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Prior to joining MEI in 2009, Seelye worked as a radio and television journalist covering the Middle East for nearly ten years from her base in Beirut, Lebanon for radio and television programs, including National Public Radio, Frontline/World and Channel 4’s investigative documentary news series Unreported World. audiences to the region's vibrant cultural output through programming and exchanges. Kate Seelye is vice president MEI, where she oversees, among other responsibilities, MEI’s growing arts and culture program, which aims to introduce U.S.

He also co-founded the Crossway Foundation and CULTURUNNERS. In addition, he has contributed to The Atlantic, Australian Broadcasting Corporation Television, New Straits Times, Voice of America Television, and other media organizations.įounding director, Edge of Arabia, Culturunners, and Crossway FoundationĪfter encountering the artistic community in Abha, Saudi Arabia during a journey across the Middle East in 2003, Stephen Stapleton founded the Off-screen Education Program and Edge of Arabia as platforms for cultural dialogue between the Middle East and the western world. He has also lived for an extended period in Saudi Arabia and held Fulbright fellowships in Syria, Turkey, and Malaysia. He has published widely on Middle East history and Gulf politics and has delivered papers to academic conferences and universities around the world. Sean Foley is an associate professor of history at Middle Tennessee State University who specializes in the Middle East and religious and political trends in the broader Islamic world. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School in NYC.Īssociate professor, Middle Tennessee State University with bylines in TIME, Teen Vogue, Arab News and others. For more than a decade, Bager has been amplifying stories of immigrants and putting a voice to Saudi narratives in the U.S. Saudi journalist Jasmine Bager writes cultural stories using words and pixels. How has the Saudi cultural scene developed in the past decade? What impact have its cultural producers had on the Kingdom’s largely conservative society and how has the government responded? Finally, how are artists operating in the Kingdom's current political environment?Īuthor Sean Foley, associate professor of history at Middle Tennessee State University, joined Edge of Arabia founder Stephen Stapleton and Saudi journalist Jasmine Bager to explore these and other questions in conversation with the Middle East Institute’s Kate Seelye.

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Join AWC’s Ray O’Brocki, and special guests Christopher Towski of the Cambridge (MA) Fire Department, Joseph Cervantes of Space Age Electronics, and Robert Neale of Integra Code Consultants for a panel discussion with prepared remarks and an extended Q&A session.Sean Foley’s recent book, Changing Saudi Arabia: Art, Culture and Society in the Kingdom, explores Saudi's growing grassroots contemporary arts movement and argues that its artists, comedians, YouTube producers and filmmakers are promoting progressive social reform through the arts. In this panel discussion, experts will bring their perspectives on fire prevention, relevant code provisions, and best practices for planning and execution of a successful fire safety plan for construction sites. Discuss strategies for fire suppression on an active construction siteĬonstruction site fires cause millions of dollars in damage every year, most if not all are completely preventable.Identify best practices regarding site maintenance during construction, storage of hazardous materials, and other activities on construction sites.Identify items needed to develop a model fire plan.Apply model codes and standards relevant to fire prevention and construction safety.Bring your fire safety questions and join us! Join AWC’s Ray O’Brocki, and special guests Christopher Towski of the Cambridge (MA) Fire Department, Joseph Cervantes of Space Age Electronics, and Robert Neale of Integra Code Consultants for a panel discussion with prepared remarks and an extended Q&A session. Construction site fires cause millions of dollars in damage every year, most if not all are completely preventable.

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