Series Launches with Turkish Foreign Minister as Keynote Speaker
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By Noelle Janka, Former Program Coordinator, Middle East Initiative
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu opened the inaugural event of the Crown-Belfer Middle East Seminar Series on September 29. The series is a joint venture between Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Brandeis' Crown Center for Middle East Studies.
