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NOTE:

The Conference was highly successful. More than 500 people attended the two-day sessions. Conference proceedings were covered by the USA and international media. To view a video tape of the sessions, check out: http://www.arabichour.org . A Conference Declaration was issued in three languages, English, Arabic and Hebrew, and has since appeared in various newspapers and professional journals. Copies of the Declaration are attached:

Boston Declaration English Text.pdf
Boston Declaration Arabic Text.pdf
Boston Declaration Hebrew Text.pdf

A volume featuring the Conference papers will be published in 2010.

Conference Venue

Lipke Auditorium

S02-3A Science Center
Second Floor
University of Massachusetts Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125

Directions to UMass Boston

Subway:
Take the Red Line to JFK/UMass Station. A free shuttle bus will carry you to the campus. Commuter Rail: Take the commuter rail to the JFK/UMass station from the South Shore on the Middleboro and Plymouth lines. Bus: Kenmore Square stop (service all day): the Number 8 bus; the last one leaves campus at 1 a.m. Forest Hills stop (rush hour only): the Number 16.

By car from the north:
Take Interstate 93 South through Boston to Exit 15 (Columbia Road/JFK Library). Take a left at the end or the ramp onto Columbia Road, and then take your first right in the rotary. Follow the University of Massachusetts signs along Columbia Road and Morrissey Boulevard to the campus.

By car from the south:
Take Interstate 93 North to exit 14 (Morrissey Boulevard/JFK Library) and follow Morrissey Boulevard north to the campus.

By car from the west:
Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90) east to Interstate 93. Take I-93 South one mile to Exit 15 (JFK Library/South Boston/Dorchester). Take a left at the end or the ramp onto Columbia Road, and then take your first right in the rotary. Follow the University of Massachusetts signs along Columbia Road and Morrissey Boulevard to the campus.