Egypt: One Year after the Revolution
Consul General Maged Refaat
Wednesday, 11 Apr 2012 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Maged Refaat is the Consul General of Egypt, Chicago. He has been a diplomat with the Egyptian Foreign Ministry since 1988 and held positions in Belgium, Bahrain, Russia, and Nigeria as well as with the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations. His other special assignments and UN related experience includes serving as an alternate representative to the UN Security Council and as an observer with the United Nations Observer Mission in South Africa. He has Bachelor of Arts in English translation, Faculty of Languages and Translation, Alazhar University, Cairo. Part of the World Affairs Series.Cosponsored By:
- Egyptian Student Association
- World Affairs
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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