The Dalai Lama giving the Sadat Lecture for Peace at the University of Maryland, wearing a University of Maryland visor and standing in front of a University of Maryland logo.

Sadat Lecture for Peace

The Sadat Lecture for Peace was established to highlight the cause of peace and to complement the activities of the University of Maryland's Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development through a major lecture by a distinguished world leader.

A first-prize 2-Dimensional piece by Grant McFarland. Two pieces of wood, one charred, represent the civilian death toll from 9/11, and the much larger civilian death toll in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Five charcoal streaks above the wood represent the number of months when civilian casualties in Iraq exceeded the number of those killed in the 9/11 attacks.

Sadat Arts for Justice and Peace Program

The Sadat Arts for Justice and Peace Program is a partnership between the Anwar Sadat Chair for Justice and Peace and Arts for All that brings together the Colleges of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities to engage students at the University of Maryland.  

The 2015 Sadat Forum, "The Iran Nuclear Issue: Current State of Play," with Ambassador Thomas Pickering, Dr. Suzanne Maloney, Dr. Jessica Mathews, and Dr. Shibley Telhami seated on stage.

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