Photo gallery: Al-Monitor/Semafor Middle East Global Summit 2023
The Al-Monitor & Semafor inaugural Middle East Global Summit on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meetings on Wednesday brought together the region’s leaders, newsmakers and business heads. Take a look at photos from throughout the event below.
Al-Monitor CEO Greg Cohen delivers welcome remarks to the Middle East Global Summit on Sept. 20, 2023. (Al-Monitor/David McIntyre)
Semafor CEO Justin Smith delivers welcome remarks to the Middle East Global Summit on Sept. 20, 2023. (Al-Monitor/Yvonne Tnt)
Senior Adviser to the UAE president Anwar Gargash speaks with Al-Monitor senior news editor Joyce Karam at the Middle East Global Summit on Sept. 20, 2023. (Al-Monitor/David McIntyre)
Video production at the Middle East Global Summit on Sept. 20, 2023. (Al-Monitor/Yvonne Tnt)
Tunisian Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar speaks with Al-Monitor chief correspondent Amberin Zaman at the Middle East Global Summit on Sept. 20, 2023. (Al-Monitor/David McIntyre)
Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi arrives at the Middle East Global Summit on Sept. 20, 2023. (Al-Monitor/Yvonne Tnt)
US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf speaks with Al-Monitor State Department correspondent Elizabeth Hagedorn at the Middle East Global Summit on Sept. 20, 2023. (Al-Monitor/David McIntyre)
Liina Leijala from the Barenboim–Said Akademie performs at the Middle East Global Summit on Sept. 20, 2023. (Al-Monitor/David McIntyre)
Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi speaks with Al-Monitor president Andrew Parasiliti at the Middle East Global Summit on Sept. 20, 2023. (Semafor/Joe Posner)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani at the Middle East Global Summit on Sept. 20, 2023. (Al-Monitor/Yvonne Tnt)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani at the Middle East Global Summit on Sept. 20, 2023. (Al-Monitor/Yvonne Tnt)
Karim Said from the Barenboim–Said Akademie at the Middle East Global Summit on Sept. 20, 2023. (Al-Monitor/David McIntyre)
Majid Al Suwaidi, Director General and Special Representative of the UAE COP28 President's Office, and Abdalah Mokssit, Secretary of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, speak with Al-Monitor senior news editor Joyce Karam at the Middle East Global Summit on Sept. 20, 2023. (Al-Monitor/David McIntyre)
Attendees watch a session with US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf at the Middle East Global Summit on Sept. 20, 2023. (Al-Monitor/David McIntyre)
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani speaks with Al-Monitor president Andrew Parasiliti at the Middle East Global Summit on Sept. 20, 2023. (Al-Monitor/David McIntyre)
Amos Hochstein, Deputy Assistant and Senior Advisor to the President for Energy and Investment, speaks to former US Permanent Representative to NATO Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute at the Middle East Global Summit on Sept. 20, 2023. (Al-Monitor/David McIntyre)
Attendees watch a session with Senior Adviser to the UAE president Anwar Gargash at the Middle East Global Summit on Sept. 20, 2023. (Al-Monitor/David McIntyre)
Ray McGuire, president of Lazard, and Courtney Powell, COO & Managing Partner of 500 Global, speak during a panel moderated by Semafor's Liz Hoffman at the Middle East Global Summit on Sept. 20, 2023. (Al-Monitor/David McIntyre)
Majed Al-Ansari, advisor to the prime minister and minister of foreign affairs & official spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the State of Qatar, speaks to Al-Monitor State Department correspondent Elizabeth Hagedorn at the Middle East Global Summit on Sept. 20, 2023. (Al-Monitor/David McIntyre)
Former US Ambassador to Egypt Jonathan Cohen and former US ambassador and director of Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy David Satterfield speak to Al-Monitor chief correspondent Amberin Zaman at the Middle East Global Summit on Sept. 20, 2023. (Al-Monitor/David McIntyre)