Conference

The conference began with a special session in which the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Mr. Nikolai Mladenov and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Arab American University and member of Fatah Central Committee Dr. Mohamed Shtayeh, members of the Board of Trustees, the University Founding President and Academic Advisor to the Board of Directors Dr. Walid Deeb, President of the University Prof. Dr.

The conference comes in harmony with the University's philosophy of positive interaction with national, social and political issues and the future of the conflict with Israel in light of the current local, regional and international contexts and variables. Thus, the Center invited some foreign politicians, analysts and academics to speak in its five sessions, present their views and contributions to the issues at hand.

Dr. Nahed Habiballah presented a paper “National Identity and Post-Orientalism” in which she distinguishes between two types of nation-states in relation to their integration into the global world in an era of Globalization. Those nation-states are defined by their roles as either “producers” or “consumers” of knowledge.