Saudi Arabia, Iran and Their 40-Year Rivalry, with Kim Ghattas
Date and time: Wed, Nov 4, 2020 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM EST
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Please join us on Zoom Wednesday, November 4th for a talk and Q&A with Kim Ghattas.
Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Their Forty-Year Rivalry: Does a New Administration Make a Difference? With Kim Ghattas. Ms. Ghattas will present on how the winner of the U.S. presidential election will influence the long-standing rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, followed by Q&A from the audience. Nadim N. Rouhana, Director of the Fares Center, will facilitate the discussion. This event will take place via Zoom, and full details and registration information can be found at https://myfletcher.tufts.edu/fletcherconnect/rsvp_boot?id=877566
Please see below for a brief biography of Ms. Ghattas, and reach out to Center Coordinator Rachel Carrillo (rachel.carrillo@tufts.edu) with any questions. We hope you will tune in for what is sure to be a fascinating discussion!
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Kim Ghattas is a journalist, author and analyst with more than 20 years of experience in print and broadcast media, covering the Middle East, international affairs and US foreign policy. She has reported for the BBC, the Financial Times and de Volkskrant. She was part of an Emmy-award winning BBC team covering the 2006 war in Lebanon. She is currently a non-resident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She is the author of Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Forty Year Rivalry that Unraveled Culture, Religion and Collective Memory in the Middle East (January 2020, Henry Holt) and of the NYT best seller The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power (February 2013, Henry Holt). She is a regular contributor to The Atlantic and commentator on MSNBC, NPR, CNN and others. A dual Lebanese-Dutch citizen, she was born and raised in Beirut. She serves on the board of Trustees of the American University of Beirut and the board of directors of the organisation of Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ).
