Organizations Filed Purposes:
GULF INTERNATIONAL FORUM STRIVES TO BE THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF CREDIBLE ANALYSIS ON THE REGION. OUR MISSION REVOLVES AROUND ENHANCING UNDERSTANDINGS; ENGAGING IN FREE DIALOGUE; AND PROMOTING INDEPENDENT THINKING BY BUILDING AWARENESS AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCUMULATION OF KNOWLEDGE ON THE GULF. GIF FOCUSES ON POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, MASS COMMUNICATIONS, SOCIAL, AND SECURITY ISSUES FOR THE NINE REGIONAL STATES: BAHRAIN, IRAN, IRAQ, KUWAIT, OMAN, QATAR, SAUDI ARABIA, THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, AND YEMEN. THROUGH VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL PLATFORMS THAT PROMOTE RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, AND DIALOGUE, GIF ASPIRES TO ENCOURAGE OBJECTIVE INTELLECTUAL DEBATES THAT INFORM INTERESTED AUDIENCES.
ENHANCE PEACE, PROGRESS, SECURITY, AND STABILITY IN THE GULF AND GREATER MIDDLE EAST REGION
ANNUAL CONFERENCE: ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2019 GIF WELCOMED AN AUDIENCE OF NEARLY 500 DIPLOMATS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, ACADEMICS, BUSINESS PERSONS, AND POLICYMAKERS FROM THE GULF AND THE UNITED STATES TO OUR SECOND ANNUAL GULF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, "COMPLEX PUZZLE, SHIFTING PIECES: THE DOMESTIC, REGIONAL, & INTERNATIONAL FORCES RESHAPING THE GULF REGION." WE WERE HONORED TO HOST FORTY SPEAKERS, INCLUDING FOUR ESTEEMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: AMBASSADOR CHAS W. FREEMAN JR., FORMER UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO SAUDI ARABIA; HIS EXCELLENCY SULTAN BIN RASHID AL-KHATER, UNDERSECRETARY OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY OF THE STATE OF QATAR; AMBASSADOR THOMAS PICKERING, FORMER UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS, AND THE HONORABLE DR. ABU BAKR AL-QIRBI, FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER OF YEMEN. THE CONFERENCE'S PANELS FOCUSED ON A BROADER RANGE OF SUBJECTS, INCLUDING GEOPOLITICS, WOMEN AND SOCIETY, US-GULF POLICY, DEFENSE AND SECURITY, AND ECONOMIC ISSUES. WE ALSO PRESENTED THE INAUGURAL GULF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AWARDS TO MS. MAALI ALASOUSI, AND MR. HUSHAM ALTHAHABI. BOTH MAALI AND HUSHAM HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT HUMANITARIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO YEMEN AND IRAQ RESPECTIVELY. ALSO AT THE CONFERENCE, WE CELEBRATED THE LAUNCH OF GIF'S SECOND BOOK PUBLICATION, THE DILEMMA OF SECURITY & DEFENSE IN THE GULF REGION.
MONTHLY PANEL DISCUSSIONS:OVER THE COURSE OF 2019 GIF HELD SEVERAL PANEL LUNCHEONS, BOOK LAUNCHES, AND FILM SCREENINGS ON THE GULF REGION. OUR EXPERT SPEAKERS HAVE INCLUDED RENOWNED SCHOLARS SPECIALIZED IN STRATEGIC GULF ISSUES, MILITARY FIGURES, POLICYMAKERS, FORMER AMBASSADORS AND OTHER POLITICAL FIGURES FROM THE GULF AND THE US. ALTHOUGH GEOPOLITICS IS PART AND PARCEL OF OUR LARGER EFFORTS TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE ACROSS DIVERSE AUDIENCES, THE FORUM'S PANEL THEMES EXTEND TO A BROADER RANGE OF SUBJECTS, INCLUDING WOMEN AND SOCIETY, US-GULF POLICY, DEFENSE AND SECURITY, AND ECONOMIC ISSUES.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Dania Thafer | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 60 | $124,788 |
| Wafa Al-Daily | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Abdullah Baabood | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Mohamed Al-Remaihi | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Daniel Berkon | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
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