Exciting Event Coming Up and New Executive Board Selected!

Our biggest event of the year is coming up on May 3, 2008! 

Enjoy an evening with Irshad Manji, a Muslim feminist, journalist, activist, and author. She is most famous for her well known book, The Trouble with Islam Today, which has been published in over 30 languages, including Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and Malay. 

May 3rd, 2008

7:00 PM (Doors Open at 6:30 PM)

Meyerson Hall

We also have a spicy new executive board!

President: Meryl Cohen

Vice President: Alana Weiner and Julie Steinberg

Academic Coordinator: Jen Gindin

Campus Coordinator: Sam Adelsberg

Publicity Manager: Gabby Nourafchan

Manager of Events: Gideon Spitzer

More updates on the Manji event coming in future posts

We hope to see you there!

Look Forward to Our Next Events!!!

TURKEY, ISLAM, and the US

With Dr. Soner Cagaptay

Wednesday, January 30th
Huntsman- Room 265
Evening- Time TBD


Soner Cagaptay is a senior fellow and director of The Washington
Institute's Turkish Research Program. He has written extensively on
U.S.-Turkish relations, Turkish domestic politics, and Turkish
nationalism, publishing in scholarly journals such as Middle East
Quarterly, Middle Eastern Studies, and Nations and Nationalism. Dr.
Cagaptay frequently writes commentary in major international print
media including the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Reuters,
Guardian, Der Spiegel, and La Stampa. He also appears regularly on Fox
News, CNN, NPR, Voice of America, al-Jazeera, BBC, CNN-Turk, and
al-Hurra.

ISRAEL, IRAN, and the NIE REPORT

The Honorable JOHN BOLTON, former US Ambassador to the United Nations

Monday, January 28

Harrison Auditorium - Museum of Archeology and Anthropology

6:30 Lecture, followed by book signing

Space is limited. Please RSVP as soon as possible at lhernandez@philafederation.org

Sponsored by the Middle East Forum Club, Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, Penn Israel Coalition, Penn Republicans, Middle East Forum

About the Speaker:
A diplomat and a lawyer, Ambassador Bolton has spent many years in public service. From August 2005 to December 2006, he served as the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, where he was responsible for repealing the UN resolution that falsely equated Zionism to racism. Ambassador Bolton currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where his portfolio includes Foreign Policy and International Organizations.

POSITIONS STILL AVAILABLE!!!

It's second semester but we are still looking for enthusiastic new members because there are many ways to get involved this year!

• Marketing
• Writing, publications
• Advocacy
• Communications

As in other years, we will also be looking to hook up several students with a part-time internship at the Middle East Forum think tank in Philly- an exciting opportunity for students who are committed to the club. Check out http://www.meforum.org

TO GET MORE INVOLVED: EMAIL mefclub@dolphin.upenn.edu

Who we are

The Middle East Forum Club is an organization that brings together students who are interested in foreign affairs and Middle East politics. The club’s credo involves promoting human rights in the region; condemning radical Islam and terrorist groups such as Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, and Hamas; championing U.S. security interests; and backing Israel as a permanent state. We seek to raise awareness on campus about such issues by bringing in guest speakers, publishing papers in newspapers and journals, joining together with different groups across campus. The MEF Club is not affiliated or aligned with any political party or religion.