Middle East scholar to give lecture at UT

10/15/2008

James Zogby, the founder and president of the Arab American Institute, will be the keynote speaker Sunday for the eighth annual Maryse and Ramzy Mikhail Memorial Lecture at the University of Toledo.

A lecturer and scholar on Middle East issues and U.S. and Arab relations, Mr. Zogby is the author of several books and a weekly column, Washington Watch, which appears in 14 newspapers in the Arab world.

His talk will be titled: "The stakes have never been higher: U.S. Middle East Policy and the 2008 Elections."

The event, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for 3 p.m. in the UT Law Center auditorium.