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August 2018
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Living With Genocide: Four Years After ISIS Attacked
Featured Speakers:
The Hon. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman
Kent Hill
Pari Ibrahim
Sherri Kraham Talabany
Loay Mikhael
Nina Shea
Douglas M. Padgett
The Hon. Dr. Fareed Yasseen
Ashur Eskrya
Scenes from the now destroyed city of Sinjar, which was recently liberated from ISIL militants who originally captured the city on August 2014, November 26, 2015
03
August 2018
Past Event
Living With Genocide: Four Years After ISIS Attacked

Experts discuss the 2014 Yezidi genocide.

Scenes from the now destroyed city of Sinjar, which was recently liberated from ISIL militants who originally captured the city on August 2014, November 26, 2015
Featured Speakers:
The Hon. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman
Kent Hill
Pari Ibrahim
Sherri Kraham Talabany
Loay Mikhael
Nina Shea
Douglas M. Padgett
The Hon. Dr. Fareed Yasseen
Ashur Eskrya
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21
June 2018
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Stabilization and Reconstruction in Syria: A Conversation with Archimandrite Alexi Chehadeh
Featured Speakers:
Archimandrite Dr. Alexi Chehadeh
Dr. Elizabeth Prodromou
Greek Orthodox Church in Damascus reflected in window broken by rebel mortar bombardment, February 8, 2018
21
June 2018
Past Event
Stabilization and Reconstruction in Syria: A Conversation with Archimandrite Alexi Chehadeh

Archimandrite Dr. Alexi Chehadeh and Dr. Elizabeth Prodromou discuss Syrian refugees and reconstruction.

Greek Orthodox Church in Damascus reflected in window broken by rebel mortar bombardment, February 8, 2018
Featured Speakers:
Archimandrite Dr. Alexi Chehadeh
Dr. Elizabeth Prodromou
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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
26
April 2018
Past Event
Iran: As Anti-Government Protests Continue, Can the U.S. Help Maintain Momentum?

Masih Alinejad, Mehrangiz Kar, Mariam Memarsadeghi, and Nina Shea discuss the Iran protests.

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
The Orthodox Convent of Our Lady, Seydnaya, Syria (image credit: De Agostini/C. Sappa)
24
October 2017
Past Event
The Future of Orthodox Christianity in Syria and America

John X, Metropolitan Joseph, Samuel Tadros, and Nina Shea discuss the future of the Antiochian Church in Syria and the U.S.

The Orthodox Convent of Our Lady, Seydnaya, Syria (image credit: De Agostini/C. Sappa)
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
03
April 2017
Past Event
U.S.-Egyptian Relations in the Age of ISIS

Alberto Fernandez, Nina Shea, and Samuel Tadros discuss the security, political, and religious freedom challenges facing Egypt

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
Pakistani Christians hold candles as they march during the Easter Celebration ceremony on April 20, 2014 in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
09
March 2017
Past Event
Purifying the Land of the Pure: A History of Pakistan's Religious Minorities

Farahnaz Ispahani and Nina Shea discuss Pakistan's blasphemy laws

Pakistani Christians hold candles as they march during the Easter Celebration ceremony on April 20, 2014 in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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
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

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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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
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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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23
March 2015
Past Event
Boko Haram, the Islamic State's West African Franchise

How will the new Islamic State affiliation impact the operations and reach of Boko Haram? Nina Shea, Emmanuel Ogebe, and Bukky Shonibare weigh in.

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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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18
March 2015
Past Event
Prospects for Christians in the Path of Persecution

Nina Shea and Samuel Tadros joined His Grace Bishop Angaelos to discuss the threats facing the Coptic community in the Middle East.

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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
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.

Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Amal Marogy
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19
September 2014
Past Event
#WhereAreOurGirls? Escaped Schoolgirl Shares Her Account of Boko Haram Abduction
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Saa*
Emmanuel Ogebe
19
September 2014
Past Event
#WhereAreOurGirls? Escaped Schoolgirl Shares Her Account of Boko Haram Abduction

A Chibok schoolgirl who escaped Boko Haram shared her account in the first public appearance of this kind in the U.S.

Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Saa*
Emmanuel Ogebe
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