Speaker update, 27th October 2012

27/10/2012

As you may have seen, the New Arab Debates are recording the first programmes in their new series on October 31 (in English) and November 1 (in Arabic). The speakers in English are as follows…

For the motion: Mohamed Salmawy, President of the Writers’ Union of Egypt and Secretary General of the General Union of Arab Writers.

Against the motion: Professor Khaled Fahmy, Chair of AUC’s Department of History.

This debate will be moderated by Tim Sebastian.

The speakers in Arabic will be:

For the motion:  Helmi El-Gazzar, Member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Consultation Council, Secretary General of Giza Medical Syndicate, and the Administrative Manager of the  Muslim Brotherhood’s Sixth of October office.

Against the motion: Nevine Mossad,  Professor of Political Science at Cairo University, Vice-President of the Institute of Arab Studies and a writer at Al-Shorouk Newspaper.

This debate will be moderated by Mai El Sherbiny.

Both debates will discuss the motion: “This house believes that democracy has had a disappointing start in Egypt”.

If you haven’t already registered to attend the debates please do so as soon as possible via our website: www.newarabdebates.com. Just click on the ‘register’ button.

We look forward to seeing you!

The NAD Team