Workshop
Details
Day 1 – Friday, January 20, 2006
08:30 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 09:30 Introduction to the Workshop:
Hardy Ostry
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), Amman Office
Oussama Safa
The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS), Lebanon
H.E. Dr. Marius Haas
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Lebanon
09:30 - 11:00 Session 1 – Arab regimes vs. Arab Youth: a Relationship in Crisis?
Regional paper
Authoritarianism vs. Arab Youth Political Activism
Khalil Gebara
The Lebanese Transparency Association (LTA), Lebanon
Case Study
Repression of student demonstrations in Egypt
Imane Farag
Centre d’études et de documentation économique, juridique et sociale (CEDEJ), Egypt
Debate
11:00 - 11:30Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00Session 2 - Arab Youth & Political Engagement: an Apathy Crisis?
Regional paper
Interest in politics: Is it true that Arab Youth is politically disengaged?
Adnan el Amine
Lebanese Association for Educational Studies (LAES), Lebanon
Case Study
Youth Attitudes on Democratic Development in Jordan
Fares Braizat
Center for Strategic Studies (CSS), Jordan
Debate
13:00 – 14:30Lunch Break
14:30 – 16:30Session 3 – Developmental Roots of Arab Youth Political Engagement
Case Study
Political Socialization in Saudi Arabia
Pascal Menoret
Centre français d’archéologie et sciences sociales (CEFAS), Yemen
Case Study
Youth Enrollment in Student Councils in Lebanon: the Role of Social Networks
Rania Safar
The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS), Lebanon
Debate
Day 2 – Thursday, June 2nd, 2005
09:30 – 11:00Session 4 – Arab Youth’s new political orientations: between Arabism and Islam?
Regional Paper
Arab Youth & Crisis of Arab Nationalism & Marxism Ideologies
Dina el Khawaga
Cairo University, Egypt
Regional Paper
New themes of mobilization among Arab Youth (Iraq, Palestine)
Ziad Majed
Institut d’Etudes Politiques (IEP), France
Debate
11:00 - 11:30Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00Session 5 – Arab Youth and Politicized Islam
Regional Paper
Arab Youth and Islamist movements
Amal Saad Ghorayeb
Lebanese American University (LAU), Lebanon
Case Study
Moroccan Youth and religion: Secularization? Religious revivalism?
Mounia Bennani-Chraibi
Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
Debate
13:00 – 14:30Lunch Break
14:30 – 16:00 Session 6 – Round Table Discussion:
Kefaya movement in Egypt
Cedars’ revolution in Lebanon
Irhalou movement in Yemen
Arab Youth: a factor of political change?
Moderator
Oussama Safa
The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS), Lebanon
Presentations
Imane Farag
Centre d’études et de documentation économique, juridique et sociale (CEDEJ), Egypt
Ziad Majed
Institut d’Etudes Politiques (IEP), France
Karam Karam
The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS), Lebanon
Dina Khawaga
Cairo University, Egypt
Amal Saad Ghorayeb
Lebanese American University (LAU), Lebanon
Theodor Hanf
American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon
Pascal Menoret
Centre français d’archéologie et sciences sociales (CEFAS), Yemen
All workshop participants are invited to take part in the roundtable
