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WOrking grOUPs america and the Muslim World: The Tale of Two Media COnVeneRS leon Shahabian Layalina Productions and Marc Ginsberg APCO Worldwide The respective images that Americans and Muslims have of each other have long been influenced by media stereotypes. Even in an era of social networking, visual media, which can exacerbate negative stereotypes and fuel resentment, remains the most powerful tool in shaping and influencing public opinion. Although visual media often propagates negative images of the “other,” there have been positive media initiatives to combat long-held mistrustful stereotypes. Many of these initiatives are nonprofit ventures and are, therefore, severely constrained by financial realities. This working group will identify new initiatives that promote visual media programming aimed at correcting cultural misunderstandings, explore how visual media can promote interfaith dialogue and intercultural understanding, examine current business models of new media platforms, and recommend a set of best practice guidelines for designing a transformative visual media model. ahmed abu-haiba 4shbab TV anne hagood Layalina Productions adel Iskandar Georgetown University Fadi Ismail MBC Group Taher Khan Interflow Group Jamal Khashoggi Alwaleed News Channel paRtICIpantS 2011 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM Y e A R OF ChAnge 7 dalia Mogahed Abu Dhabi Gallup Center Jahid Mohseni Moby Group Saad Mohseni Moby Group Cynthia Schneider Georgetown University Kate Seelye Middle East Institute C. holland Taylor Libforall Foundation
higher Education Reform in the arab World COnVeneRS Katherine Wilkens AMIDEAST and Rima Khalaf hunaidi United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia Despite more than a decade of dramatic expansion in institutions, programs, and student enrollment, higher education in the Arab world continues to fall short of the needs of students, employers, and society. In most countries the majority of students are enrolled in institutions that are overcrowded, plagued by poor educational quality, and short on key human, material, and infrastructure resources. High levels of unemployment among university graduates are only one measure of the reality of an educational system that is not producing graduates with the skills needed to succeed. As the bridge between education and progress, higher education has a critical role to play in the national and global restructuring of Arab economic and political institutions that is currently underway. This working group will explore higher education reform in the context of quality assurance, governance, and educational outcomes. The group will also examine which measures and areas of partnership and collaboration will help advance the ability of Arab educational institutions to meet the challenges of this transformational period. M. Badr aboul-Ela Commission for Academic Accreditation, United Arab Emirates ala al-hamarneh University of Mainz, Germany Wadiah atiyah Laureate International Universities Barbara Brittingham New England Association of Schools and Colleges Ernesto Cuadra World Bank ahmad dallal American University of Beirut adnan El amine Lebanese Association for Educational Studies Mona El Baradei Cairo University paRtICIpantS 2011 U.S.-ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM Y e A R OF ChAnge 8 Taher Kanaan Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies atif Kubursi McMaster University hani Mourtada Damascus University abdel Moneim Osman United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization driss Ouaouicha Al Akhawayn University, Morocco patti McGill peterson Institute for Higher Education Policy Seteney Shami Social Science Research Council Winfred Thompson American University of Kuwait
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