Recognizing the potential impact of President Obama’s speech in Cairo on 4 June 2009, and the urgent need to encourage the creation of a new relationship between the US and the Muslim world, the BA, along with a number of academic and cultural institutions and libraries in both the US and Egypt, are co-organizing an International Conference entitled: New Beginning: Us-Muslim Relations.
Around 300 scholars, writers, politicians, journalists, moderate clergy and youth from the United States, Muslim Majority Countries, and representatives of some other Western Countries will attend the Conference. Discussions will focus on three principle areas for cooperation: Culture; Education; and Science and Technology, while exploring each of these areas in conjunction with four tracks, namely; Youth, Information Technology, Media, and Women.