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26
April 2018
Past Event
Iran: As Anti-Government Protests Continue, Can the U.S. Help Maintain Momentum?
Featured Speakers:
Masih Alinejad
Mehrangiz Kar
Mariam Memarsadeghi
Nina Shea
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24
October 2017
Past Event
The Future of Orthodox Christianity in Syria and America
Featured Speakers:
Patriarch John X
Metropolitan Joseph
Samuel Tadros
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03
April 2017
Past Event
U.S.-Egyptian Relations in the Age of ISIS
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Ambassador Alberto Fernandez
Samuel Tadros
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09
March 2017
Past Event
Purifying the Land of the Pure: A History of Pakistan's Religious Minorities
Featured Speakers:
Farahnaz Ispahani
Nina Shea
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12
September 2016
Past Event
Religious Freedom in Vietnam: Its Importance for Regional and Global Security
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Elliott Abrams
Kristina Arriaga
Vo Van Ai
Tina L. Mufford
Penelope Faulkner
Vo Tran Nhat
Sara Colm
Tong C. Vang
Venerable Kim Muol
Prak Sereivuth
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12
September 2016
Past Event
Religious Freedom in Vietnam: Its Importance for Regional and Global Security
Elliot Abrams, Nina Shea, Kristina Arriaga & Vo Van Ai (Vietnam Committee on Human Rights) on U.S. policy and religious freedom in South East Asia
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Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Elliott Abrams
Kristina Arriaga
Vo Van Ai
Tina L. Mufford
Penelope Faulkner
Vo Tran Nhat
Sara Colm
Tong C. Vang
Venerable Kim Muol
Prak Sereivuth
07
May 2015
Past Event
The Islamic State's Religious Cleansing and the Urgency of a Strategic Response
Featured Speakers:
His Eminence, Cardinal Timothy Dolan
Walter Russell Mead
Nina Shea
Kenneth R. Weinstein
The Reverend Benedict Kiely
Mark L. Movsesian
Sarkis Boghjalian
Michael J.L. La Civita
His Excellency, Bishop Gregory John Mansour
Samuel Tadros
Kirsten Powers
The Reverend Johnnie Moore
Mindy Belz
Joseph Kassab
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07
May 2015
Past Event
The Islamic State's Religious Cleansing and the Urgency of a Strategic Response
Is there any hope that religious minorities can remain in the Middle East? A conference with Nina Shea, Cardinal Dolan, and Walter Russell Mead.
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Featured Speakers:
His Eminence, Cardinal Timothy Dolan
Walter Russell Mead
Nina Shea
Kenneth R. Weinstein
The Reverend Benedict Kiely
Mark L. Movsesian
Sarkis Boghjalian
Michael J.L. La Civita
His Excellency, Bishop Gregory John Mansour
Samuel Tadros
Kirsten Powers
The Reverend Johnnie Moore
Mindy Belz
Joseph Kassab
23
March 2015
Past Event
Boko Haram, the Islamic State's West African Franchise
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Bukky Shonibare
Emmanuel Ogebe
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18
March 2015
Past Event
Prospects for Christians in the Path of Persecution
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Bishop Angaelos
Samuel Tadros
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02
December 2014
Past Event
The Race Against ISIS: Efforts to Preserve Ancient Christian Culture in the Middle East
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Amal Marogy
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02
December 2014
Past Event
The Race Against ISIS: Efforts to Preserve Ancient Christian Culture in the Middle East
Amal Marogy of Aradin Charitable Trust and Nina Shea discuss the destruction of Aramaic and early Christian culture by ISIS in the Middle East.
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Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Amal Marogy
19
September 2014
Past Event
#WhereAreOurGirls? Escaped Schoolgirl Shares Her Account of Boko Haram Abduction
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Saa*
Emmanuel Ogebe
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13
May 2014
Past Event
A Survivor’s Account of Boko Haram’s Religious Cleansing in Nigeria
Featured Speakers:
Deborah Peters
Emmanuel Ogebe
Nina Shea
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17
January 2014
Past Event
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation: Free Speech Implications of a Proposed Ban on "Islamophobia"
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Dr. Mark Durie
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17
January 2014
Past Event
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation: Free Speech Implications of a Proposed Ban on "Islamophobia"
"Islamophobia" is a widely used yet vague and controversial term referring to anti-Muslim bigotry. In recent years, identifying, monitoring, reporting
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Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Dr. Mark Durie