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| Milad un Nabi (saw) Programme at Mahfil Ali |
| Posted Date: Thursday 20 March 2008 - 09:52:09 |
| Event Date: Friday 21 March 2008 - 00:00:00 |
| Language: English |
| Milad un Nabi (SAW) programme.
6:30pm Salaat 7:00pm Dinner 7:35pm Qur?an recitation 7:45pm Youth Speech 7:50pm Nasheed by Sajjad Jaffer 8:00pm Lecture by Ali Allawi 8:45pm Questions and Answers 9:00pm Nasheed by Zaynab Versi 9:10pm Ziyarat 9:20pm Refreshments Speaker Profile: Ali Allawi is a businessman, politician, and author. Ali Allawi was Minister of Trade and Minister of Defense in the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council from September 2003 until 2004, and subsequently Minister of Finance in the Iraqi Transitional Government between 2005 and 2006. Born in Baghdad in 1947, Allawi graduated from MIT in 1968 with a BSc in Civil Engineering. He went on to do postgraduate studies in regional planning at the London School of Economics, and then obtained an MBA from Harvard University. Allawi was active in the opposition to the Ba'athist regime from 1968 onwards. He spent a number of years in finance in various positions outside Iraq, including a position at the World Bank. In 1978, he co-founded Arab International Finance, a merchant bank based in London, and in 1992, he founded Fisa Group, which manages two hedge funds. From 1999-2002, he was a Senior Associate Member at St. Anthony's College, Oxford University. He is the author of ?The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace?. Mahfil Ali Station Road North Harrow Middlesex HA2 6AG map |
