Admission is free. No RSVP is required. Guests are encouraged to bring a brown-bag lunch. A professor of political science at George Washington University, Brown has interviewed the leaders of numerous NGOs inside the West Bank and Gaza. Peter Gubser , president of American Near East Refugee Aid, will join Brown to discuss the fate of NGOs that deliver humanitarian and social services under the Authority.
Admission is free.
No RSVP is required. Guests are encouraged to bring a brown-bag lunch. Whether Mohammed Khatami is re-elected to the Iranian presidency or not on June 8, we are unlikely to see a swift resolution of the intensive political debate over reform going on in Iran today. Geneive Abdo , until recently the Guardian s correspondent in Tehran, will discuss the dilution of the Iranian presidency s power during Khatami s term in office and will share her views of what societal institutions will ultimately determine the outcome of current arguments over Islam and democracy in Iran. Admission is free.