Alwaleed Centers
The Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation "helps reframe perceptions of Islam and the West through dialogue, programs, forums, and educational centers around the world in order to promote a greater understanding between the different faiths and world views." In the pursuit of this mission to improve international and cross-cultural understanding, the foundation has established a number of educational centers, first at American university of Beirut and American University in Cairo, and then at a number of sites in the west: Georgetown University, Harvard University, Cambridge University, and Edinburgh University. More centers are planned in Europe and Asia. The first meeting of the Alwaleed Centers was held in London in March 2009. The second is planned for Beirut in March 2010. Below are the websites and key personnel for the centers.
The Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation
Muna Abusulayman -- Secretary General
Aysha Alkusayer -- Assistant executive Manager
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim Christian Understanding (ACMCU)
Georgetown University
Dr. John Esposito – Director
Dr. John Voll -- Associate Director
Ms. Alexa Poletto - Associate Director
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program
Harvard University
Dr. Roy Parviz Mottahedeh – Director
Mr. Clifford Wesley Gardner - Administrative Officer
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Islamic Studies
Cambridge University
Dr. Yasir Suleiman – Director
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World
Edinburgh University
Dr. Hugh Philip Goddard – Director
Dr. Carole Hillenbrand -- Professor of Islamic History
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR)
American University in Cairo
Dr. Jerry Wayne Leach -- Director
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR)
American University of Beirut
Dr. Patrick McGreevy – Director
Mrs. Nancy Batakji Sanyoura -- Assistant to the Director