Past Events
Islam Re-Observed: Clifford Geertz in Morocco
UCLA, AMI & other sponsors, Los Angeles, December 6-9, 2007American and Moroccan experts met at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) to discuss the impact of Clifford Geertz’s Moroccan works on American anthropology and social sciences. Participants included: Professors Susan Slymovics, Paul Rabinow, Dale Eickelman, Abdelhay Moudden, Mokhtar Ghambou, Kevin Dwyer, Elizabeth Fernea, Hassan Rachik, Lawrence Rosen, Stefania Pandolfo; international development consultant Thomas Dichter; and Mayor of Sefrou Hassan Ouchak.
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The Many Ways of Being Muslim
AMI & Princeton University, Princeton University, March 10-11, 2007The American Moroccan Institute (AMI) and Princeton University brought
together distinguished scholars from the US, Morocco, and the Muslim
world to explore the issues of interfaith, multiculturalism, democracy,
and free speech. Participants included: Ahmed Kostas, Aicha Hajjami,
Abdallah Hammoudi, Father Patrick Ryan, and others.
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Arab Heroes in the Time of the Holocaust
AMI & National Press Club, Washington DC, December 14, 2006AMI brought together André Azoulay, Counselor to HM the King of Morocco, and Robert Satloff, the Executive Director of the Washington Institute for Near Eastern Policy, in a unique panel to discuss the Holocaust in the Arab/Moroccan context. The panel was moderated by the renowned journalist Bernard Kalb.
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How to Overcome the Current Challenges in American-Arab Relations?
AMI & Brookings Institution, Washington DC, December 13, 2006André Azoulay, Counselor to HM the King of Morocco, Robert Malley, formal advisor to President Bill Clinton and Director of the Middle East & North Africa Program for the International Crisis Group, and James Zogby, President of the Arab-American Institute, discussed current challenges and promises of American-Arab relations, with a special focus on Morocco. The panel was moderated by Talha Jibril, Bureau Chief of Sharq Awsat daily.
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Political Reforms in Morocco
AMI & Middle East Institute, Washington December 13, 2006The Middle East Institute (MEI) and American Moroccan Institute (AMI) invited André Azoulay, counselor to HM The King of Morocco Mohammed VI, to discuss the ways in which Morocco provides an encouraging example for the promotion of democratic reforms, human rights, political and cultural pluralism in the Mena Region.
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American-Moroccan Relations & the Path Toward Democracy
AMI & the US Congress, US Congress, Washington DC, June 8, 2006Speakers at the conference included: Congressmen Lincoln Diaz-Balart, John Larson, Robert Wexler, Sam Gejdenson; Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen; Moroccan Deputies Fatna El-Kheil and Abdenbi Saligane; ex-minister and Ambassador at Large Serge Berdugo; and RTM Senior Director Ali Bouzerda.
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Reforming Political Parties in Morocco
AMI & National Democratic Institute (NDI), Washington, June 9, 2006The Moroccan deputies Fatna El-Kheil and Abdenbi Saligane were invited by NDI Senior Associate Les Campbell to give a presentation on the party political system in Morocco. The discussion was centered on the democratic reforms undertaken by major political parties such as the USFP, Istiqlal, RNI, MP, and PPS.
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Berbers & Others: Shifting Parameters of Ethnicity in the Maghrib
AMI & Harvard University, Cambridge, April 27-29, 2006The Moroccan Studies Program, chaired by Dr. Susan Gilson Miller, and the American Moroccan Institute (AMI) sponsored a two-day conference from April 28-April 29 which examined recent developments in Berber political, social, and cultural movements throughout North Africa and Europe.
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American-Arab Relations Through Media
International Conference organized by AMI, Rabat, December 19-20, 2005Talks by Mr. Nabil Benabadallah (minister of Communication), Michael Slackman (The New York Times), Christopher Dickey (Newsweek), Jane Arraf (CNN), Raghida Dergham (Al Hayat), Mohammed Alami (Aljazeera), Abdelhay Lamoudden (Mohamed V University); Khalid Zeroulai, Ministry of Interior, and ALI Bouzerda, Senior Director of Moroccan TV.
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Dialogue of Traditions: Moroccan Sufism and the West
AMI & Columbia University, New York, April 15, 2005The French Professor Eric Geoffroy demonstrated how Moroccan Sufism has profoundly shaped religious and political history from the Middle Ages to the present. Ahmed Kostas, the Director of Morocco’s religious Affairs, explored the vital contributions of Sufism in fusing diverse layers into a modern unified Moroccan society.
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The Western Sahara: Ripe For Political Solution?
AMI & Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), New York, May 2004The conference extended the discussion following the Sahara Resolution debated at the United Nations in April 2004. Speakers included: Dr. Mokhtar Ghambou (Yale University), Ms. Anna Theofilopoulou, UN Acting chief of Decolonization Unit, Akharali Thobhani (the Metropolitan State College of Denver), Dr. William Zartman (the John Hopkins University), and Princeton Princeton N. Lyman (the Council On Foreign Relations).
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