ID#: 1686 May 10 : Sugar Land : Lunch & Social Hour with Diplomat

Scholar and author Haroon Ullah. Open to all. Brought to you by Risala
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Sugar Land
Saturday, May 10, 2014
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Lunch & Social Hour with the Guest
When: Saturday, May 10, from noon to 2pm
Venue: Durrani's Restaurant, 10581 South Highway 6, Sugar Land TX
Cost: $15 / person (covers cost of brunch)
*** Open to all ***

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Haroon Ullah is a scholar, diplomat and author. He joined the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff in November 2013.

His portfolio includes Countering Violent Extremism and Public Diplomacy. Previously, he served as Director of the Community Engagement Office at the US Embassy in Islamabad.

Prior to joining the State Department, he served as a Belfer Fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and focused on democratization, counter-terrorism and religious political parties in the Middle East and South Asia.

Haroon holds a B.A. from Whitman College, an M.P.A. from Harvard and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.

He is the author of two books, Vying for Allah's Vote: Understanding Islamic Parties, Political Violence, and Extremism in Pakistan and most recently, The Bargain from the Bazaar: A Family's Day of Reckoning in Lahore.

His Twitter handle is @haroonulla

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