The Trump Administration and the Islamic World From Fighting Extremism to Building Peace and Prosperity

4 Important and Timely Topics:
1- The Resurgence of Islamophobia: Examining the Roots of Current Anti-Muslim Bigotry
2- Trump and the War against "Radical Islamic Terrorism": Implications for the Region and the West

3- Can Tunisia Provide Hope for Democracy and Prosperity in the Arab World?

4- Trump's Embrace of Political Authoritarianism: Whither the Future of the Arab-Islamic World?

TENTATIVE PROGRAM

8:30 - 9:00 Registration

9:00 - 10:30 AM - PANEL 1: The Resurgence of Islamophobia:
Examining the Roots of Current Anti-Muslim Bigotry

Moderator: Tamara Sonn, Professor in the History of Islam, Georgetown University

- John Esposito, University Professor, of Religion and International Affairs, Georgetown University

- Mobashra Tazamal, human rights activist, researcher on Islamophobia, University of London.

- Dalia Mogahed, Director of Research, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding

10:30 - 11:00 AM Coffee and tea break

11:00 - 12:30 PM - PANEL 2: Trump and the War against "Radical Islamic Terrorism": Implications for the Region and the West

Moderator: Asma Afsaruddin, Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Indiana University

- Qamarul Huda, Senior Advisor, Office of Religion & Global Affairs, U.S. Department of State

- William McCants, Director - U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, Brookings

- Sahar Aziz, Professor of Law at Texas A&M University

12:30 - 2:00 PM - Keynote Luncheon

Keynote Speaker: Senator Chris Murphy (CT)
Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
and the Senate Appropriations Committee

2:00 - 3:30 PM - PANEL 3 - PANEL ON TUNISIA:
Can Tunisia Provide Hope for Democracy and Prosperity in the Arab World?

Moderator: Radwan Masmoudi, President of CSID

- Meherzia Labidi, MP and former Vice-President of the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia

- Wafa Makhlouf, Member of Parliament, and Founding member of Nidaa Tounes

- Andrew March, Associate Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University

- Monica Marks, PhD candidate, Oxford University, and Visiting Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations

3:30 - 4:00 PM Coffee and tea break

4:00 - 5:30 PM - PANEL 4 - Trump's Embrace of Political Authoritarianism:
Whither the Future of the Arab-Islamic World?

Moderator: John Voll, Professor of Islamic History and Associate Director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University

- Nader Hashemi, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Middle East Studies, University of Denver

- Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar, Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington (AGSIW)

- Radwan Ziadeh, Senior Analyst at the Arab Center – Washington D.C.