[Mitai-announce] Human right in Egypt

[Elan Pavlov]

Sorry for the spam but the time and place was omitted:( The event will be 
held in	Room 4-370 on Monday, September 29 at 7:00.
Elan
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Intellectuals start all the trouble in the world.
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On Wed, 24 Sep 2008, Elan Pavlov wrote:

> Next week we will have our first event of the semester! We will have a talk 
> on human rights in Egypt:
> Nasser Weddady AIC's Civil Rights Outreach Director, originally an 
> anti-slavery activist from Mauritania, have steered high-profile advocacy 
> campaigns on behalf of bloggers and dissidents in the Middle East and North 
> Africa.
>
> Weddady has testified to the Congressional Human Rights Caucus and lectured 
> at numerous institutions such as the United States Institute for Peace, 
> Harvard's Berkman's Center and has published in the Wall Street Journal, 
> Boston Globe, International Herald Tribune.
>
> He also conducted training seminars within the framework of AIC's Civil 
> Rights initiative (HAMSA) reaching over 100 young activists from over 16 Arab 
> countries.
>
> Weddady will specifically talk about the challenges to basic civil and human 
> rights in Egypt along the following themes:
>
> - Civil Rights institutional and social challenges
> - Freedom of speech
> - Women's Rights
> - Egyptian Bloggers and cyber activism
> -Religious Freedom
>
> Dinner will be provided.
>
> Elan
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> Intellectuals start all the trouble in the world.
> 	- Peggy Noonan
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