1、 4825 Mark Center Drive,Alexandria,VA 22311-1850 703-824-2000 a.org New York Times Journalist and Author Neil MacFarquhar on Strategic Communications with the Middle East A CNA Roundtable Alexandria,VA June 8,2009 New York Times U.N.Bureau Chief Neil MacFarquhar spoke at a CNA Roundtable on June 8.H
2、is recently-published book The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday:Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East,is an appreciation of the Arab world and Iran ajusting to the pressures of modernity and change.MacFarquhar grew up in Libya,the son of an oil company
3、executive,and subsequently spent more than 13 years as a foreign correspondent in the Middle East,first with the Associated Press and later as Cairo Bureau Chief of the New York Times.He speaks Arabic.Impact of President Obamas Cairo Speech:We asked Neil MacFarquhar to give us his initial assessment
4、 of the impact of President Obamas June 4 speech at Cairo University and probed for ideas on how to improve our stra-tegic communications efforts in the region.State Department diplomat Dr.Nabel Khoury,who has served in several capitals in the Middle East,and Ambassador Chas W.Freeman Jr.,former Pre
