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The Battle for Pluralism in the Arab World

Tue. January 21st, 2014
Washington, DC

Three years after the Arab uprisings began in Tunisia and Egypt, Arab practitioners and experts joined Carnegie scholars for a day-long conference to examine the political, religious, and social trends shaping the future of the region.

Tue. January 21st, 2014 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST

The Struggle for Social Justice and Citizen Rights

The status of human rights and civil society across the broader Middle East has been shifting since the Arab uprisings began three years ago.

Panelists Abdul-Ghani Al-Iryani of Yemen’s Tawq Party and Hossam Bahgat of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights discussed the shifting status of human rights and civil society in their countries and the broader Middle East since the Arab uprisings began three years ago.  Michele Dunne moderated the discussion.

Abdul-Ghani Al-Iryani

Michele Dunne

Nonresident Scholar, Middle East Program

Hossam Bahgat

Tue. January 21st, 2014 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST

Political Islam: Revival, Retreat, or Adaptation

Islamic parties in Egypt and Morocco have taken very different paths.

Wael Haddara, adviser to former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, and Mustapha el Khalfi, Minister of Communications for Morocco and a member of the Islamist Justice and Development Party, considered the very different paths of Islamic parties in Egypt and Morocco and the outlook for the future.  Marwan Muasher moderated the discussion.

Wael Haddara

Marwan Muasher

Vice President for Studies

Mustapha El Khalfi

Tue. January 21st, 2014 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST

The Third Way: Emerging Political Forces

A number of significant challenges face emerging political parties in the Arab world.

Panelists Marwan Muasher, a vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment, and Farid Zahran of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, focused on the challenges facing emerging political parties in the Arab world. Thomas Carothers added commentary on global political party development and moderated.

Farid Zahran

Thomas Carothers

Harvey V. Fineberg Chair for Democracy Studies; Director, Democracy, Conflict and Governance Program

Marwan Muasher

Vice President for Studies

Tue. January 21st, 2014 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST

Rising Sectarianism and the Regional Outlook

Sectarianism appears to be on the rise across the Middle East.

Fanar Haddad, a researcher at the National University of Singapore’s Middle East Institute, Emile Hokayem of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and Steven Heydemann of the United States Institute of Peace discussed the rise of sectarianism in the region. Frederic Wehrey moderated.

Emile Hokayem

International Institute for Strategic Studies

Frederic Wehrey

Senior Fellow, Middle East Program

Fanar Haddad

Steven Heydemann

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Marwan Muasher

Vice President for Studies

Marwan Muasher is vice president for studies at Carnegie, where he oversees research in Washington and Beirut on the Middle East. Muasher served as foreign minister (2002–2004) and deputy prime minister (2004–2005) of Jordan, and his career has spanned the areas of diplomacy, development, civil society, and communications.