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<h1 style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;">Middle East and North Africa: New Hopes and New Dangers</h1>
<p style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;"><img width="233" vspace="5" hspace="10" height="261" border="2" align="right" src="cid:6c4bc93befb401b47bffafc837d2e59a@justicewithpeace.org" alt="Egyptian Protesters">Tunisia. Egypt. Bahrain. Yemen. Libya. Syria. For the past four months dramatic and often hopeful events have been sweeping through North Africa and the Middle East.</p>
<p style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;">W<strong>hat are the various forces operating within each country?</strong></p>
<p style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;"><strong>What are the policies and goals of the United States amidst all these uprisings?</strong></p>
<p style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;"><strong>What is the implication of these developments for Israel and the Palestinians?</strong></p>
<p style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;"><strong>And what are the implications for our peace and justice movement?</strong></p>
<p style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;">Come to a presentation, discussion and slide show on these historic events with <b>Phyllis Bennis</b> of the Institute for Policy Studies and <b>Ashraf Elkern</b> of the Islamic Society of Greater Worcester.</p>
<p style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;"><img width="130" vspace="5" hspace="10" height="143" border="2" align="left" src="http://justicewithpeace.org/files/u415/PhyllisBennis.jpg" alt="Phyllis Bennis"><strong>Phyllis Bennis</strong> is director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. She is also a fellow of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. She has been a writer, analyst, and activist on Middle East and UN issues for many years. In 2001 she helped found and remains on the steering committee of the U.S. Campaign to End Israeli Occupation. She works closely with the United for Peace and Justice anti-war coalition, co-chairs the UN-based International Coordinating Network on Palestine, and since 2002 has played an active role in the growing global peace movement. She continues to serve as an adviser to several top UN officials on Middle East and UN democratization issues.</p>
<p style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;">Bennis is author or co-author of <em>Ending the US War in Afghanistan: A Primer</em>, <em>Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer</em>, and<em> Calling the Shots: How Washington Dominates Today's United Nations</em>, among other books. She authors a regular online newsletter; <a href="http://www.ips-dc.org/staff/phyllis">go here to subscribe</a>.</p>
<p style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;"><img width="135" vspace="5" hspace="10" height="157" border="2" align="left" src="http://justicewithpeace.org/files/u415/AshrafElkerm.jpg" alt="Ashraf Elkerm"><strong>Ashraf Elkerm</strong> is an Egyptian-born physician who has practiced in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United States. He has served on the Board of Trustees of the Islamic Society of Greater Worcester since 2000 and is a past President.</p>
<p style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;">"I am considered a brain washed American in Egypt and a naturalized alien in America," says Elkerm.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, Helvetica, Arial;"><strong>When:</strong> Monday, May 16, 2011, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm<br><strong>Where: </strong> Cambridge Friends Meeting Center • 5 • off Brattle St. near Harvard Sq T • Cambridge</p>
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