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March 19, 2010
Religious Task Force Advocates for New Foreign Policy

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Task Force on Religion and the Making of U.S. Foreign Policy released its 99-page report on February 23rd, titled, Engaging Religious Communities Abroad: A New Imperative for U.S. Foreign Policy.

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Task Force on Religion and the Making of U.S. Foreign Policy released its 99-page report on February 23rd, titled, Engaging Religious Communities Abroad: A New Imperative for U.S. Foreign Policy. The task force for the report included input from 32 experts including former government officials, religious leaders, heads of international organizations and scholars; the year-long consultation identifies global religious patterns and strategic challenges for the United States and recommends strategies for foreign policy.

February 21, 2010
New Envoy Named to the Organization of the Islamic Conference

On February 13 during a video conference with the 7th US Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar, US President Obama annouced his choice for Deputy Associate Council.

On February 13 during a video conference with the 7th US Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar, US President Obama annouced his choice for Deputy Associate Council.

February 21, 2010
New Envoy Named to the Organization of the Islamic Conference

On February 13 during a video conference with the 7th US Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar, US President Obama annouced his choice for Deputy Associate Council. President Obama said, “I’m proud to announce today that I am appointing my Special Envoy to the OIC—Rashad Hussain.

On February 13 during a video conference with the 7th US Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar, US President Obama annouced his choice for Deputy Associate Council. President Obama said, “I’m proud to announce today that I am appointing my Special Envoy to the OIC—Rashad Hussain. As an accomplished lawyer and a close and trusted member of my White House staff, Rashad has played a key role in developing the partnerships I called for in Cairo.

December 1, 2009
Eye on Education in Egypt

Schools in Egypt have been in an on-again-off-again cycle since the beginning of the school year due to worries over the swine flu threat. Since Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif announced that schools would start the year a week late, there has been a sense of apprehension among school official, teachers, parents and students about if or how the school year would play out.

CAIRO –Schools in Egypt have been in an on-again-off-again cycle since the beginning of the school year due to worries over the swine flu threat. Since Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif announced that schools would start the year a week late, there has been a sense of apprehension among school official, teachers, parents and students about if or how the school year would play out.

Despite the relatively low amount of known cases of the virus, the closing of schools has had a large effect on the many residents, including IQOU students studying in Egypt.

December 1, 2009
Students Grapple with Face Veil Ban at Al-Azhar

Uproar has arisen in Egypt over the planned banning of the face veil, or Niqab, by Al-Azhar University’s chief sheikh Muhammad Tantawi. The plan came to light after Tantawi, who took up his current post in 1996, told a student in an Azhar affiliated middle school to remove her niqab during a class session after entering the classroom.

Uproar has arisen in Egypt over the planned banning of the face veil, or Niqab, by Al-Azhar University’s chief sheikh Muhammad Tantawi. The plan came to light after Tantawi, who took up his current post in 1996, told a student in an Azhar affiliated middle school to remove her niqab during a class session after entering the classroom.

Women generally wear the niqab to protect themselves from being seen by men.