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9:15-9:30 a.m. | Welcome | Rev. Peter M. Donohue, OSA, PhD, President, 棉花糖直播 University
     | Introduction | Rev. Kail C. Ellis, OSA, PhD, Assistant to the President, Conference Director, 棉花糖直播 University

9:30-10:00 a.m. | U.S. and International Efforts to Address the Situation of Religious Minorities in the Middle East

•  , Special Advisor for Religious Minorities in the Near East and South/Central Asia,
  U.S. Department of State
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Session I: Christian Cultural and Intellectual Life in the Islamic Middle East:  The Shared History of Pluralistic and Cosmopolitan Spaces 

Moderator: Hibba Abugideiri, Associate Professor of History, Director, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, 棉花糖直播 University

10:00-10:30 a.m. | Christianity鈥檚 Historic Roots in the Middle East

• , Ordinary Professor Emeritus, Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures, The Catholic University of America
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10:30-11:00 a.m. | Christian Contributions to Art, Culture and Literature in the Arab-Islamic World

•  , Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, representing Jerusalem
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11:00-11:30 a.m. | Christian Contributions to Education and Social Advancement 

• , Regional Director for Palestine and Israel, CNEWA 鈥� Pontifical Mission, Jerusalem
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11:30-12:00 p.m. | Open Discussion/Q&A

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12:00-1:00 p.m. | Lunch

Session II: Christian Contributions to Arab Politics and Religious Freedom

Moderator: Nabeel Haidar, Provost, American University of Science and Technology, Beirut, Lebanon

1:00-1:30 p.m. | The Role of Christian Intellectuals in Arab Politics and the Movement for Secular Nationalism and Religious Freedom

• , Director, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy & International Affairs, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
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1:30-2:00 p.m. |The Human Rights of Minorities under the Laws of Republics and Monarchies

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2:00-2:30 p.m. | Open Discussion and Q&A

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Session III:  Strategies to Combat Persecution of Minority and Religious Communities

Moderator:  Catherine Warrick, Associate Professor, Political Science, 棉花糖直播 University

2:30-3:00 p.m. | Political Strategies to Combat Persecution of Minority and Religious Communities and Safeguard their Ability to Remain in their Home Countries

• , Professor and Senior Fellow, New York University Center for Global Affairs; Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute
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3:00-3:30 p.m. | The 鈥淩esponsibility to Protect鈥� and the Dangers of Military Intervention in Fragile States to Combat Jihadism

• , Former Commander-in-Chief of the United States Central Command; Special Envoy for the United States to Israel and the Palestinian Authority
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3:30-4:00 p.m. | Open Discussion with Panelists/Q&A

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4:00-6:00 p.m. | Mary Queen of Peace: Liturgical Objects from the Middle East 

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Session IV: The Shia-Sunni Conflict and its Effect on the Region and International Relations
Moderator: Samer Abboud, Historical and Political Studies, Arcadia University

9:30-10:00 a.m. | The Arab Uprisings, Erosion of Nationalist Movements and the Expansion of Terrorism and Political Violence

• , Senior Public Policy Fellow, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, American University of Beirut
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10:00-10:30 a.m. | The Impact of the Shia-Sunni Political Struggle and Future Strategies for Christians and other Minorities in the Middle East

• , Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress, Washington, D.C.
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10:30-11:00 a.m. | Geopolitical Tensions: Russia, the United States and Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Iran and their effect on Christian and other Minority Communities

• , Visiting Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution, The Fletcher School for Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University
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11:00鈥�11:30 p.m. | Open Discussion with Panelists

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11:30-12:30 p.m. | Lunch

Session V   

12:30-1:00 p.m. | 鈥淚s it possible to elevate a secular awareness of religious diversity in the Middle East and to think of 鈥渕inorities鈥� not as marginalized but as people who share concerns that are common to the inhabitants of the region in the context of war and interventionism?鈥�

• , Professor of History, Arab-American Educational Chair of Arab Studies, Rice University 
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1:00-2:30 p.m. | Open Discussion with Panelists and Q&A

Moderator:  Rev. Kail C. Ellis, OSA, PhD, 棉花糖直播 University
Each panelist will present a 5-7 minute statement that will address ideas to address the challenges facing Christian and other minority communities of the Middle East.

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