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Superseded: Ben Wedeman "The Great Arab Revolt: Tales from the Trenches"
Ben Wedeman "The Great Arab Revolt: Tales from the Trenches"

Students: 

Given the continued flood of news from the Middle East, this promises to be
an exciting event:

Ben Wedeman, CNN's senior international correspondent based in Cairo, Egypt,
speaks at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, at Benton Hall 102. His lecture is
titled "The Great Arab Revolt: Tales from the Trenches." Since 1995, he's
reported for the network from scenes of conflict and tension across the
Middle East and northern Africa including Israel, Pakistan and Lebanon.

In 2011, he led the network's coverage of the uprising against Egyptian
President Mubarak and the unrest in the Middle East. He was the first
western journalist to enter eastern Libya after the start of the revolution.
Balkans and Iraq. Wedeman was CNN's bureau chief in Cairo from 1998-2006.

Wedeman, a guest of the International Studies Program, will take questions
after his talk.

For a longer bio, visit:
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/wedeman.ben.html.




    

Patricia Gallagher Newberry
Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of Special Events and Internships
Journalism Program
Miami University
Williams Hall 206
513.529.5893