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Africa, Islam, and Terrorism

Tue. November 27th, 2001

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Presenters:

Ken Menkhaus, specialist on Somalia and its Islamic movements, served as special political advisor in UN operations in Somalia and continues as consultant to the UN and the U.S. government

David Shinn, a career foreign service officer, served as director of the Office of East African Affairs and then as ambassador to Ethiopia

John Paden, professor of international studies at George Mason University, is a noted Africanist scholar, and is author of a forthcoming study on "Islam and Constitutionalism in Nigeria"

Moderator: Marina Ottaway, Carnegie senior associate and co-director of the Democracy and Rule of Law project, is working on a study of semi-authoritarian régimes in Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East

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Marina Ottaway

Senior Associate, Middle East Program

Before joining the Endowment, Ottaway carried out research in Africa and in the Middle East for many years and taught at the University of Addis Ababa, the University of Zambia, the American University in Cairo, and the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa.