AMI cordially invites you to attend a conference featuring:

André Azoulay, Counselor to HM the King of Morocco

Washington DC, December 13-14, 2006

I: “Political Reforms and Stability in Morocco”

12:00—1:30pm, Wednesday December 13, 2006

Location: Middle East Institute 1761 Street NW, Washington, DC 20036

The Middle East Institute (MEI) and American Moroccan Institute  (AMI) are pleased to welcome André Azoulay, Counselor to HM the King of Morocco Mohammed VI. Dr. Azoulay will 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. Based on his extensive experience advising first the late King Hassan II and then his son King Mohammed VI, Dr. Azoulay will also examine Morocco’s regional role in peace efforts as head of al Quds Committee. The panel will be introduced by Dr Mokhtar Ghambou, AMI president, and moderated by David Mack, the acting president of MEI. In addition to the attending audience, the talk will be accessible via Video networks to several American universities and media centers.

II: “How to Overcome the Current Challenges in American-Arab Relations?”

10:15 am—12:15pm, Thursday, December 14, 2006

Location: Hudson Institute, 6^th Floor, 1015  15^th Street NW, Washington, DC 2006

André Azoulay, Counselor to HM the King of Morocco, Robert Malley, Director of the International Crisis Group and President of the Board of the Middle East chapter of the Clinton Global Initiative, and a high-level US government official will consider the current challenges and promises of American-Arab relations, with a special focus on Morocco. Topics will include: the past and future of American-Arab relations;  the US-Morocco alliance in the fight against global terrorism;  the Moroccan proposal for Sahara autonomy in relation to the American Federal and State system; the role of economic development in the promotion of human rights; democracy and reform in the Muslim world; the importance of political, cultural and religious pluralism in the consolidation of national integrity; and Morocco as peacemaker in the Arab-Israeli conflict.

III: “Arab Heroes in the Time of the Holocaust:

How the Past impacts Muslim-Jewish Relations in modern Morocco”

4:00—6:00 pm, Thursday, December, 14, 2006

Location: National Press Club. 529  14^th Street, Washington, DC 20045

AMI brings 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. Mr Satloff will draw on his outstanding new book, Among the Righteous, to demonstrate how the Jews were treated in North Africa and the Arab world during and after the Holocaust. Dr. Azoulay will discuss King Mohammed V’s heroic efforts to protect Moroccan Jews from the repressive anti-Semitic policies of the French Vichy colonial government. By referencing the Holocaust, both speakers will shed light on a historically shared experience which can serve as a political platform for consolidating Jewish-Muslim relations in the future. The panel is moderated by renowned journalist Bernard Kalb.          

Please RSVP indicating which events  (1, 2, 3, or all) you plan to attend:

  info@amius.org or (347) 860-1250

Founded in New York in March 2003, the American Moroccan Institute (AMI) provides a unique intellectual forum for policymakers, deputies, members of the Congress, journalists, NGO leaders, and academics dedicated to the development of American-Moroccan relations in a wide range of fields. In today’s climate of global tension, the American-Moroccan dialogue can function as an ideal conduit towards in-depth understanding of larger cultural, religious, and political issues within and across the United States, the Middle East, and North Africa.   

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