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By Anna Gawel
The Washington Diplomat

	D.C. Goes Dutch The Netherlands took center stage in the nation’s capital last month as part of the annual “Meet the Dutch” series of events that highlight the many contributions and connections this small but prosperous nation has with the United States…Read More
	Children of Uganda Tour United States Twenty-two orphans from the Children of Uganda’s 10th anniversary “Tour of Light” came to the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland for two sold-out performances in early May before continuing on their 31-stop U.S. tour…Read More
	Peru Spotlights Trade, Tourism—And Food Peruvian Ambassador Eduardo Ferrero was joined by his country’s minister of trade and tourism, Alfredo Ferrero Diez Canseco, as well as U.S. Rep. Jerry Weller (R-Ill.) for a celebration of Peruvian cuisine at the House Cannon Building on May 9…Read More
	Political Luminaries Speak at Gibran Awards More than 800 diplomats, dignitaries and Arab Americans gathered at the JW Marriott hotel on May 3 for the Arab American Institute Foundation’s eighth annual Kahlil Gibran “Spirit of Humanity” Awards gala…Read More
	Qatari Emir Touts Democracy at Doha Conference Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani of Qatar extolled the benefits that democracy would have on the Middle East at the sixth annual Doha Forum on Democracy, Development and Free Trade…Read More

Another Iranian Revolution In the Arab World? The world watched in shock as the 1979 Iranian Revolution transformed Iran from a pro-Western monarchy to an Islamic republic, and many today are asking whether we are seeing the beginnings of an Iranian Revolution in the Arab world or whether we are merely observing insignificant and passing developments…Read More

	‘Why Can’t the Whole World Be Like Sesame Street?’ The Ninth Annual Mosaic Gala’s two first ladies, Honorary Chair Laura Bush and Queen Rania of Jordan, brought a lot of visibility to the Mosaic Foundation and this year’s major beneficiary, “Sesame Mosaic,” an Arab version of PBS’s award-winning and long-running children’s show “Sesame Street.”…Read More
	Vital Voices Celebrates Pioneers in Women’s Rights Speaking to a packed international audience in the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) led the tributes to emerging women leaders around the world during the moving 2006 Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards Ceremony held on April 27…Read More
	EU Ambassadors Go Back to School European ambassadors went back to school to celebrate Europe Day on May 9 by becoming substitute teachers at schools in the District, Maryland and Virginia…Read More