[act-ma] 8/7: Firsthand report from Jerusalem and analysis of Iraq and Syria - Raed Jarrar

[Cole Harrison]

   Firsthand report from Jerusalem and analysis of Iraq and Syria The US
and turmoil in the Middle East: an update on the latest crises

[image: Raed Jarrar]

 *When:* Thursday, August 7, 2014, 7:00 pm
 *Where: *Cambridge • 5 Longfellow Park • off Brattle St - Harvard T •
Cambridge


*Firsthand report from Jerusalem and analysis of Iraq and Syria*
 Raed Jarrar, policy impact coordinator for AFSC, was in Jerusalem July
10-17 as Israel launched the attack on Gaza.  Raed will report on his
experiences and also focus on analysis of the current situation in Iraq.
The presentation will describe overarching US policy in the Middle East
including Syria and Egypt, and how the peace movement can take action.

Jarrar was born and educated in Baghdad and currently lives in Washington
D.C.  He has been a leading commentator on the US in Iraq since the
invasion of 2003.

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