BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org
PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:Indybay-18624570
SEQUENCE:18681693
CREATED:20091006T002600Z
DESCRIPTION:Ambassador Hossam Zaki is Senior Political Advisor for the Minister of 
 Foreign Affairs of Egypt Ahmed Aboul Gheit and serves as Deputy Chief of 
 Cabinet as well as Official Spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry. In these 
 positions, Ambassador Zaki is intimately involved with restarting the 
 Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations as well as with reconciliation talks 
 between Hamas and Fatah. He joins the Council to provide an insider 
 perspective to the negotiations that are going on behind the scenes between 
 Egypt, the United States, Israel, the Palestinians, and the international 
 community. Egypt has also been serving as an intermediary between Hamas and 
 Fatah with the goal of forming a Palestinian unity government. To date, 
 these negotiations have not yielded much success. Ambassador Zaki will 
 discuss what the major points of contention are and the likelihood of 
 political reconciliation between the two camps. Ambassador Zaki served as 
 Egypt’s Deputy Chief of Mission to the United Kingdom from 2005 to 2007. 
 From 2003 to 2005, he was appointed Spokesperson for the Secretary General 
 of the League of Arab States Amre Moussa.\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by 
 the Egyptian American Society (EAS). \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/10/05/18624570.php
SUMMARY:Palestine, Israel: The Egyptian Perspective -- with Ambassador Hossam Zaki
LOCATION:World Affairs Council Auditorium\n312 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor\nSan 
 Francisco, CA 94108\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/10/05/18624570.php
DTSTART:20091015T190000Z
DTEND:20091015T200000Z
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR