Hani al-Masri heads the Palestine Media, Research,and Studies Center, research organization in the West Bank town of Ramallah.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Mohammed Said Idries, of the Al Ahram Center for Strategic Studies, says that there are many reasons why the electoral law remains stalled in the Iraqi parliament, but that the quarrel about the identity Kirkuk is one key stumbling block.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Venue: Al-Biruni Institute of Oriental Studies.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN TASHKENT

Nayef Al Fayez, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Professor Kamel Abu Jaber, Director of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, Mr. Maysoon Al Zubi, Secretary General at the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, as well as with the United Nations Resident Coordinator, Mr. Luc Stevens.

UNESCO: CULTURE

"We have real doubts about such conference, " said Dia Rashwan, an analyst at the Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies in Cairo, Egypt.

NPR: Rice Plans More Prep Work for Mideast Talks