World Affairs Council
of Western Michigan

The World Affairs Council of Western Michigan seeks to shed some light on the Arabian Peninsula by presenting four evenings of conversation on four Middle Eastern countries: Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Perhaps there is no region of the world about which Americans know so much, yet so little than the countries of the Arabian Peninsula. Why is Oman on so many “safest countries to visit” lists? How is Qatar coping with the blockade instituted by its neighbors? What does