Dr. Close, the author of Ebola: Through the Eyes of the People, spent 16 years in the Congo/Zaire as a physician and surgeon and was the personal physician to the President of the Congo. Hemorrhagic fever is a severe disease transmitted to humans from infected animals and animal materials. Dr. Close will discuss the disease and the effect is has on those effected and those who treat the sick.

Tue. Mar. 5
Topic:    America’s Religious Roots
Guests: Michael Novak, Jewett Chair in Religion and Public Policy, 
           American Enterprise Institute
               TBA

Were the men who lead the United States in its revolution against England, who wrote the Declaration of Independence and put together the Constitution deeply religious? Our guests will discuss the role religion, faith and spirituality had in the lives of the founding fathers and how this effected their work in establishing a new nation.

Wed. Mar. 6
Topic: The Feminization of International Migration
Guest: Irena Omelaniuk Director, Migration Management Services Department
            International Organization on Migration, Geneva, Switzerland 

Forty-eight percent of the 140 to 150 million international migrants are women. Women are now a growing export from many developing countries around the world. With this emerging trend come new issues in labor, health and family coping strategies. Dr. Omelaniuk will discuss what needs to be done to address these issues.

Thr Mar.7
Topic:    Slavery in Sudan
Guests: Jemera Rone, Sudan specialist, Human Rights Watch
               TBA 

Christian groups in the U.S. and African-Americans have raised millions of dollars to buy the freedom of people enslaved in Sudan. But is the money raised by well-meaning people actually increasing the practice of slavery?
Our guests will discuss the situation and what the international community might do to bring an end  to this practice.

Fri. Mar.8
Topic: A Perception of Mistrust
Guests: Frank Newport,  Editor-in-Chief of Gallup Organization
               Nihad Awad, Exe. Director of the Council on American-Islamic 
               Relations (CAIR)
               Mary-Jane Deeb,  Arab world area specialist at the 
              Library of Congress 
              Cliff May, President of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies

Two recently released Gallup Polls illustrate a deep perception of mistrust
between American people and those who live in predominantly Islamic or
Arabic countries.  We'll discuss the poll, its questions and responses,
and what the results portend for future relations between Americans and
those from Arabic Countries.