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=SPECIAL REPORT FROM LIBYA=
Gaddafi, the Revolutions,
and the Future of Libya
Dr. Reem Shafi
Tuesday,
May 17, 5:30-8:30pm
The
Lounge at Iwan Ries, 19 South Wabash
SEATING WILL BE LIMITED
Cocktails at
5:30, presentation 6:00-6:30
followed by discussion and more
cocktails.
$40 includes drinks, two cigars,
and sandwiches.
Reservations are required.
A brief on
Libya: In February 2011,
the people of eastern Libya
in Benghazi (the
second largest city) rebelled and formed the epicenter of a
resistance movement. The city became the scene of the
largest protests in the history of
Libya. The former "Kingdom
Of Libya”
flag (a tri-color with a crescent and a star) is now being used
by many protestors as an opposition flag to Gaddafi's plain
green flag. Demonstrators against Colonel Gaddafi were also seen
carrying images of King Idris I (who was overthrown by Col.
Gaddafi in 1969) as well as those of Omar Mukhtar (who fought as
a freedom fighter against the Italian colonial forces).
Benghazi
is the temporary headquarters of a
provisional opposition government.
Dr. Shafi, who grew up in Libya
during Gaddafi's regime, will share her personal views about who
is behind the rebellion that has not only rocked
Libya but resulted in the steep rise on the
price of oil and politically galvanizing the forces of change in
the Middle East.
Dr. Reem Shafi
was born on a bright, sunny
winter day on December
 9th
1968 in the capitol of Libya
– Tripoli.
Her father practiced dentistry and worked for the Ministry of
Health in the now rebel-held city of
Benghazi. After completing her schooling
in Benghazi, she went to
Pakistan to earn her bachelor's degree,
spending two years in
Islamabad. In 1991 she married Sohail
Shafi in Huddersfield, London
and moved to the
US, which is now her home. In
1994 she decided to pursue her dreams of becoming a dentist. She
graduated in 1998 from
Temple University’s
Kornberg School of Dentistry. She practices and owns 18
practices in and around the Chicagoland area. Dr. Shafi is the
proud mother of twin boys who are 17 years old and a 10 year old
daughter.
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Coming
up
Tuesday, May 24
Emmy and Telly award winner Alfred Rasho
on
Making Documentary Films. The
Lounge at Iwan Ries, 19 S. Wabash.
In June thru August the Cigar Society will meet
every nice Tuesday at the Ceres Cafe, outdoors, next to the
Board of Trade Building and Jack Schwartz cigars.
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About
the Cigar Society of Chicago
ONE OF THE OLDEST AND greatest
traditions of the city clubs of Chicago is the discussion of
intellectual, social, legal, artistic, historical, scientific,
musical, theatrical, and philosophical issues in the company of
educated, bright, and appropriately provocative individuals, all
under the beneficent influence of substantial amounts of tobacco
and spirits. The
Cigar Society of Chicago embraces this tradition and
extends it with its Informal Smokers,
University Series lectures, and Cigar Society Dinners,
in which cigars, and from time to time pipes and cigarettes,
appear as an important component of our version of the classical
symposium. To be included in the Cigar Society's
mailing list, write to the Secretary at
CigarSociety@logicophilosophicus.org.
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