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Where Does Democracy Come From? Popular Uprising and Parliamentary Elections in Egypt
January 22, 2012
Joel Beinin professor of Middle East History, Stanford University [homepage]

Stanford University Middle East specialist Joel Beinin discusses the results of the Egyptian elections. What is their significance for the future of the Arab Spring movement in Eqypt? In the region? What impact will the election results have on Egypt’s relations with Israel and with the Palestinian people?

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I Shall Not Hate: Gaza Doctor's Journey to Peace and Human Dignity
Izzeldin Abuelaish
00:27:00
Born in a Palestinian refugee camp, Izzeldin Abuelaish has devoted his life to medicine and to reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians, even though his three daughters and a niece were killed by Israeli shelling. Here, he discusses what drives him.
Net Delusion: Dark Side of Internet Freedom
Evgeny Morozov
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Amid the euphoria about the power of the Internet and social media, Morozov sounds a note of caution. He reminds us that these tools can also entrench dictators, threaten dissidents, and make it harder—not easier—to promote democracy.
Beirut, Damascus, Tehran, Tel Aviv: Moment of Reckoning is Near
Rami Khouri
01:00:00
Rami Khouri gives an update on the Middle East. As powerful regional forces confront each other over the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister of Lebanon, Rafik Hariri, a day of reckoning is inevitable.
Prospects for a Two State Solution in the Middle East
Husam Zomlot
01:15:00
Husam Zomlot, a widely acclaimed expert on peace solutions in culturally divided conflicts explores current prospects for a two state solution in the Middle East. Are there ways to develop greater mutual understanding in the region? What are the prospects that can be pursued successfully?
Faiths in Conflict: Searching for a Common Space
Akeel Bilgrami
01:26:00
In a world where conflicting faiths divide societies, often violently, the inevitable question arises: Can faiths harmoniously coexist? Vinoth Ramachandra and Akeel Bilgrami discuss secularism and pluralism from two different worldviews, Christian and atheist.
Why Human Rights are Impossible Without Religion
John Warwick Montgomery
01:42:00
John Warwick Montgomery, lawyer and human rights theorist, examines the foundation for human rights. "Everyone presumably favors human rights," says Montgomery, but everyone favors them on their own terms.
Image of Social Movements, Mobilization, and Contestation in the Middle East and North Africa (Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and I)
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Publisher: Stanford University Press (2011)
Binding: Paperback, 328 pages
Image of The Struggle for Sovereignty: Palestine and Israel, 1993-2005 (Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and I)
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Publisher: Stanford University Press (2006)
Binding: Hardcover, 416 pages
Image of Workers and Peasants in the Modern Middle East (The Contemporary Middle East)
Author: Joel Beinin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (2001)
Binding: Hardcover, 226 pages

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