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Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center

RE-Imagining Citizenship, Nation-Building, and Inclusion in a Context of Endemic Crisis

Sat. May 6th, 2023
AUB- Asfari Institute for Civil Society and citizenship

The Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship, Department of Political Science and Public Administration’s work on civil society and citizenship grounded in two themes: ‘knowledge-building’ and ‘empowerment.’ The Institute aims in all its future work to build bridges between academia and grounded evidence-based knowledge-building research on the one hand, and on the other, civil society activists and their realities and needs on the ground.

To examine the potential and complex challenges surrounding citizenship in the Arab region as well as the role and importance of the state and policymakers in promoting citizenship and citizenship education, The Asfari Institute and the Mohammad Atallah Chair for Ethics at the American University of Beirut, in collaboration with The Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, is organizing the Re-Imagining Citizenship Inaugural Annual Conference: Citizenship, Nation Building, and Inclusion in a Context of Endemic Crisis on May 6, 2023 and May 7, 2023 at Conference Hall 113, Residence 37, AUB, and online with Fadlo Khuri, Marwan Muasher, Lina Abou-Habib, Ohannes Geukjian, Maha Yahya, Saouma Bou Jaoude, Nuhad Doumit, Rabih Shibli, Karam Nachar, Maya Mikdashi, Laila El Baradei, Jibril Ali, Amaney A. Jamal, Sari Hanafi, Amr Abdelrahman, Hossam Bahgat, Tania Haddad.

This conference will provide a forum for researchers, scholars, civil society organizations and activists, and graduate students to present innovative ideas and research as well as discuss creative ideas and best practices to improve civic engagement in the area. It aims to foster a deeper understanding of the pertinent issues while identifying workable solutions and policy recommendations that can promote citizenship and strengthen social cohesion in the larger Arab region.

The discussion will be in English and moderated by Simon Kachar, Fouad Fouad, Maha Yahya, and Bashar Haydar. Viewers may submit their questions to the panelists using the live chat feature on Zoom during the event. For more information, please contact Najwa Yassine at najwa.yassine@carnegie-mec.org.

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Political ReformMiddle EastNorth Africa
event speakers

Amr Abdel Rahman

Head of the Civil Liberties Unit at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)

Lina Abou Habib

Director of the Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship at the American University of Beirut (AUB)

Jibril Ali

Recruitment and Admissions Coordinator, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

Hossam Bahgat

Founder of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights

Saouma Bou Jaoude

Senior Advisor to the President (AUB)

Rabih Chibli

Director of the Center of Civic Engagement (AUB)

Nuhad Dumit

Associate Dean of the Hariri School of Nursing (AUB)

Laila El Baradei

Professor of Public Administration, American University of Cairo

Fouad Fouad

Associate Professor of Public Health and Research Chair on Forced Displacement (AUB)

Ohannes Geukjian

Chair of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration (AUB)

Sari Hanafi

Professor of Sociology, Director of the Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies, and Chair of the Islamic Studies program (AUB)

Tania Haddad

Assistant Professor for Public Administration and Non-Profit Management, and Co-Director of the Global Engagement Initiative (AUB

Bashar Haydar

Professor of Philosophy and the Mohammad Atallah Chair of ethics (AUB)

Simon Kachar

Interim Director of the Office of Communications, Lecturer in Political Science, Issam Fares Institute Fellow (AUB)

Fadlo Khuri

President of the American University of Beirut (AUB)

Maya Mikdashi

Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, Rutgers University

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.

Karam Nachar

Co-Founder and Co-Editor, Al-Jumhuriya

Amaney Jamal

, Dean of the Princeton School for Public and International Affairs and Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University

Maha Yahya

Director, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center

Yahya is director of the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, where her research focuses on citizenship, pluralism, and social justice in the aftermath of the Arab uprisings.