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1) Subject: The 12th Beirut Exchange

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Date: 02 Oct 2014
From: Nicholas Noe <noe at mideastwire.com>
Subject: The 12th Beirut Exchange

THE TWELFTH BEIRUT EXCHANGE
January 4-14, 2015
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Application Deadline I November 15, 2014/Deadline II December 1, 2014
Limited spaces available/Rolling acceptance
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The Beirut Exchange program rests on two tracks:

Academic - Participants will attend a series of lectures and colloquia led
by leading academics and public intellectuals in Lebanon. Topics will
include: The Arab Uprisings; The Syrian conflict and its regional
implications; The Islamic State; The Special Tribunal for Lebanon; The
United Nations as peacekeeper and mediator; Engaging political Islam;
Asymmetrical conflict: The July 2006 Lebanon War; Human Rights in Lebanon
and the wider Middle East; Sectarianism and its deployment, as well as a
range of other topics.

Dialogue with Leaders - Participants will have the opportunity to meet,
listen and engage leading social, political and economic actors from across
the spectrum in Lebanon - with a particular (though not exclusive) emphasis
on exposure to Islamist and opposition currents.

NOTE: Due to the current security situation in Lebanon, the Twelfth Beirut
Exchange will generally restrict its meetings in and around Beirut,
although at least one trip to the North and one trip to the South is
planned.

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Previous Speakers (partial list of non-party speakers only):

·Bilal Baroudi, As-Salam Mosque Tripoli
·Nicholas Blanford, Times of London
·Richard Chambers, International Foundation for Electoral Systems
·Alastair Crooke, Conflicts Forum
·Abdullah Dardari, Frm. Syrian Arab Republic
·Robert Fisk, The Independent
·Toufic Gaspard, Economist
·Hanin Ghaddar, NOW Lebanon
·Timur Goksel, American University of Beirut
·Judith Palmer Harik, Matn University
·Nadim Houry, Human Rights Watch
·Farid El-Khazen, AUB
·Rami Khouri, Daily Star & AUB
·Eli Khoury, Quantum Communications
·Karim Makdisi, AUB
·Sayyid Mohammed Marandi, Tehran University
·Omar Nashabe, Al-Akhbar
·Nir Rosen, Journalist
·Osama Safa, Lebanese Center for Policy Studies
·Paul Salem, Carnegie Middle East Center
·Milos Struger, Frm. UNIFIL
·Fawwaz Traboulsi, AUB

View a previous full program for the Beirut Exchange at:
http://www.thebeirutexchange.com/images/stories/products/1_-_ScheduleJan2012.pdf

Visit our Facebook page and ask alumni questions at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/10975175535/

All of our programs in the region, including in Tunisia, the Gulf and
Turkey, can be viewed at:www.thebeirutexchange.com

View the CNN report on The Beirut Exchange at:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/01/21/perry.lebanon.meet.hamas.cnn?iref=videosearch

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Costs:

Tuition - $1200; Partial financial aid is available for those students and
individuals that can demonstrate need.

Accommodation & Conference Location - Except for those students already
residing in Lebanon, we recommend that all participants in the Exchange
reside at the conference hotel during the duration of the ten day program.
The hotel, located near Downtown Beirut, is priced at $80 per person/per
night, including all taxes and breakfast, for a shared double room (we will
arrange for sharing). Single rooms are available for $115 per night.

Airfare - $400, approximate from the European Union.

At the discretion of the student, tuition is 50% refundable up to two weeks
before the program commences. (Airline tickets and accommodation should be
purchased with travel insurance.)

REQUEST AN APPLICATION via info at mideastwire.com

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