September 1989, Page 57A.

Bulletin Board

Announcements

President Bush has retained Frank G. Wisner as ambassador to Egypt. Wisner has held that post since 1986. It also was announced that William A. Brown will remain ambassador to Israel.

Career foreign service officer Charles W. Freeman Jr., was named to be ambassador to Saudi Arabia, succeeding Walter Cutler. After service in India and Taiwan, Freeman was assigned to the China desk at the Department of State. He was the principal interpreter during President Nixon's 1972 visit to China.

Abdeen Jabara, president of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, was elected chairman of the Council of Presidents of National Arab American Organizations on March 28. The council is composed of seven US-based Arab-American groups that have national grassroots memberships.

Prince Bandar Bin Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, inaugurated the Islamic Saudi Academy at its new location in Fairfax County, Virginia, on May 20. The Academy provides a variety of learning activities to over 700 pre-school through 12th grade boys and girls, representing 28 nationalities.

Middle East Peace Campaign

The Middle East Peace Network has initiated a Middle East Peace Campaign headed by Ambassador Lucius Battle, Rabbi Philip Bentley, Rev. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Edward Said and a number of other prominent Americans to urge members of Congress and other elected officials to support the following proposition: "In order to promote peace, common security and justice in the Middle East, the government of the United States should recognize the right of the Palestinians to establish an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, alongside Israel. The United States should adopt policies which favor this right and which promote lasting peace between Israel and the future Palestinian state." For information, contact: Middle East Peace Network, 475 Riverside Drive, New York City 10115, (212) 870-3293.

Employment

The Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS), Washington, DC, has immediate openings for Middle East area specialists with a good reading knowledge of Arabic. Applicants should be able to read Arabic easily with the aid of a dictionary, have excellent English writing skills and have a BA or advanced degree in Middle East area studies, economics, political science or another relevant discipline. To apply, send resume to: FBIS, PO Box 2604, Washington, D.C. 20013.

Conferences, Lectures and Exhibitions

The Center for Persian Gulf Studies is sponsoring an international conference on the Persian Gulf Aug. 21-23. The conference is covering the strategic political, economical, legal, historical, cultural and environmental concerns of the region. For information, contact: The Persian Gulf Conference Coordinator, Institute for Political and International Studies, Center for Persian Gulf Studies, Box 19395-1793, Tajrish, Teheran, Iran.

New NPR Series

National Public Radio has begun a weekly series called Arabesque: Insights Into Arab Culture.The series of 13 half-hour programs will feature six programs about Arabic literature, including one on the importance of poetry to Bedouin women and two programs on the Arab world during the World War I. It will conclude with a program about the movement for Palestinian human rights.