Events
Britain and the broader Middle East:A Keynes Forum event |
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| Venue | Regent's Park College, Regent's Park, London |
| Date | November 2006 |
| Download a full report of the conference. | |
| Sessions | Speakers |
| Britain and the Broader Middle East: Setting the scene | Shirley Williams Chair and Introduction : Celia Thomas |
Media Panel: |
Donald Macintyre, Abdel Monem Said, |
| Economics: What is the state of development of the region? | Prof. Gilbert Benhayoun, AIX Group (Joint Palestinian/Israeli/International Economic Working Group) Dr. Nader Fergany, Director, Al Mishkat Centre for Research & Training, and co-author of the UNDP report on Arab Human Development Moderator: Duncan Greenland, CentreForum |
| Democracy: indigenous movements or imposed by the West? | Muin Khoury, Director of Research, Royal Hashemite Court, Jordan Shafeeq Ghabra, former President of American University in Kuwait Moderator: David Walter, former ITN reporter |
| Israel/Palestine: no deal - what will these two societies look like in five years’ time? | Daniel Ben-Simon, columnist, Ha’aretz newspaper Prof. Karma Nabulsi, Fellow in Politics, Oxford University and former PLO representative Moderator: Yasar Qatarneh, Head of Centre for Conflict Prevention, Amman |
| Islam in Britain: a fifth column? | Sarah Joseph, |
| Whither Britain? | David Hannay former UK Ambassador to UN John Alderdice former Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly Moderator: Professor William Wallace |