Justin Cooper, Contributor
Nasir bin al-Belooshi, Ph.D., ambassador from the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States, will be speaking at San Diego State tonight as part of the guest lecture series "In the Name of God: The Role of Religion in Ethnic Conflict, Genocide and Terrorism."
The series, which is co-sponsored by the Charles Hostler Institute on World Affairs and the Fred J. Hansen Institute for World Peace, invites speakers from around the world to talk about the sometimes explosive connections between religion and society.
Al-Belooshi will be speaking on U.S.-Bahrain relations, and afterward, will respond to questions from the audience, Ronald Bee, SDSU professor and director of the Charles Hostler Institute said.
"The Bahraini ambassador will address the political and economic reforms that Bahrain has undertaken since 2004, including a recent free trade agreement that facilitates trade with the United States," Bee said. "Ambassador al-Belooshi visits us as a welcome guest to help us learn about his country and interact with San Diegans."
Al-Belooshi has served as ambassador to the United States since 2005. He previously worked as the executive director of the Central Bank of Bahrain and the executive director of the Arab Monetary Fund, according to Gina Speciale, SDSU media relations specialist.
Far from the bullets and bombs of Baghdad, Bahrain is a peaceful archipelago country that shares friendly ties with the United States. The United States military has long had base on Bahrainz and the U.S Fifth Fleet is stationed there. The oil-rich country is President George W. Bush's vision of a progressive Middle East: democratic and not radical. A constitutional Monarchy, Bahrain recently gave women the right to vote as part of sweeping reforms from the current King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
It is a moderate Muslim country that is also home to people of the Christian and Hindu faiths.
Chin-Yeh Hostler, wife of former U.S Ambassador to Bahrain, Charles Hostler, said the country is good business for the world.
"More world banks choose Bahrain than any other (country) in the Middle East," she said. "It is a financial hub."
The speech is open to the public. It will be held at 7 p.m. today in Hardy Tower, room 140.
2 comments:
Good job! Front page story. You should be proud...hey have you ever had a front page story before?
If not, then it's quite an accomplishment. Congratz again. :D
Only once before in the Sun. It was a story about the Farmers Market coming to SWC. I almost wrote SDSU on accident haha.
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