Doria Rosen with Dr. Michael Pope, responsible for domestic policies at the state ministry

DPO Doria Rosen Conveys the President’s Ramadan Greetings at Iftar at State Chancellery in Stuttgart
August 31, 2009. Deputy Principal Officer Doria Rosen addressed an audience of some 50 participants at an Iftar hosted by Baden-Württemberg’s Justice Minister Prof. Dr. Ulrich Goll at the state chancellery in Stuttgart on August 31.  Ms. Rosen conveyed President Obama’s Ramadan greetings and talked about Ramadan traditions in the United States.  She also quoted parts of the president’s speech in Cairo, where he had sought a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world earlier this year.  Other speakers included Dr. Goll as deputy minister president, Imam Abdelmalik Hibaoui, the Turkish Consul General Ümit Yardim, as well as Turkish-German author Nilgün Tasman.  Print copies of the state department publication “Obama in Cairo: A Commemorative Transcript” and the 2010 Richness & Diversity Gratuity Calendars with powerful images depicting the convergence of Eastern and Western art that Ms. Rosen brought as gifts were well received.