THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release

July 25, 2013

Expected Attendees at the White House Iftar Dinner This evening, the President will continue a White House tradition of hosting an Iftar celebrating Ramadan in the State Dining Room. This is the fifth Iftar hosted by the President. The Iftar is the meal that breaks the day of fasting, when Muslim families and communities eat together after sunset. Below is a list of some of the expected attendees at tonights White House dinner celebrating Ramadan: Members of Congress: The Honorable Debbie Stabenow, United States Senator, Michigan The Honorable Andr Carson, United States Representative, Indiana The Honorable John Dingell, United States Representative, Michigan The Honorable Keith Ellison, United States Representative, Minnesota The Honorable Eliot Engel, United States Representative, New York The Honorable Dan Kildee, United States Representative, Michigan Local Elected Officials: Mayor Arjumand Hashmi, City of Paris, TX Rep. Rashida Tlaib, 6th District, Michigan House of Representatives Diplomatic Corps: Suleiman Salem Hammad Abulhul, Charge d'Affaires of Libya His Excellency Lukman Al Faily, Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq Her Excellency Hunaina Al Mughairy, Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman His Excellency Mohamed Abdullah M. Al Rumaihi, Ambassador of the State of Qatar His Excellency Mohammed Al-Hussaini Al Sharif, Ambassador of the League of Arab States, Arab League Mission His Excellency Adel Ahmed Al-Jubeir, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia His Excellency Yousef Mana Saeed Alotaiba, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates, Embassy of the United Arab Emirates Adel Ali Ahmed Alsunaini, Charge d'Affaires of the Republic of Yemen His Excellency Abdallah Baali, Ambassador of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria His Excellency Othman Bin Hashim, Ambassador of Malaysia

His Excellency Seydou Bouda, Ambassador of Burkina Faso His Excellency Rachad Bouhlal, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco Her Excellency Alia Mohamad Bouran, Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan His Excellency Antoine Chedid, Ambassador of the Lebanese Republic His Excellency Blaise Cherif, Ambassador of the Republic of Guinea Kais Darragi, Charge D'affaires of the Tunisian Republic His Excellency Maitine Djoumbe, Ambassador of the Republic of Chad His Excellency Muktar Djumaliev, Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic His Excellency Mohamed El Haycen, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania His Excellency Bienvenu Joseph Charles Foe-Atangana, Ambassador of the Republic of Cameroon His Excellency Gilbert Galanxhi, Ambassador of the Republic of Albania His Excellency Bakhtiyar Gulyamov, Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan His Excellency Eklil Hakimi, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Baboucarr Jallow, Charge d'Affaires of the Gambia His Excellency Bayney Karran, Ambassador of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana His Excellency Al Maamoun Keita, Ambassador of the Republic of Mali Asad Majeed Khan, Charge d'Affaires of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan His Excellency Michael Moussa-Adamo, Ambassador of the Gabonese Republic His Excellency Stanislas Moussa-Kembe, Ambassador, Central African Republic Her Excellency Liberata Rutageruka Mulamula, Ambassador of the United Republic of Tanzania His Excellency Cheik Niang, Ambassador of the Republic of Senegal Her Excellency Huda Ezra Ebrahim Nonoo, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain His Excellency Segbe Oguin, Ambassador of the Republic of Benin His Excellency Roble Olhaye, Ambassador of the Republic of Djibouti His Excellency Akramul Qader, Ambassador of the People's Republic of Bangladesh His Excellency Ebrahim Rasool, Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa His Excellency Maman Sidikou, Ambassador of the Republic of Niger His Excellency Elin Suleymanov, Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan His Excellency Namik Tan, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey His Excellency Mohamed Mostafa Mohamed Tawfik, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt His Excellency Kairat Umarov, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan Her Excellency Oliver Wonekha, Ambassador of the Republic of Uganda His Excellency Dato Paduka Yusoff Abd Hamid, Ambassador of the State of Brunei Darussalam His Excellency Adebowale Adefuye, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

His Excellency Daouda Diabate, Ambassador of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire His Excellency Sheikh Salem Al-Sabah, Ambassador of the State of Kuwait