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<p><a name=farha></a><b><u><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-weight:bold'>Tuesday, February
22nd<font color="#cc3300"><span style='color:#CC3300'> | </span></font>Mr. Adib
Farha</span></font></u></b><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><br>
<b><i><font color="#cc3300"><span style='color:#CC3300;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>Death of Hariri & Lebanese-Syrian Relations: An
Insider's Perspective</span></font></i></b></span></font><b><i><font size=1
color="#cc3300" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Trebuchet MS";color:#CC3300;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><br>
</span></font></i></b><b><font size=2 color="#cc3300" face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:#CC3300;font-weight:
bold'>7:00pm, at 32-141 (<a
href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=32&Buildings=go">map</a>)</span></font></b></p>
<p><font size=1 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Trebuchet MS"'>Mr. Farha will bring a much-needed insider's perspective on the
nuances of the everyday Lebanese-Syrian relationship, especially as it has
evolved since and throughout the Lebanese Civil War. He will also touch upon a
number of recent developments, most importantly the assassination of late PM
Rafik Hariri and its ramifications, the latest constitutional
amendment/extension, UN Resolution 1559, sudden international interest, newly
drafted electoral law, alliances landscape and projections for the upcoming
parliamentary election results, and more... A Q&A session will follow and
hopefully draw the audience's insight on the Lebanese-Syrian relationship. The
whole session is estimated to last 100 minutes.</span></font></p>
<p><img width=130 height=163 src="cid:image001.jpg@01C5186A.F7347F60"
align=left hspace=8 vspace=5 style='border-bottom-color:#E0D2D2;border-bottom-style:
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border-top-width:2px'><i><font size=1 color=gray face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:gray;font-style:italic'>Adib
Farha has served as a member of the advisory team of late Lebanese Prime
Minister Rafic Hariri for the past ten years. He has also been advisor of the
former Lebanese Minister of Finance and is currently part-time Professor of Economics
at the Lebanese American University in Beirut, Lebanon. Between 2002 and 2004,
he served as a member of Lebanon’s National Audio-Visual Media Council
(the Lebanese equivalent of the FCC). He is also a commentator and an economic
and political analyst, with frequent contributions to Lebanon's only
English-language newspaper, The Daily Star; various Arabic-language newspapers
such as An Nahar, As Safir, Al Mustaqbal, Aliwaa and others; and to The
International Herald Tribune. His articles are often carried by global news
agencies. Adib Farha is a frequent guest on Lebanese, Arab and international
radio and TV channels, including CNN International, BBC World, Al Arabia TV, Al
Jazeera, etc. He has also hosted his daily TV talk show on Lebanese NBN TV during
the most recent US presidential elections, wherein he hosted prominent US
guests including former Undersecretary of State Ambassador Richard Murphy,
former Undersecretary of State and of Defense and former Dean of the JFK School
of Government at Harvard University Dr. Joseph Nye, and former Presidential
Adviser Mr. Sidney Blumenthal.</span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The Lebanese Club @ MIT would like
to invite you to a <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Lecture Series on
Lebanese-Syrian Relations & Recent Developments in the Middle East</span></i>
to be held throughout February at the new Stata Center, MIT:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=silver
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:silver'>Tuesday,
FEBRUARY 8, 2004, 7:00pm, at 32-141 (<a
href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=32&Buildings=go"><font
color=silver><span style='color:silver'>map</span></font></a>)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
72.0pt'><b><font size=2 color=silver face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:silver;font-weight:bold'><br>
“How To Understand Contemporary Syria: One Historian’s
Perspective” – <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Philip S. Khoury</span></i>,
</span></font></b><font size=2 color=silver face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:silver'>Kenan Sahin Dean of
the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at MIT</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=silver
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:silver'>Tuesday,
FEBRUARY 15, 2004, at 7:00pm, at 32-123 (<a
href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=32&Buildings=go"><font
color=silver><span style='color:silver'>map</span></font></a>)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><b><font size=2 color=silver
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:silver;
font-weight:bold'><br>
“The United States in the Middle East: Confronting Syria” – <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Noam Chomsky,</span></i></span></font></b><font
size=2 color=silver face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:silver'> Institute Professor of Linguistics at MIT</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><br>
Tuesday, FEBRUARY 22, 2004, at 7:00pm, at 32-141 (<a
href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=32&Buildings=go">map</a>)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'><br>
“Lebanese-Syrian Relations: An Insider's Perspective” – <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Adib Farha,</span></i></span></font></b><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> Advisor of
late Lebanese PM Rafic Hariri and Professor of Economics at LAU, Lebanon</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><br>
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Due to limited seating capacity, please plan to arrive around 15 minutes early.
Attendance is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.<br>
<br>
For more information about the event (lecture abstracts, speaker bios, &
venue location), please visit:<br>
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/lebanon/www/events/upcoming.html">http://web.mit.edu/lebanon/www/events/upcoming.html</a><br>
<br>
We apologize if you receive this email in error more than once; expect a
reminder before each talk with the speaker’s bio and lecture abstract.<br>
<br>
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Hope to see you there!<br>
Lebanese Club @ MIT</span></font></p>
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