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Submitted by Davis Lewin on October 9, 2007 - 10:31am.
Oct 10 2007 - 6:24pm

Iftar meeting for British Muslims to meet representatives of the US Department of State

 

Farah Pandith

Senior Advisor, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs

Washington, DC 

Farah Pandith assumed her duties as Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs in February 2007. She is focused on Muslim communities in Europe and is responsible for policy oversight for integration, democracy and Islam in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. She also works on issues relating to countering violent Islamic extremism.Prior to joining the U.S. Department of State, Ms. Pandith served as Director for Middle East Regional Initiatives for the National Security Council. She was responsible for coordinating U.S. policy on Muslim World Outreach and the Broader Middle East North Africa initiative. Ms. Pandith reported directly to the Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Global Democracy Strategy. She served on the staff of the National Security Council from December 2004 to February 2007.From 2003 to 2004, Ms Pandith was Chief of Staff for the Bureau for Asia and the Near East for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) where she worked directly for the Assistant Administrator for the bureau responsible for more than $4 billion in programs throughout the Middle East, South Asia, and Asia -- including Iraq, Afghanistan and Gaza/West Bank. Ms Pandith spent two months in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2004.Ms. Pandith was Vice President of International Business for ML Strategies, LLC from 1997 to 2003.Ms. Pandith served at the U.S. Agency for International Development from 1990 to 1993, first as the Confidential Assistant to the Administrator of the Agency, and then as Special Assistant to the Director of Policy.Ms. Pandith has been a consultant in both the public and non-profit sectors. She was a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has served on several boards with a focus on international affairs including the World Affairs Council of Boston, the Council for Emerging National Security Affairs, and the British-American Project. She has served as a Trustee of Smith College and Milton Academy. In June 2007, Ms. Pandith was appointed as a Member of the Board of Overseers for the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Ms. Pandith received a Master's degree from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, where she specialized in International Security Studies, International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, and Islamic Civilizations and Southwest Asia. She concentrated on the insurgency in Kashmir.

Ms. Pandith received an A.B. in Government and Psychology from Smith College. She was born in Srinagar, Kashmir, India.

Released by the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, June 2007

 

Jared Cohen

BIOGRAPHY Released by the Office of Policy Planning
September 21, 2006

Jared Cohen joined the Policy Planning Staff in September 2006. He is responsible for public diplomacy, Muslim world outreach, and North Africa. Prior to joining the Policy Planning Staff, Jared received his B.A. from Stanford University and his M.Phil in International Relations from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. While at Oxford, he spent substantial amounts of time in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon where he looked at youth in the Islamic world and how they view themselves and their changing role in the world after 9/11. He has also traveled extensively throughout Africa looking at issues related to conflict resolution, genocide, and democracy. Jared is author of the book One Hundred Days of Silence: America and the Rwanda Genocide (Rowman & Littlefield) and the forthcoming book Children of Jihad: Journeys Into the Hearts and Minds of Middle Eastern Youth (Penguin Books/Gotham Division). Additional publications include "The Passive Revolution: Is Political Resistance Dead or Alive in Iran" (Hoover Digest, 2005) and "Iran’s Young Opposition" (SAIS Review, 2006).

 

 

The Muslim Community in Britain: Concerns, both national and international Hosted by the Next Century Foundation at its officesWednesday 10 October 2007 6:24 pm for iftarAt 4 Vincent Square, London SW1P 2LX    
  1. Ms Farah Pandith, Senior Advisor, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Washington, DC
  2. Mr Jared Cohen, Office of Policy Planning, Washington, DC
  3. Dr Shabir Choudhry, Chairman JKLF Diplomatic Committee and member of Central Committee; Spokesperson for International Kashmir Alliance
  4. Imam Dr Abduljalil Sajid, Chairman Muslim Council for Religious and Racial Harmony UK (MCRRH); Chairman National Association of British Pakistanis (NABPAK)
  5. Mrs Khadiga Hussein, Sudanese Mothers for Peace
  6. Major General Fadlalah Duma, Sudanese Mothers for Peace
  7. Councillor Qurban Hussain, former Libdem Parliamentary Candidate, former Deputy Council Leader Luton Borough Council and former JKLF leader
  8. Mr Issam Abdallah, Al Hiwar
  9. Mr Hal Savas, Europe and International Affairs Committee, The Muslim Council of Britain
  10. Mr Omar Ali Grant, The Al Khoei Foundation
  11. Mr Bejtullah Destani, Center for Albanian Studies
  12. Mr Khalid Nadeem, Chairman, South Asia and Middle East Forum
  13. Matt Goshko, Press Officer, US Embassy London
  14. Miss Ismat Naz
  15. Mr Annis Araim
  16. Mr Ikaraam Ullah
  17. Mr Maher Ahmed
  18. Mr Rizwan Rachman
  19. Mr Saad Choudri
  20. Mr Shoqat Bunglawala
  21. Mr Umar Malik
  22. Mrs Safia Ali Danovi
  23. Ms Sabah Khan
  24. Ms Zahara Choudri
  25. Mr Michael Macy, Cultural Attaché, Embassy of the United States of America
  26. Mr. William Morris, Secretary-General, NCF
  27. Mr Davis Lewin, Next Century Foundation
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