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Looking Back, Looking Forward.
Conversation with Authors of the Dossier
The Arab Uprisings: A decade of struggle
Since 2010, the Arab region has witnessed waves of inspiring uprisings and popular resistance against authoritarianism and dispossession. Social movements, workers, youths and marginalised sections of society rose up to demand bread, freedom and justice. These various people’s movements find themselves pitted against entrenched authoritarian and counter-revolutionary forces bent on suppressing them. Nevertheless, the insurgent hope is still alive as what is taking place right now in Sudan with people insisting to continue their revolution is just a testimony of this ongoing hunger for justice and liberation.
All of these momentous events between 2010 and 2021 have opened new horizons for people to express their discontent and demand radical change and reforms, forcing almost every government in the region to concede on issues – both political and economic.
In this webinar, we will hear from some outstanding scholars and activists from the region who have written brilliant essays for our recently published dossier on the Arab Uprisings (longreads.tni.org/arab-uprisings).
Panellists:
✨ Ghassen Ben Khalifa: Journalist and a revolutionary socialist from Tunisia. He is the editing coordinator of the media outlet inhiyez.com.
✨ Muzan Alneel: Sudanese writer and activist. She is co-founder of the Innovation, Science and Technology Think-tank for People-Centered Development (ISTiNAD).
✨ Ali Amouzai: activist and researcher from Morocco. He is a member of the Almounadil-a current (a revolutionary socialist labour organisation).
✨ Rafeef Ziadah: Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy in the Department of International Development, King's College London
✨ Fourate Chahal El Rekaby: a Lebanese artist and graphic designer. She made all the illustration's for the dossier alongside an art collage.
Looking Back, Looking Forward.
Conversation with Authors of the Dossier
The Arab Uprisings: A decade of struggle
Since 2010, the Arab region has witnessed waves of inspiring uprisings and popular resistance against authoritarianism and dispossession. Social movements, workers, youths and marginalised sections of society rose up to demand bread, freedom and justice. These various people’s movements find themselves pitted against entrenched authoritarian and counter-revolutionary forces bent on suppressing them. Nevertheless, the insurgent hope is still alive as what is taking place right now in Sudan with people insisting to continue their revolution is just a testimony of this ongoing hunger for justice and liberation.
All of these momentous events between 2010 and 2021 have opened new horizons for people to express their discontent and demand radical change and reforms, forcing almost every government in the region to concede on issues – both political and economic.
In this webinar, we will hear from some outstanding scholars and activists from the region who have written brilliant essays for our recently published dossier on the Arab Uprisings (longreads.tni.org/arab-uprisings).
Panellists:
✨ Ghassen Ben Khalifa: Journalist and a revolutionary socialist from Tunisia. He is the editing coordinator of the media outlet inhiyez.com.
✨ Muzan Alneel: Sudanese writer and activist. She is co-founder of the Innovation, Science and Technology Think-tank for People-Centered Development (ISTiNAD).
✨ Ali Amouzai: activist and researcher from Morocco. He is a member of the Almounadil-a current (a revolutionary socialist labour organisation).
✨ Rafeef Ziadah: Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy in the Department of International Development, King's College London
✨ Fourate Chahal El Rekaby: a Lebanese artist and graphic designer. She made all the illustration's for the dossier alongside an art collage.
![Short documentary: Barcelonas water business scam/Lestafa del negoci de laigua [es & eng]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YXfm6J0jl44/mqdefault.jpg "Short documentary: Barcelonas water business scam/Lestafa del negoci de laigua [es & eng]
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