Conference Covered By UAE Website

UMaine’s participation earlier this week in a two-day conference in the United Arab Emirates designed to improve mutual understanding and communication between Islamic and Western cultures was noted on the website of The National, the Abu Dhabi Media company’s first English-language publication. Eight UMaine students and the directors of UMaine’s School of Policy and International Affairs attended “Islam and the West: A Civilized Dialogue.”

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