Awarded: Aug 01, 2006
$212,321 over 1 year
To establish the U.S.-Islamic World Arts and Culture Leaders Initiative, which explores the possibilities for enhancing cooperation and understanding between the U.S. and the Muslim societies through arts and cultures, and identifies programming ideas to advance and improve cooperation. Activities include facilitating the Arts and Leaders Seminar at the U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar; Arts and Culture Leaders Summits in the United States; and the production of an analytic research paper based on the findings of these meetings for public dissemination.