International Night Speaker – Dr. Mody Alkhalaf

Dr. Mody Alkhalaf

Director of Social and Cultural Affairs, Saudi Cultural Mission, the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia

Dr. Alkhalaf holds a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from Princess Nora Bint Abdulrahman University in Riyadh (2003). She started her career as a professor of Linguistics and taught at Princess Nora University. Prince Sultan University, and the Arab Open University in Riyadh.

Dr. Alkhalaf is a member of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages-Arabia, (TESOL) International; the Saudi Association of Languages and Transition; and the National Committee for Education Technology and Information Technology of the Ministry of Education, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

In addition to her interests in language, Dr. Alkhalaf is also an advocate for women’s rights in Saudi Arabia. She has written for Arab News on women’s rights and is currently Editor in Chief of Al-Mubtaath (“The Scholar”), a monthly magazine launched in 1978 by the Saudi Cultural Mission that covers a range of topics of interest to Saudi students in the United States.

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WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US FOR ROTARY INTERNATIONAL NIGHT 2011!

2nd Annual Rotary International Night
January 29, 2011
6:00-9:30 p.m.
Clarion Hotel, 970 South Jefferson Avenue, Cookeville, TN
Supporting International and Humanitarian Service Work of Rotary
Honored Country: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

6:00 Reception
7:00 Dinner
7:30 Presentations
Master of Ceremonies – David Hill, Cookeville Breakfast Rotary Club
Speaker Introduction – Patrick Ryan, President, Tennessee World Affairs Council
Dr. Mody Alkhalaf – Director of Social and Cultural Affairs, Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington, DC
Ms. Barbara Ferguson – Washington Bureau Chief, Arab News & Consultant to the U.S. Marine Corps
8:30-9:30 Entertainment
Tennessee Tech University Saudi Students Club

Tickets: $25
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Rachel Moses (931)265-0439 or Patrick Ryan (931)261-2353
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Best Western, 900 South Jefferson, Cookeville, TN [M-F, 9a-5p]

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Rotary International Night 2011
Presented by the Cookeville Breakfast Rotary Club
in association with
The Saudi Students Club at Tennessee Technological University
The Tennessee World Affairs Council
The Clarion Hotel, Cookeville, Tennessee
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