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SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY MODEL ARAB LEAGUE
Agenda | Hotel | Schedule | Councils | Country Assignments
April 3-5, 2014
Texas A&M University - Commerce
Commerce, TX
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Contacts
Hotel Information
Hotel Azul & Suites
2207 Culver St
Commerce, TX 75428
Tel: 903-886-4777
Fax: 903-886-8737
Reservations should be made under the block "Southwest Regional Model Arab League". Rooms are all doubles (queen-size beds), and are $85/night.
Overflow Hotel: Holiday Inn Express
2901 Mustang Crossing
Greenville, TX 75402
Tel: 903-454-8680
Councils
Joint Defense Council
Council on Palestinian Affairs
Council of Arab Social Affairs Ministers
Council on Political Affairs
Council of Arab Economic Affairs Ministers
Special Council on Arab League Reform
Schedule(Tentative)
Guest Speaker: Dr. David Lesh
Professor of Middle East History, Trinity University (San Antonio)
Dr. Lesch has over 100 publications, and is the author or editor of 12 books, including the recently released Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad (Yale University Press, 2012); The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A History (Oxford University Press, 2008); The New Lion of Damascus: Bashar al-Asad and Modern Syria (Yale University Press, 2005), 1979: The Year That Shaped the Modern Middle East (Westview Press, 2001); and The Middle East and the United States: History, Politics and Ideologies, now in its 5th edition (2011) from Westview Press. He is also co-editor of The Arab Spring: Change and Resistance in the Middle East coming (Westview Press, 2012).
Dr. Lesch has regularly appeared on national and international radio and television news broadcasts. He has also published opinion essays in several leading print publications. He has traveled widely in Europe and the Middle East on scholarly and diplomatic efforts, and he has worked with high-level officials in the U.S. government, European governments, and the United Nations on Middle East issues. Conducting research for some of his works on Syria, he met with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad on a regular basis between 2004 and 2009. Dr. Lesch lives in San Antonio with his wife, Judy Dunlap.
Dr. Lesch is also a former scholar escort to Syria for the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations’ Kerr High School Scholars Arab and Islamic Studies Program.
For more information: http://web.trinity.edu.
| Thursday, April 11 |
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| 8:30-9:15am |
Registration |
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| 9:30-10:45am |
First Plenary and Guest Speaker: David Lesch |
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| 11:00am-12:00pm |
Committee Session I |
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| 12:00-1:00pm |
Delegate Lunch |
On your own |
| 12:00-1:00pm |
Lunch with David Lesch - Head Delegates and Faculty |
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| 1:00-5:30pm |
Committee Session II |
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| Friday, April 12 |
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| 8:30am-12:00pm |
Committee Session III |
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| 12:00-1:30pm |
Delegate Lunch |
On your own |
| 12:00-1:30pm |
Secretariat and Faculty Business Meeting |
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| 1:30-5:30pm |
Committee Session IV |
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| 7:00-9:00pm |
Cultural Presentation & Delegate Dinner |
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| Saturday, April 13 |
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| 9:30-11:00am |
Summit Session |
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| 11:00am-12:00pm |
Luncheon & Awards Ceremony |
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Joint Defense Council - Conference Room B
Council on Palestinian Affairs - Conference Room C
Council of Arab Social Affairs Ministers - Innovations B
Council on Political Affairs - Conference Room A
Council of Arab Economic Affairs Ministers - Innovations A
Special Council on Arab League Reform - Traditions
Country Assignments
Algeria
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Bahrain
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Comoros
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Djibouti
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Egypt
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Iraq
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| Jordan
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Kuwait
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Lebanon
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Libya
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Mauritania
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Morocco
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Oman
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Palestine
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Qatar
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Saudi Arabia
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Somalia
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Sudan
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Syria
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Tunisia
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UAE
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Yemen
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