Mohammed
Noseeir Q&A session with
MFI President Dr
Ahmad on
May 11, 2009
as part of our brown bag
lunch series. Mohammed
Nosseir is Chair of the
Secretariat of International
Relations and a member of
the Election Committee of
the Democratic Front Party,
established in 2007 to
promote liberal democracy in
Egypt. In these two roles he
is working to establish
relationships with
international liberal
organizations and parties
and, additionally, to
recruit and promote
candidates for the 2010
parliamentary elections with
the goal of advancing
liberalism, political
participation, and
globalization. Mr. Nosseir
also has extensive
experience in the private
sector, and is general
manager of Global Marketing
Consultancy, which he
founded in 1997. During his
fellowship, he hopes to gain
insights to advance his
political reform work
through meetings with U.S.
politicians and elected
officials to discuss their
campaign strategies,
communication protocols, and
fundraising; with national
NGOs focused on good
governance; and academics
specializing in American
electoral politics.
Middle
East
Conflict
Civil
rights activist Mauri
Saalakhan's discussed his new
book The Palestinian
Holocaust, followed by
commentary from Palestinian
political science writer
Mohamed Nimer at one of our
brown bag luncheons
The
Minaret of Freedom Institute
held its first brown bag lunch
with a presentation by Pecki
Witonski on her book The Cave
of Reconciliation on
reconciling the Jewish and
Muslim narratives of religious
history.
Other
Topics
Dr.
Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad's lecture as
broadcast on "The Scholar's
Chair" television
program.
Dr.
Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad's lecture as
broadcast on "The Scholar's
Chair" television
program.
Azim
Noordin Khamisa brown bag
lunch at a Minaret of
Freedom Institute on April
4, 2009. Azim Noordin
Khamisa, an author, activist
and inspirational speaker
was born in Kenya, Africa
and had early training in
mathematics, economics
andinternational finance. A
successful international
investment banker with over
35 years experience, he
hasconducted business in
Africa, Middle East, Europe
and Asia. Committing his
life to halting the
continuing cycle of violence
among the youth, Azim became
a social activist after his
20-year-old son Tariq was
senselessly murdered while
delivering pizzas in January
1995 by Tony Hicks, a
14-year-old gang member. Out
of unspeakable grief and
despair, Khamisa was
inspired to transform his
loss through the miraculous
power of forgiveness.
Believing that there were
“victims at both ends of the
gun,” Azim forgave Tony and
founded the Tariq Khamisa
Foundation to break the
cycle of youth violence by
saving lives, teaching peace
and planting seeds of hope
in their future.
