Middle East, South and Central Asian Conversation Series

Shahriar Ahmed
Mar. 10, 2005

Shahriar Ahmed, a native of Bangladesh, is president of the Bilal Mosque Association in Beaverton. He joined Intel corporation in 1985 as an interconnect device engineer, and has worked on process development technology for Intel. Shahriar speaks widely to audience about the need for understanding among the faiths. He was recently in local news when organizers of the annual Mayors' Prayer Breakfast of Washington County voted to bar him from offering a prayer at the event, leading Beaverton Mayor Rob Drake and other city officials to skip the event. He is married to Shamima Banu, who studied science in college, they have three children: Hamzah, 5, Sumaiya, 15, and Shehab, 17. In 1980, he came to the United States to study for a master's degree and a doctorate. He is very active in promoting interfaith understanding and has, along with others, been host to, or part of 167 interfaith gatherings.

Lewis & Clark College Graduate School of Education and Counseling is bringing cultures together and launching a Middle East/South Asian Conversation Series, sponsored by Oregon Center for Inquiry and Social Innovation. All events are free and open to the public.

These conversations are designed to provide opportunities for teachers, counselors, graduate students, and the public at large to connect directly with Portlanders of Middle Eastern and South Asian ancestry and discuss areas of interest or concern. Our goal is to provide an open forum where children, young people, adults and families can come together to learn ways of supporting all the people of our community.

For more information please call 503.768.6099 or email orcenter@lclark.edu.