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…<\/p>\n
For the motion: Mohamed Salmawy, President of the Writers’ Union of Egypt and Secretary General of the General Union of Arab Writers.<\/p>\n
Against the motion: Professor Khaled Fahmy, Chair of AUC’s Department of History.<\/p>\n
This debate will be moderated by Tim Sebastian.<\/em><\/p>\n The speakers in Arabic will be:<\/p>\n For the motion:\u00a0 Helmi El-Gazzar, Member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Consultation Council, Secretary General of Giza Medical Syndicate, and the Administrative Manager of the\u00a0 Muslim Brotherhood’s Sixth of October office.<\/p>\n Against the motion: Nevine Mossad, \u00a0Professor of Political Science at Cairo University, Vice-President of the Institute of Arab Studies and a writer at Al-Shorouk Newspaper.<\/p>\n This debate will be moderated by Mai El Sherbiny.<\/em><\/p>\n Both debates will discuss the motion:\u00a0“This house believes that democracy has had a disappointing start in Egypt”.<\/strong><\/p>\n