Kingmakers - The Invention Of The Modern Middle East Topic Of World Affairs Forum EventKarl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac will discuss the story of how the Middle East became what it is today, as told through the lives of Britons and Americans who shaped it.
By: Kay Maxwell, World Affairs Forum E-mail: info@worldaffairforum.org For Immediate Release Date: September 3, 2008 Contact: Phone: KINGMAKERS - THE INVENTION OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST TOPIC OF WORLD AFFAIRS FORUM’S FIRST FALL EVENT AT UCONN Stamford, Connecticut – On September 24th, Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac, authors of Kingmakers – The Invention of the Modern Middle East, will kick off the fall World Affairs Forum Series. Kingmakers is the story of how the modern Middle East came to be, told through the lives of the Britons and Americans who helped shape it. The authors aim to restore to life the colorful figures who for good or ill gave us the Middle East in which Americans are enmeshed today. Karl E. Meyer is a former foreign correspondent and editorial writer for the New York Times and Washington Post. He is also editor emeritus of the World Policy Journal. Five-time Emmy Award winner, Shareen Brysac, is a member of the Director’s Guild of America, Writer’s Guild of America, Women in Film and New York University’s Biography Seminar. The Forum event starts at 6:15 pm with networking and refreshments. The lecture is from 6:45 to 8:00 pm. General Admission: Free for Forum members, Faculty and Students For reservations, please contact the World Affairs Forum at 203-356-0340 or e-mail: info@worldaffairsforum.org. The University of Connecticut Stamford Campus is located on the corner of Broad Street & Washington Blvd. Parking is available in the UCONN Parking Garage on Washington Blvd. – 2nd floor. # # # The World Affairs Forum is a non-profit, non-partisan community organization dedicated to educating its members and the public about international developments and America’s role in the world. www.worldaffairsforum.org Affiliate of WACA. End
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