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...city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt's advancement. Together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress. I am grateful for your hospitality, and the hospitality of the people of Egypt. I am also proud to carry with me the goodwill of the American people, and a greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country: assalaamu alaykum...
...beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world; one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect; and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles - principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings. (See pictures of Obama in the Middle East...
...that same principle must apply to Muslim perceptions of America. Just as Muslims do not fit a crude stereotype, America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire. The United States has been one of the greatest sources of progress that the world has ever known. We were born out of revolution against an empire. We were founded upon the ideal that all are created equal, and we have shed blood and struggled for centuries to give meaning to those words - within our borders, and around the world. We are shaped by every culture, drawn from every...
...difficulties caused by the economic downturn. Stem cell researchers—who have for years been dispersed across Harvard’s Cambridge and Longwood campuses—had been slated to move en masse to the Complex. To ensure that the Allston slowdown would not derail continued research progress, University officials opted to use existing lab space in Cambridge to accommodate the researchers.Planners ultimately chose the Fairchild Building, a roughly 30-year-old laboratory complex built specifically for biochemistry research that was even planned by a few of the current occupants.The labs of two acclaimed stem cell researchers, Douglas...
...hopes to install a Dean that can hit the ground running on the budget and continue the budgetary reforms initiated by Jackson, she may favor him as permanent Dean. Professors Manning, Minow, and Wilkins lack Jackson’s familiarity with the budget and might be unable to make progress on the budget as quickly, according to several senior professors on the faculty...