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DESCRIPTION:Event @ the World Affairs Council, 3/30  What: “Reaching for Power: The 
 Shi’a in the Modern Arab World”  Who: Yitzhak Nakash, Associate 
 Professor and Director of the Program of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies 
 at Brandeis University; author of Shi‘is of Iraq and Reaching for Power; 
 and has contributed articles to "Foreign Affairs, Newsweek," and the "New 
 York Times".  Event: Yitzhak Nakash, one of the world's foremost experts on 
 Shi'ism, contends that the most important political players in Iraq today 
 are the Shi'i majority who constitute sixty percent of the population of 
 Iraq.  In his new book, Dr. Nakash traces the role of Shi'ism in the 
 struggle that is raging today among Muslims for the soul of Islam.  He 
 shows that in contrast to the growing militancy among Sunni groups since 
 the 1990s, Shi'is have shifted their focus from confrontation to 
 accommodation with the West.  When: Thursday, March 30; Check In: 5:30 PM, 
 Program: 6:00 PM  Where: World Affairs Council, 312 Sutter St., 2nd Floor 
 Conference Room, San Francisco  Admission Costs: Council members: FREE; 
 Students w/ ID: $5; Non-members: $15  Info: (415) 293-4600, info@wacsf.org, 
 http://www.itsyourworld.org/program.php?page=1554  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/03/06/90393.php
SUMMARY:“Reaching for Power: The Shi’a in the Modern Arab World” @ World Affairs Council
LOCATION:World Affairs Council, 312 Sutter St.  2nd Floor Conference Room, San 
 Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/03/06/90393.php
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