Arab World from History to Fiction

May 20, 2017 06:45

Listening to stories widens the imagination and helps us to leap over gaps and embrace difference. On a journey from the region’s past to the novels of today, explore questions of identity, diversity and a shared future.

Start the day with a conversation and reflection on what concepts are needed today to achieve a more inclusive future in the region.

Simultaneous interpretation in Arabic and English

This session will be livestreamed on TopLink and the Forum website.

Speakers:

Bodour Al Qasimi

Chairperson, Sharjah Investment and Development Authority - Shurooq

Marwa Al-Sabouni

Architect, Writer and Lecturer

Heba Aly

Chief Executive Officer, The New Humanitarian

Amre Moussa

Chairman and Member of the Panel of the Wise, African Union Commission

Eugene Rogan

Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History; Fellow, St Antony's College, University of Oxford