EMBASSY SERIES

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Priorities and Challenges for the Gulf: Peace, Security, and Mitigating Conflict
March 26, 2019 | Washington, DC
HE Lolwah Rashid Al-Khater, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Moderated by Ambassador Anne Patterson, former Assistant Secretary of State, Middle East and North Africa

On March 26, 2019, the WFPG hosted a conversation on Priorities and Challenges for the Gulf: Peace, Security, and Mitigating Conflict with HE Lolwah Rashid Al-Khater, Spokesperson for Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ambassador Anne Patterson, former Assistant Secretary of State for the Middle East and North Africa. The conversation covered the blockade of Qatar, human rights, combating terrorism, relations with Israel, and the role of social media in diplomacy. View Video.

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Moderator Ambassador Anne Patterson

 

 Spokeswoman HE Lolwah Rashid Al-Khater

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WFPG Executive Director Kim Kahnhauser
Freeman welcomes guests

 

Ambassador Anne Patterson and 
HE Lolwah Rashid Al-Khater 

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 HE Lolwah Rashid Al-Khater responds to
questions from the audience

 

WFPG Member Anna Mary Portz, State Department

 

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Dawn Calabia, WFPG Board of Directors

 

Jennifer Miel, US Chamber of Commerce

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Ann Pincus, Eden Rofshoon, and
WFPG Leadership Circle Member Elizabeth Stevens

 

Elana DeLozier, Washington Institute
for Near East Policy

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Stephenie Foster, Smash Strategies

 

WFPG President Emeritus Patricia Ellis and 
HE Lolwah Rashid Al-Khater

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Patricia Ellis and Dawn Calabia
with Ambassador Anne Patterson

 

WFPG Board Member Gloria Dittus and
Michael Bergman of the Richardson Center

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Deputy Chiefs of Mission Natercia Coelho da Silva of
Timor Leste and Murni Binti Abdul Hamid of Malaysia

 

Allison Courtney and Paula Feeney, with Safae
El Yaaqoubi and Michelle Yu of the Embassy of Qatar

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WFPG Leadership Circle Member 
Karen St. John and Terumi Gale

 

Sara Abdulla Al-Saadi of the Embassy of Qatar,
HE Lolwah Rashid Al-Khater, and Simon Henderson

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Beth Solomon, CARE USA,
and HE Lolwah Rashid Al-Khater

 

Marcia Dyson, Katie Conti, Cayle Judge, and
Trevian Kutti during the reception

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Marcia Dyson of Women's Global Initiative and
Frances Francis of Spiegel & McDiarmid, LLP with
Trevian Kutti of Trevian Worldwide Public Relations

 

Sara Abdulla Al-Saadi and Meryem Guergaf
of the Embassy of Qatar

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Beth Solomon, Sara Abdulla Al-Saadi
and Kim Kahnhauser Freeman 

   WFPG members and guests during the program