CNN International anchor Hala Gorani will moderate a forum of panelists exploring issues of democracy, women’s rights, the role of Islamists, and the role of social media in the uprisings from Tunisia to Egypt to Bahrain to Yemen.
The panelists for this discussion include:
- Lamees Dhaif, an award-winning journalist and activist who has been active in the Bahraini resistance campaign. She has been banned from writing by the Bahraini government since the beginning of the democracy movement there.
- Nic Robertson, a senior international correspondent, based in CNN’s London bureau. Robertson has been with the network for 20 years and covered every major global news event since that time, including war and conflict. Robertson has continued to provide key coverage for events associated with the “Arab Spring,” including reporting on the democracy demonstrations and conflict in Libya, Egypt, Yemen and Tunisia.
- Ahed Al Hendi, a founder of the Syrian Youth for Justice who has worked as a journalist for publications including The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs and The Daily Beast. He lives in the United States.
- Carrie Rosefsky Wickham, an associate professor of political science at Emory University, specializing in political opposition movements and political integration in the Arab World. She is the author of “Mobilizing Islam: Religion, Activism and Political Change in Egypt” (2002).
- Dalia Ziada, director of the Egypt office of the American Islamic Congress which promotes education and literacy for Arab youth. She is a published poet and active in pro-democracy politics.
Admittance for this program is free, but pre-registration is required by visiting here or by calling the James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference at 404-727-2515, or the National Center for Civil and Human Rights at 404-991-6988.