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<h1 align=left style='text-align:left'><tt><b><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Fares</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType> for <st1:place w:st="on">Eastern Mediterranean</st1:place>
Studies invites you to:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></tt></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>"Democracy in the <st1:place w:st="on">Middle East</st1:place>:
Staying the Course"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>A lecture with Dr. Chibli Mallat<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Lebanese Presidential Candidate<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Tuesday, November 28, 2006<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>12:30PM – 2:00PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>(Middle Eastern Food will be served)<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>@<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
36.0pt'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tufts</span></font></st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>
Cabot Intercultural Center, Room C205 (Next to the Hall of Flags)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.0pt;text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <st1:address
w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">160 Packard Ave.</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Medford</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">MA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">02155</st1:PostalCode></st1:address><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Dr. Mallat, a leading academic, legal scholar and democracy activist,
is running for President of Lebanon. He holds the Jean Monnet Chair in European
Law at Universite Saint-Joseph in <st1:City w:st="on">Beirut</st1:City> and is
currently a visiting professor at the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Woodrow</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Wilson</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceName>
at Princeton at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Princeton</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. He has taught
international and Islamic law at <st1:City w:st="on">London</st1:City>'s <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Oriental</st1:PlaceName>
and African Studies (SOAS), <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Yale</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Law</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, and
other major universities. Over a period of two decades, Dr. Mallat
has had consistent record of intervention and reflection on issues of human
rights, crimes against humanity, the democratic process, and the rule of law,
engaging the international judicial, political, and media arena to promote
creative and pragmatic solutions. His many publications include <em><i><font
face="Times New Roman">The Renewal of Islamic Law: Muhammad Baqer as-Sadr,
Najaf and the Shi'i International</font></i></em> (Cambridge University Press).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>BETWEEN 2 AND 3 P.M., DR. MALLAT WILL BE MEETING WITH LEBANESE STUDENTS
IN <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">BOSTON</st1:place></st1:City>
AREA-UNIVERSITIES. THE MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">FARES</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">CENTER</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Directions to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Tufts</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>http://www.tufts.edu/home/maps/?p=medford<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>For further information contact: <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Fares</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
- Omar A. Dauhajre <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>
617-627-6560<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Ibrahim
Warde</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'> <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, November 27, 2006
2:16 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Loai Naamani<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Chibli Mallat talk at the
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Fletcher</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> Dear Loai,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I am organizing a couple of events tomorrow November 28 to which I
would like to invite you and all Lebanese students at MIT.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Presidential candidate Chibli Mallat will be giving </span></font><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>a public
talk about democratization in the <u1:place u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Middle
East</u1:place></st1:place> from 12:30 pm to 2 pm, and then from 2
pm to 3 pm he will be meeting informally with the Lebanese students.
Details can be found on the attached flyer.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>I would be most grateful if you could forward this
announcements to Lebanese students at MIT, and hope you'll be able to make it.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Best regards,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Ibrahim</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Ibrahim Warde, Ph.D.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Acting Director</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Fares</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType> for <st1:place w:st="on">Eastern Mediterranean</st1:place>
Studies</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Adjunct Professor</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Fletcher</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> of Law and
Diplomacy</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Tufts</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>(617)251-7040</span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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