Doha, Qatar
February 13-15

In its sixth year, the U.S.-Islamic World Forum has become the foremost meeting for positive cross-cultural engagement among leaders from the United States and the Muslim world. The Doha Forum is designed to bring together key leaders in the worlds of politics, business, media, academia, and civil society from across the Muslim world – including Muslim communities in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East – and the United States.

Such institutionalized dialogue between leaders and opinion-shapers is an urgent necessity, in order to help prevent a fault line from forming between the West and the Muslim world. The Forum is also designed to serve as both a convening body and catalyst for positive action. Its focus is on a dialogue that leads to the development of actionable programs for government, civil society, and the private sector.

The Forum boasted a thought-provoking and in-depth agenda strengthened by an excellent cadre of speakers and participants from over 30 countries around the world, including: Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Attiyah, deputy prime minister and minister of energy of Qatar; David Petraeus, commander of the U.S. Central Command; Barham Salih, deputy prime minister of Iraq; Madeleine Albright, former U.S. secretary of state; Anwar Ibrahim, former deputy prime minister of Malaysia and leader of the opposition; Hala Lattouf, minister of social development of Jordan; Keith Ellison (DFL, MN-5) and Brian Baird (D, WA-3); David Rubenstein, co-founder of the Carlyle Group; Ismail Serageldin, director of the Library of Alexandria; Thomas Fingar, former chairman of the National Intelligence Council; Aitzaz Ahsan, president of the Pakistani Supreme Court Bar Association; and many more.