| Date | Monday, November 24, 2008 |
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| Venue | Japan Center for Middle Eastern Studies, 2nd Floor, A2-1, Azariyeh Bldg, Beirut Central District (Downtown Beirut) |
| 12:00-12:05 | Welcome Address by Hidemitsu Kuroki (Director, JaCMES) |
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| 12:05-12:50 | Aiko Nishikida (Research Fellow, ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) “Palestinians from the ‘Seven Villages’ : Their Legal Status and Social Condition” |
| 12:50-13:35 | Kenichiro Takao (Th.D. Candidate, Doshisha University) “Implication of ‘Salafism’ in Today’s Sufism: The Case of Ahmad Kuftaru” |
| 13:35-15:00 | Lunch at La Posta, Downtown Beirut |
| 15:00-15:45 | Yasuhiro Fukushima (Research Fellow, Institute for International Studies, J.F. Oberlin University) “The Current Situation and Problems on the Advancement of Middle East-Based Islamic Financial Institutions into Malaysia” |
| 15:45-16:30 | Hiroko Minesaki (Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) “Gender and Authority in Islamic Discourses: In the Case of Female Preachers in Cairo and Environs Farm Village” |
| 16:30-16:45 | Break |
| 16:45-17:30 | Junko Toriyama (Ph.D. Candidate, Ochanomizu University) “Negotiating Body and Negotiating Selves in Consumer Culture: Make-up Practices of Young Female School Teachers in Contemporary Cairo” |
| 17:30-18:15 | Satoshi Udo (Ph.D. Candidate, The University of Tokyo) “Cosmology of French Writing in Arabic Countries: Algeria and Lebanon” |
| 18:15-18:20 | Concluding Remarks by Masato Iizuka (Professor, ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) |
- Commentators :
- Madawi Al-Rasheed (King’s College, London)
- Salim Chahine (American University of Beirut)
- Katia Haddad (Saint Joseph University)
- Toufic Houri (Imam Ouzai College of Islamic Studies)
- Seiko Sugita (UNESCO)
- Jaber Suleiman (Independent Researcher)
- Observers :
- Masaki Mizobuchi (Sophia University)
- Saeko Murayama (Ochanomizu University)
- Takuya Naemura (Keio University)
- Michael Penn (The University of Kitakyushu)
- Mitsuko Sano (Saint Joseph University)
