Media Release 

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kalamazoo, January 3, 2005 — The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) of Greater Kalamazoo will host a forum on Friday, January 28, 2005 at 7:00 PM at the Western Michigan University Bernhard Center, Room 204.  The forum will include a presentation by Dr. Alexander Dawoody entitled "IRAQ: Political History From Hammurabi to Paul Bremer " followed by a question and answer session.  The forum is open to the public and is FREE.

Dr. Alexander Dawoody will present a preview of the past-to-present political history of IRAQ and will discuss the future prospect of IRAQ in the aftermath of the US occupation and scheduled IRAQI elections scheduled for January 30, 2005. 

 Dr. Dawoody was born in Iraq.  He has been residing in US since 1977 and became a US citizen in 1982.  He has a PhD in Public Administration from Western Michigan University. He also holds four Master degrees. Alexander has written four books on the history of Iraq, children stories in addition to philosophical and political essays.  He is also an artist poet, and playwright and philosopher.

For more information, please contact the Ali Labib at 269.599.6129 or alabib@adckazoo.com .

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