‘Aaskar Aala Meen’ at The Beirut Spring Festival 2015

In his 2004 “Aaskar Aala Meen” Samir Kassir explains and decries the control of intelligence services and security apparatuses over the political, public and social life in the Arab world. After the 2010-2011 Arab uprisings against dictatorships and the subsequent rise and demise of Islamist forces, the military is playing again a fundamental role; Egypt being the clearest example. The panel will discuss the perspectives of democratization in the Middle East and the relationship between the political class and the military in nascent democracies.

Speakers: Rania Barrak (Military Academy, Tunisia); Hala Mustafa (Al-Ahram Center for Political Studies, Egypt); Jean Oghassabian (Member of Parliament, Lebanon); Yazid Sayigh (Carnegie Middle East Center, Palestine)
Moderator: Nabil Bou Monsef (An-Nahar, Lebanon)

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.

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