The audience, a mix of local university students, political activists and Syrian refugees, will debate the motion: “The West has failed the Syrian people”. Tim Sebastian, who founded NAD in early 2011, will moderate the English debate on Wednesday, November 27. A day later, renowned Egyptian TV presenter Mai El Sherbiny will present the Arabic […]
A new series of the New Arab Debates launches this month on the topical issue of Syria. The motion is “The West has failed the Syrian people”. With a growing humanitarian problem and no end to fighting in sight, what has the West been doing to help the Syrian people? Whose role is it to […]
Amman, Jordan, July 4, 2013 – Jordanians flocked to a public forum in one of the main squares here and roundly condemned the government’s new internet restrictions. Some 1,200 participants took part in the televised event, organized by the New Arab Debates (NAD) in association with Diwaniyeh – a local youth group which holds street […]
Tunis, June 12, 2013 – More than two years after Tunisians ousted their last dictator, the revolution is being derailed by an accelerating economic crisis, according to an audience at the latest New Arab Debate. The session, marked by fierce arguments and accusations, came after dire warnings from the country’s president Moncef Marzouki, who declared […]
Tunis – June 11, 2013 – Tunisians will debate on Wednesday if their country’s delayed economic recovery from over two years of political turmoil is undermining the country’s transition toward democracy. The discussions, part of the New Arab Debates (NAD), will be recorded at 7pm at the Tunis Grand Hotel, Monastir Avenue, El Menzah VII, […]
A message from Tim Sebastian: “We saw President Marzouki warning of this just a few days ago. His view: “If this government doesn’t bring two million Tunisians out of poverty, then the revolution will fail.” That’s a pretty stark comment on the state of the country. And yet others will say that for the first […]
Cairo, May 27, 2013 – Syria is better off under a fractured opposition than the dictatorship of President Bashar Al Assad, according to an audience at the latest New Arab Debate – a regional free speech forum. The hard-fought session provoked bitter attacks on the human rights record of both sides but ended in overwhelming […]
London, May 21, 2013 – Participants at two public debates in Cairo next week will give their verdict on whether Syria is better off under its current president Bashar Al Assad or the warring rebels. The discussion, the latest of the New Arab Debates (NAD), will be recorded at the Oriental Hall at the American University in Cairo – Tahrir […]
