Ambassador Kounalakis presented them with the Ambassador’s Award for Cultural Diplomacy, saying “your work is a superb blend of the best elements of the East and West with a truly American style…

Emile A. Nakhleh has stated the obvious in 162 pages in the book titled “A Necessary Engagement: Reinventing America’s Relations With the Muslim World”. However this too shall fall on the proverbial American tin ear.