In a delicate moment for the future of the Middle East,
an occasion of meeting and dialogue,

a privileged observatory: protagonists, scholars, observers discussing

Rome, 23 February 2009
Community of Sant’Egidio
Piazza di Sant’Egidio, 3a

The value of the Churches in the Middle East
CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS TALKING ABOUT IT

ore 9.30	THE SPIRITUAL RICHNESS Chairing Vittorio Ianari, Comunità di Sant’Egidio Paul Yazigi, Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Aleppo Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, Rector of the University of Al-Azhar, Cairo Jean Benjamin Sleiman, Archbishop of Baghdad of Latins Paul YoussefMatar, Archbishop of Beirut of the Maronites
ore 11.30	CULTURE, SOLIDARITY, EDUCATION Chairing Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, President emeritus of the Republic Tarek Mitri, Minister for Information, Lebanon Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim, Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan of Halep Mohammad Sammak, Political Advisor of the Grand Mufti of Lebanon
ore 15.00	A WINDOW ON THE WORLD Chairing Andrea Riccardi, Community of Sant’Egidio AntonioMaria Vegliò, Secretary of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches Hasan Hanafi, Cairo University Samir Morcos, Al Mesry Foundation for Citizenship and Dialogue, Egypt Bernard Sabella, University of Betlehem Mohammed Esslimani, Islamic Theologian , Saudi Arabia
ore 17.30	Round table discussion CHRISTIANS IN THE ARABIC WORLD: COMMUNICATING COMPLEXITY Chairing Marco Impagliazzo, Community of Sant’Egidio Ugo Tramballi, Correspondent, “Il Sole 24 Ore” Rachel Donadio, Correspondent, “New York Times”, U.S.A. Muhammad Krichen, Reporter, “Al Jazeera TV Channel”, Qatar Ghassan Tuéni, Founder, “An-Nahar” Publishing house, Lebanon Roberto Righetto, Editor-in-chief for culture, “Avvenire”, Italy Jeanne-Emmanuelle Hutin, Leader writer, “Ouest-France”, France

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