‘France in the Arab World and the Arab World in France ‘ at The Beirut Spring Festival 2015

The Beirut Spring Festival, created and launched in 2009 by the Samir Kassir Foundation, is inspired by the title of one of the last articles written by Samir Kassir, shortly before his assassination in 2005.

As described in Samir Kassir and Farouk Mardam-Bey’s book, “Itinéraires de Paris à Jérusalem” (Itineraries from Paris to Jerusalem), France and the Arab world have had a deep, intricate and multi-layered history, marked by partnership, knowledge and mistrust. Samir Kassir, also a French national, was a well-heard voice in French media and political circles and served as a strong ambassador for the Arab people’s dreams of freedom and democracy. The panel will discuss the state of the French-Arab ties today and in the coming years.

Speakers: Karim Emile Bitar (Centre national pour la recherche scientifique, France/Lebanon); François Burgat (Institut français du Proche-Orient, France); Patrice Paoli (French Ambassador to Lebanon, France); Marc Saikali (France 24, France/Lebanon)
Moderator: Alexandre Najjar (Cedrona, Liban)

Free Entrance

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