October 13, 2009 / Philadelphia
S. Abdallah Schleifer, professor emeritus at American University of Cairo, was recently appointed to the Executive Board of C-1 World Engagement, a global initiative to improve relations between Muslims and the West. He is former Washington and national bureau chief of Al Arabiya news channel; former NBC News Cairo Bureau Chief; former visiting scholar at St. Antony’s College, Oxford; adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C.; Senior Fellow at the Royal Aal Al Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Amman, Jordan and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy in Washington, D.C.
On November 15th at the FPRI annual dinner Fouad Ajami was presented with the Seventh Annual Benjamin Franklin Public Service Award. The event was attended by over 360 people.
Dr. John M. Templeton, Jr. was dinner chairman.

Video of keynote address
Reflections on the Arab Spring
Fouad Ajami
Special Partner Event
Al Qaeda and Jihadi Movements After Bin Laden
Christopher Swift
Special Partner Event
The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al Qaeda
Peter Bergen
Follow FPRI