Lecture
October 13, 2009
Carnegie Music Hall
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Business Conference the following day
Pittsburgh and the Middle East: Forging Partnerships in Energy Sustainability & Green Technologies
October 14, 2009
Duquesne Club
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Fareed Zakaria, author, Newsweek columnist and CNN commentator, will present the keynote lecture at the Pittsburgh Middle East Institute’s second annual conference this fall. Zakaria is the host of CNN’s international [...]
Fareed Zakaria to Keynote Second Annual PMEI Conference
PMEI Panel Discusses Doing Business in Egypt
The Pittsburgh Middle East Institute in partnership with the H.J. Heinz Company hosted its first “Business Roundtable” featuring a discussion about commercial opportunities for Pittsburgh companies in Egypt.
This private gathering featured Michael Milone, Senior Vice President, of the H.J. Heinz Company, which has been doing business in Egypt since 1989; Ahmed Fattouh, Egyptian-born CEO of [...]
Iranian Author Marjane Satrapi Welcomed at PMEI Reception
Author and illustrator Marjane Satrapi focuses her work on modern Iran, which she views from her exile in Paris. She is the author of a two-volume comic book memoir, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood and Persepolis: The Story of a Return. Sony Pictures released an animated feature film version of the memoirs which won [...]