Expanding and Shrinking Areas of Liberty:
Morocco, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia,
Bahrain, Egypt and Syria
2:00 -7:00 pm, Thursday, March 29, 2012
Room 1501, International Affairs Building
420 W. 118th St.
Columbia University
New York, New York
This conference will explore factors that have led to greater, or more restricted, liberties in countries throughout the Middle East and North Africa, focusing on the role of religious actors, international bodies like the UN, civil society, and developments since the Arab Spring.
Speakers:
Dr. Nouzha Guessous
University Honorary Professor, Feminist, Human Rights and Social Activist
A Key Creator of Morocco's Progressive 2004 Family Code
Dr. Radwan Masmoudi
President, Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, Tunisia
Dr. Toby C. Jones
Specialist on Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, Associate Professor of History
Rutgers University
Dr. Tarek Masoud
Egyptian Specialist on Political Transitions, Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government
Dr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro
Chairman, United Nations Human Rights Council's Commission of Inquiry on Syria
Discussants:
Dr. Alfred Stepan
Wallace Sayre Professor of Government, Columbia University
Nina zu Fürstenberg
President, Board of Govenors, Reset-Dialogues On Civilizations
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Co-Sponsored by The Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion and The Middle East Institute at Columbia University and Reset- Dialogues on Civilizations (ResetDoC), a Rome-based non-profit that promotes dialogue and intercultural understanding through international conferences and its online magazine, Resetdoc.org
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