Engagements

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“Palestine and Gaza: Pathway to Peace in the Middle East”

University of Denver (Denver, CO)

April 15, 2024

What Was Hamas Thinking?

A Conversation with Tareq Baconi


March 21, 2024 at 6 pm

450 K St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20001

The Israel Gaza War: Myths and Realities

March 14 (Aspen, CO)

Pitkin Public Library
Ceasefire Now Roaring Fork Valley

History of an Occupation

February 26 (Washington DC)

Georgetown Law Jewish Students for Justice

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The Regional Escalation of the Gaza War and the US Response

February 22 (Washington DC)
Arab Center

Reflections on the Crisis of US Mideast Policy

February 6 (Burlington, VT)
Vermont Council on World Affairs

Gaza and the Question of Genocide: A Conversation with Raz Segal

January 10 at 6 pm

Bus Boys & Poets Brookland
Washington DC

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Policy Forum: Once More into the Breach
How Serious Are the Risks of Another US War in the Middle East?


November 16, 2023
11 AM – 12:30 PM EST


Cato Institute, 1000
Massachusetts Ave,
NW, Washington, DC

GLOBAL HISTORIES AND PRACTICES OF
ISLAMOPHOBIA

September 30/October 1, 2023

Georgetown University – Qatar

DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: GEOPOLITICAL
SHIFTS AND CHALLENGES IN THE MIDEAST

September 26, 2023

Arab Center
Washington D.C

WHY RACHED GHANNOUCHI MATTERS (AND SHOULD BE RELEASED)

September 21, 2023

Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy

IRAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE DEATH OF
MAHSA AMINI

September 11, 2023

Stimson Center

IRAN, PROTESTS AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS

June 7, 2023

Arvada Public Library (Standley Lake)
8485 Kipling St, Arvada

WHY THE US SHOULD SUPPORT
DEMOCRACY IN THE MUSLIM WORLD

June 1, 2023

Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy
Mayflower Hotel, Washington DC

MIDEAST AUTOCRATS AND CHINA’S
REPRESSION OF UYGHURS

April 12, 2023

Uyghurs Human Rights Project
Zoom Webinar

20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE IRAQ WAR

April 12, 2023

University of Denver
2201 S Gaylord St, Denver

ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND
ISRAEL/PALESTINE

April 10, 2023

University of Denver
2201 S Gaylord St, Denver

IRAN AT THE CROSSROADS:
IS THIS THE END OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC?

March 30, 2023

Parker Public Library
20105 East Main Street, Parker

ISLAM & HUMAN RIGHTS:
A 50-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE

March 14, 2023

University of Alberta
Sponsored by Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

ISLAM & HUMAN RIGHTS:
A 50-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE

March 14, 2023

University of Calgary
Sponsored by Canadian Muslims for Peace and Justice

IRAN AT THE CROSSROADS:
IS THIS THE END OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC?

March 6, 2023

Highlands Ranch Public Library
9292 South Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch

WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE EAST

February 14, 2023

Littleton High School, Denver CO,
Sponsored by the Denver Council on Foreign Relations

RELIGION, ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND
CANCEL CULTURE: THE CONTROVERSY AT
HAMLINE UNIVERSITY

January 26, 2023

Littleton High School, Denver CO,
Sponsored by the Denver Council on Foreign Relations

RELIGION, DEVELOPMENT AND COLONIALISM:
THE CASE OF THE MIDDLE EAST

January 20, 2023

African Studies Center
University of Denver

PROTEST & REVOLT IN IRAN: HOW SHOULD
THE U.S. RESPOND

January 19, 2023

Center for Middle East Studies
University of Denver

MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION
CONFERENCE

December 1-4, 2022

Denver, CO

THE UKRAINE WAR AND IT’S IMPACT ON THE MIDDLE EAST
CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL
ORDER

November 10, 2022

Sponsored by the University of Indonesia
Istanbul

TRACING IRAN’S VEILING HISTORY

November 3, 2022

Canadian Council of Muslim Women

HOW DEMOCRACIES DECLINE: THE CASE OF THE USA IN 2022

October 21, 2022

Sponsored by Denver Eclectics
Denver, CO

“WOMEN, LIFE, FREEDOM”: SOLIDARITY WITH IRANIAN PROTESTORS

October 20, 2022

University of Colorado at Boulder: Dept. of Women & Gender Studies
Boulder, CO

WOMEN’S PROTEST & THE FUTURE OF IRAN

October 20, 2022

Atlantic Council

THE PROBLEM WITH DEMOCRACY: SHADI
HAMID’S NEW BOOK

October 17, 2022

Brookings Institution

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN IRAN?

October 17, 2022

Department of Political Science, University of Alberta

WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND REVOLT IN IRAN

October 12, 2022

Center for Middle East Studies
Denver, CO

HOW TO SOLVE THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE
CONFLICT

October 6, 2022

Center for Middle East Studies
Denver, CO

THE CASE OF MAHSA AMINI & IRAN’S
MORALITY POLICE

October 4, 2022

Muslim Public Affairs Council

AFGHANISTAN UNDER THE TALIBAN: 1 YEAR
LATER

September 29, 2022

Sponsored by
Korbel Graduate Student Association
Denver, CO

MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION
CONFERENCE

October 28th-31st, 2021

Montreal, Canada

AFGHANISTAN: WHAT WENT WRONG? WHAT COMES NEXT?

October 5th, 2021

Sponsored by Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO

US POLICY AND GLOBAL COMPETITION IN
THE MIDDLE EAST

September 14th, 2021

Arab Center
Washington DC

WHAT WENT WRONG IN AFGHANISTAN?

August 30th, 2021

Mosaic Foundation
Denver, CO

CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY IN TUNISIA: WHAT
SHOULD THE USA DO?

August 19th, 2021

Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy

A CONVERSATION WITH NORMAN
FINKLESTEIN

June 20, 2021

CIGA – Center for Islam and Global Affairs

WEBINAR ON SECTARIANISM ON SOUTH
EAST ASIA

May 27, 2021

University of Michigan

JOE BIDEN’S MIDDLE EAST POLICY: AN
ASSESSMENT AFTER 100 DAYS

May 19th, 2021

University of Denver
Denver, CO

A DEBATE ON ABRAHAM ACCORDS
BETWEEN ISRAEL AND ARAB STATES

February 18th, 2021

University of Denver
Denver, CO

PANEL DISCUSSION ON US-IRAN RELATIONS AND THE IRAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT IN THE ERA OF JOE BIDEN

February 16th, 2021

Sponsored by Win Without War
Washington D.C.

SECTARIANIZATION: MAPPING THE NEW POLITICS OF THE MIDDLE EAST

March 21st, 2021 – 5pm GMT

Islamic Circle
London, UK

DISCUSSION WITH STUDENTS ON FAREED ZAKARIA, TEN LESSONS FOR A POSTPANDEMIC WORLD

March 21st, 2021

Hamid Bin Khalifa University
Doha, Qatar