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Please join us for this daylong conference hosted by the London Middle
East Institute at SOAS & co-sponsored by the Center for Middle East
Studies at the University of Denver, Amnesty International UK, Critical
Muslim, PULSE Media, EA WorldView & Oxford Solidarity For Syria
Session 1 [10:00 am – 12:00 pm]
The Character & Changing Dynamics of the Syrian Revolution
Gilbert Achcar
Professor of Development Studies & International Relations, SOAS, author
of 'The People Want: A Radical Exploration of the Arab Uprising')
Robin Yassin-Kassab
Author of 'The Road From Damascus', co-editor of Critical Muslim & PULSE
Salwa Ismail
Professor of Politics with reference to the Middle East & Head of the
Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS, author of
'Rethinking Islamist Politics: Culture, the State and Islamism'
Rima Majed—Moderator
PhD Candidate in Political Sociology, Oxford University, member of
Oxford Solidarity For Syria
Session 2 [2:00 pm – 4:00 pm]
Combating Media Distortions, Challenging Dominant Narratives on Syria
Bente Scheller
Middle East Director of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, author of 'The
Wisdom of Syria’s Waiting Game: Foreign Policy Under the Assads'
Muhammad Idrees Ahmad
Co-editor of PULSE, author of 'The Road to Iraq: The Making of a
Neoconservative War', contributor to the Los Angeles Review of Books, Al
Jazeera, Guernica
Scott Lucas
Editor of EA WorldView, Professor of American Studies at the University
of Birmingham, author of 'Orwell' and 'The Betrayal of Dissent'
Nader Hashemi—Moderator
Director of the Center for Middle East Studies, University of Denver,
co-editor of 'The Syria Dilemma'
Session 3 [4:30 pm - 6:30 pm]
Building Solidarity: What Concrete forms of Action Can We Take to
Support the Syrian People?
Kristyan Benedict
Crisis Response & Tactical Campaigns Manager, Amnesty International UK
Rima Majed
PhD Candidate in Political Sociology, Oxford University, member of
Oxford Solidarity For Syria
Reem Al-Assil
Member of the activist collective Freedom Days & the Syrian Nonviolence
Movement
Danny Postel—Moderator
Associate Director of the Center for Middle East Studies, University of
Denver, co-editor of 'The Syria Dilemma'
Plus a special video message from Syrian playwright Mohammad al
Attar—via Beirut
This conference is free and open to the public. No registration
required. Just show up!
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