April 1989, Page 50

TIE Exchange: Training, Information, & Education Exchange

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Najda: Women Concerned About the Middle East, has launched a major initiative to promote a positive, accurate image of the Middle East to America's young people. The program will include revising and publishing The Arab World: A Handbook for Teachers; creating instructional units, "Women in the Middle East"; expanding Najda's ongoing teacher training workshops; and participating in the activities and publications of groups concerned with social studies and Middle East education. Tax deductible donations for these worthy causes may be sent to Najda, P.O. Box 7152, Berkeley, CA 94707.

Former U.S. ambassador to Lebanon John H. Kelly has been named to become assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern and South Asian affairs.

The Los Angeles Times/Washington Post News Service of Washington will extend its news service to Al-Ayam, a new Arabic-language daily newspaper that will be published in Manama, Bahrain.

US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Walter Cutler has resigned from the Foreign Service and plans to work for Meridian House International, which sponsors programs for promoting international understanding.

Associate Professor Tariq Fariss Al-Fariss of the College of Engineering at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has been awarded a Canadian prize for scientific research. He is the first Saudi citizen to be promoted to associate professor at King Saud University, and is chairman of the chemical engineering department.

Two Americans were among the winners of the 1988 King Faisal Foundation awards, which are given in recognition of the achievements of leading scientists and scholars. Prof. Ahmad H. Zewail of the California Institute of Technology was selected in the science category on the basis of his work in time-resolved spectrography. In the field of medicine, Prof. Luigi Mastroianni received an award in recognition of his pioneering work on in vitro fertilization.

PUBLICATIONS

The Letters of T.E. Lawrence, selected and edited by Malcolm Brown. Dent, 1988.

The Origins of Palestinian Nationalism, by Muhammad Y. Muslih. Columbia University Press, 1988.

Neopatriarchy, by Hisham Sharabi. Georgetown University, 1988.

The Shatt al-Arab Boundary Question: A Legal Reappraisal, by Kaiyan Homi Kaikobad. Oxford University Press, 1988.

A New Iraq? The Gulf War and Implications for US Policy, by Frederick W. Axeigard. Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, 1988.

The Politics of Islamic Revivalism: Diversity and Unity, edited by Shireen T. Hunter. Indiana University Press, 1988.

CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, LECTURES

The Middle East Institute began an eight-week seminar on religion in the Middle East entitled "Judaism and Christianity in the Middle East" March 1. Lectures will be held each Wednesday evening, 6-8 p.m., at the Canterbury Hotel, 1733 N Street, NW, Washington, DC, through April 19. Lecture subjects will include the Maronites, Jacobites, Assyrians, Armenians and Copts. For information, contact Mary N. Sebold at (202) 785-0196.

Georgetown University's School for Summer and Continuing Education has announced an intensive "Arabic Language Institute," June 12-Aug. 18. Two five-week semesters of basic, intermediate, media, and formal spoken Arabic will be offered. For information, contact Karin C. Ryding, Director, Arabic Language Institute, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057.

The Textile Museum, Washington, DC, opened an exhibition entitled "An Introduction to Oriental Carpets: The Arthur D. Jenkins Collection" March 18. The show will run through May 31 and include a series of six lectures on Oriental carpets, 6:00 p.m. each Wednesday, April 26-May 31. For information, contact Jannes Gibson at (202) 667-0441.

"The Islamic Movement in Tunisia" will be the topic of a lecture by Dr. Abd al-Qadir Zghal, University of Tunis, April 19, at Columbia University's Middle East Institute, 12:00-1:30 p.m.

The University of Chicago's Center for Middle Eastern Studies is sponsoring a spring lecture series in April and May: Lecture topics and scholars include "Israeli-Palestinian Alliance: Absurdity or Necessity," Ian Lustick, Dartmouth University, April 7; "Narratives of Honor and Dishonor in the Lebanon," Michael Gilsenan, University of Oxford, April 10; "Formation of the Modern State: the Middle East, " Talal Asad, New School of Social Research, May 5; " US Policy in the Middle East: The Reagan Years, " Philip S. Khoury, MIT, May 19; and "The Conquest of Byzantine Libya by the Arabs: Problem of Sources, Causes for its Fall," Vasilios Christides, American College of Greece, May 26.

The Christian Century Foundation is sponsoring a "Jerusalem Seminar" April 7-19, to be led by James M. Wall, editor of The Christian Century. This is a study tour to the Middle East for those who wish to see Jerusalem, old and new, in a spirit of inquiry and appreciation. For information, write: Dolphin, Inc., P.O. Box 584, Elmhurst, IL 60126.

TRADE AND FINANCE

The following international trade fairs will be held in the next few months: Algiers International Fair, June 6-17; Sfax International Fair, June 17-July 2; and Izmir International Fair, Aug. 26-Sept. 10. Information about these exhibitions may be obtained from the International Trade Division, US Department of Commerce, Washington, DC.

The Department of Commerce will send an air conditioning and refrigeration trade mission to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, May 15-June 1. For information, contact Tyrena Holley at (202) 377-3509.

TEACHERS STUDY TOUR

Georgetown University's Community Resource Service is planning a four-week summer study tour in July for teachers, particularly in secondary schools, who are interested in Middle Eastern states, societies, and cultures. Entitled "Middle Eastern Societies: Education and Social Change," the course will focus on education systems in Jordan, Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, and Egypt. For information, contact Nina Dodge at (202) 687-5793.

ARCHAEOLOGY

A recently excavated fishing boat that once saw service on the Sea of Galilee over 2,000 years ago is being restored by an Israeli-American team from Israel's Center for Nautical and Regional Archaeology and Texas A&M University's Institute of Nautical Archaeology. Radiocarbon testing and analysis of the ancient fishing craft's construction methods have enabled experts to date the boat to the early Roman period—a significant time during which Jesus ministered to fishermen along the very same waters where the vessel was discovered in 1986.

Material submitted by Exchange readers will be considered for publication as space and circumstance allow. "Facts & Figures" Items from "old Middle East hands" especially welcome. Editor: John T. Haldane. Write to TIE Exchange P.O. Box 53062, Washington, DC 20009, or call 202-939-6050 or 1-800-368-5788.