Professor Peter Mandaville, Director of the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, will be leading the discussion about the “relationship between citizen, religion, and the state” alongside other leading experts in the 2012 forum’s signature event, titled “The Long Conversation.”
The US-Islamic World Forum, organized by the Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World (housed within the Saban Center for Middle East Policy) in partnership with the State of Qatar, is a yearly gathering of international government officials, intellectuals, journalists, activists, and entrepreneurs to discuss the dynamics of American relations with the global Muslim community.
This year’s forum, held in Doha, Qatar between May 29 and May 31, is themed “New Voices, New Directions” to address the challenges facing Muslim communities around the world currently undergoing political transformations, and the impact of these changing dynamics on American policy.
Other participants in this year’s forum include Qatari Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Nobel Peace Laureate Tawakkul Karman, and Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar.