February 25th, 2009

Educating the Gap
Speech by Ziad Asali at Columbia University - April 20, 2007 - 12:00am

The following speech was given as part of a “Night of Arab-American Culture, Identity, and Solidarity’ at Columbia University. The event was sponsored by the Arab Students Association at Columbia University, the Young Arab Leaders Association at the Columbia Business School, the Rutgers University Palestinian American Organization, and United Arabs at New York University.


February 24th

Remarks by ATFP President Ziad Asali at ATFP Inaugural Gala
Speech by Ziad Asali at ATFP Inaugural Gala 2006 - October 11, 2006 - 12:00am

Back to Gala 2006: Towards Peace and Prosperity Tonight's speaker is a woman of substance. Her accomplishments and interests straddle the worlds of diplomacy, academia, classical music, sports and corporate stewardship. She has brought focus and a global vision to all her endeavors. Her association with Stanford University


Welcoming remarks by ATFP President Ziad J. Asali at the Second Annual ATFP Gala
Speech by Ziad Asali at RItz Cartlon, Washington DC - October 17, 2007 - 12:00am

<< Back | Home | Next:National Anthems >> My name is Ziad Asali. I'm the President of the American Task Force on Palestine. On behalf of our board I would like to welcome each and every one of you to our Second Annual Gala for honoring Palestinian Americans.


February 11th

Oral Testimony of Dr. Ziad J. Asali - February 12, 2009
Speech by Ziad Asali at House Committee on Foreign Affairs - February 12, 2009 - 1:00am




November 7th, 2008

Remarks by Dr. Ziad Asali at the ACP-USAID MOU Signing Ceremony
Speech by Ziad Asali at Point Four Conference Room, USAID Washington, D.C. - August 1, 2008 - 12:00am

Administrator Fore, our friend George [Laudato USAID Administrator’s Special Assistant for the Middle East], distinguished guests: this is a very special moment for us. The effort to put this agreement together started over six years ago, believe it or not. And it has been an off and on proposition. It accelerated the last one and a half years, under the special and able commitment that Administrator Fore has devoted to this project and we are very delighted that we will at last be sitting here to sign this historic document.


October 17th

Welcoming Message by Hussein Ibish at ATFP Third Annual Gala
Speech by Hussein Ibish at RItz Cartlon, Washington DC - October 12, 2008 - 12:00am

<< Back:National Anthems | Home | Next:Henrietta Fore >> Welcome. My name is Hussein Ibish, and I am a Senior Fellow at ATFP. I will be the emcee of tonight’s problem. I am going to be keeping this stopwatch going and so I will be the martinet as well.


Welcoming remarks by ATFP President Ziad J. Asali at the Third Annual ATFP Gala,
Speech by Ziad Asali at RItz Cartlon, Washington DCAT - October 12, 2008 - 12:00am

<< Back | Home | Next:National Anthems >> Oct. 12, 2008 I want to begin by talking about dignity, which is at the core of what we do at the American Task Force on Palestine:  Defending the dignity of the Palestinian people in their land, and dignity of Palestinian- and Arab-Americans in their land too.



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