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FacebookApril 13th, 2012
Arab Spring youth activists convene with Stanford students
in the newsThe American Middle Eastern Network for Dialogue at Stanford (AMENDS), a student-led initiative, brought nearly 40 delegates from across North Africa, the Middle East and the United States to Stanford to swap stories and grow new ideas for change in the volatile region. Read more »
April 3rd, 2012
Historic summit to convene leaders of the new Middle East at Stanford
The American Middle Eastern Network for Dialogue at Stanford will host its inaugural conference April 10 to 14, convening exceptional young leaders together to share their ideas, seed potential collaborations and inspire the world. Read more »
August 13th, 2010
Hicham Ben Abdallah: Cultural Dynamics in the Contemporary Arab World
FSI Stanford, CDDRL in the news: Le Monde Diplomatique, August 2010 (in French) on August 8, 2010All too frequently, students of democracy and democratization view the politics they analyze exclusively through the prism of constitutions, elections, and political actors, argues Hicham Ben Abdallah, in Le Monde Diplomatique. In the case of the Middle East, this involves worn out questions of religious fundamentalism, neo-colonialism, entrenched autocracy, the politics of oil and Israel, etc. While all of these help explain the perseverance of authoritarian political structures, it is equally crucial to understand the dynamics of culture, and the ways in which forms of cultural expression are developing, channeled, and managed.
- » No Picnic: The Dynamics of Culture in the Contemporary Arab World
- » Printed in Le Monde Diplomatique as "The Arab world's cultural challenge" in English
March 3rd, 2010
Inaugural conference held - Political Reform in the Arab World: Problems and Prospects, May 10-11, 2010
ARD NewsOn May 10-11, 2010 the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at CDDRL held its inaugural international conference. In line with the Arab Reform Program's vision, the conference featured internationally renowned scholars, activists, and practitioners from the Arab world, Europe, and the United States. Read more »
April 29th, 2008
McFaul Journal of Democracy article cited in Lebanese Daily Star
in the news: Daily Star (Lebanon) on April 23, 2008Daily Star journalist Rami G. Khouri discusses "Morocco's Elections: The Limits of Limited Reforms," a January 2008 Journal of Democracy article that CDDRL Director Michael McFaul wrote with Tamara Wittes of the Brookings Institution. McFaul and Wittes argue that Arab instability often reflects a lack of democracy, says Khouri, and that the parliamentary elections in Morocco last September offered important insights into what might happen when Arabs are given a chance to engage in democratic politics.
- » Morocco's Elections: The Limits of Limited Reforms
- » Daily Star: Arabs face dysfunctional democracy
- » Aljazeera Magazine: Two causes of Arab political incoherence
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