LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The conflict in the Middle East is one of the most pressing international issues President Obama faces as he begins his term in office. Bellarmine University will host a discussion on Obama's Middle East challenges with Haleh Esfandiari, director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 29, at 7:30 p.m. The event will be held in the Amy Cralle Theatre, Wyatt Center for the Arts on the Bellarmine campus. It is free and open to the public.
Esfandiari, an Iranian-American, has authored numerous books and articles regarding the Middle East. Her recently completed memoir, My Prison, My Home, was based on her arrest by the Iranian security authorities in 2007, when she spent 105 days in solitary confinement in Tehran's Evin Prison. The book will be released this fall.
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the United States' Smithsonian Institution was established by an act of Congress in 1968 as the nation's official living memorial to President Woodrow Wilson. For more information about the center, visit:
http://www.wilsoncenter.org
Bellarmine University is an independent Catholic university offering more than 50 majors, as well as graduate degree programs and a doctor of physical therapy. Forbes magazine and the Princeton Review rank Bellarmine among America’s best colleges, and U.S. News and World Report consistently ranks Bellarmine as a top tier university.
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