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conferences on the GCC States, convened byDr Alanoud Alsharekh, an alumna of SOAS.Other conferences during the year dealt withBritish-Egyptian relations 50 years after theSuez conflict (with the support of the British-Egyptian Society), British and German academicperspectives on the Middle East (organised jointlywith the German Embassy in London) and aconference examining whether or not there wasa gap between the Pan-Arab and Western media.25The LMEI has continued to develop its consultancyand briefing programmes, providing trainingseminars for journalists in both Saudi Arabia andthe Occupied Territories and devising tailoredbriefing programmes for private and public-sectorbodies in the UK.Further information can be found atwww.lmei.soas.ac.ukSOAS hosts regular seminars and conferences by itsown scholars and interest groups and by visitingspeakers from organisations around the worldREGIONAL CENTRES