AUC Tahrir campus

Tahrir Dialogue

After the extraordinary events of January 25, Egypt is hoping for a better future. The School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) at The American University in Cairo launched a new initiative to contribute actively to Egypt's development in this critical transitional phase. The Building Better Egypt Initiative's objective is to create awareness and promote broad debate among the Egyptian community around the changes and/or developments taking place in the political arena. 

The initiative focuses on four main tracks:

  • Managing the transition: Expectations and strategies
  • Restarting competitive politics: Egypt’s new parties
  • Ensuring media freedom: What is needed to protect freedom of the press
  • Constitution reform: The referendum and the revolution

Tahrir Dialogue - Special Webinar Series

Tahrir Dialogue Events

  • Speaker:
    Meshal Faham AlSulmi, President of the Arab Parliament

    Moderator:
    Anissa E. Haasouna, Member of the Egyptian Parliament 
    Date:     Monday, December 9, 2019
    Venue: Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Square  
    Watch Video: here

  • Speaker:
    Shibley Telhami, Professor, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland
    Moderator:
    Karim Haggag, Professor and Director of the Center for American Studies and Research 
    Date:     Tuesday, November 26, 2019
    Venue: Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Square  
    Watch Video: here

  • Speaker:
    Nassif Hitti, Professor of International Relations and Middle East Studies, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK)
    Moderator:
    Ibrahim Awad, Professor of Practice and Director of the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, The American University in Cairo
    Date: Sunday, November 3, 2019
    Venue: Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Square  
    Watch video: here

  • Speakers: 

    Ibrahim El Amin, Deputy Chair of Umaa Party, Leader in Forces of Freedom and Change and Member of Dialogue Committee with Transitional Military Council

    El Shafie Khedir, Writer and Political Leader 

    Ibrahim El Badawi, Director of Economic Research Forum 

    Salah Manna, Leader in Forces of Freedom and Change and Advisor to Secretary-General

    Moderator: Hamid E. Ali, Associate Professor, Department of Public Policy and Administration
    Date: Monday, July 8, 2019
    Venue: Ewart Hall, AUC Tahrir Square   

    Watch video: here

  • Speakers:
    Adrian Hauri, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Switzerland, Egypt

    Ronald Ofteringer, Head of Delegation, The International Committee of the Red Cross, Cairo

    Cecilia Udden, award-winning foreign correspondent, Swedish Radio
    Moderator:
    Khaled Mansour, writer and commentator on current affairs
    Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2019
    Venue: Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Square   
    Watch video: here 

  • Speaker:
    Chung-in Moon, special advisor to the ROK President for Unification and National Security Affairs
    Moderator:
    Professor Robert Mason, associate professor and Director of the Middle East Studies Center
    Date: Wednesday, January 16, 2019
    Venue: Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Square  
    Watch video: here

  • Speakers: 

    Michael Beary, Major General (retd.), Former UNIFIL Force Commander
    Aileen Keating, UNTSO Jerusalem
    Ehab Khadr, Brigadier General
    Karim Makdisi, Associate Professor, International Politics, American University in Beirut
    Mona Hammam, Former UN Resident Coordinator, Lebanon 
    Date: Wednesday, October 3, 2018
    Venue: AUC Tahrir Campus, Oriental Hall  
    Watch video: here

  • Speaker:
    Nasser Al Kidwa, Former Foreign Affairs Minister, Palestinian National Authority
    Moderator:
    Aly Erfan, Professor, Department of Public Policy and Administration
    Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2018
    Venue: AUC Tahrir Campus, Oriental Hall  
    Watch video: here

  • Speaker:
    Shibley Telhami, Professor, of Government and Politics, University of Maryland  
    Moderator:
    Karim Haggag, Director of the Center for American Studies and Research, AUC
    Discussant:
    Mohamed Kamal, Director of the Center of International Area Studies, Cairo University
    Date: Thursday, September 20, 2018
    Venue: Hotel Sofitel Cairo Nile El Gezirah, Opera 1 Ballroom    
    Watch video: here

  • Speaker:
    Abdel Moneim Saeed
    Hosted by:
    Nabil Fahmy, Founding Dean and Professor of Practice in Diplomacy
    Date: Sunday, March 25, 2018
    Venue: Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Square   
    Watch video: here 

  • Speaker:
    Satoru Mori, Professor, Faculty of Law, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan
    Discussant:
    Mohamed Kamal, Professor, Political Science, Cairo University
    Moderator:
    Hussein Amin, Professor and Director, Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism
    Date: Sunday, March 18, 2018
    Venue: Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Square 
    Watch video: here

  • Speaker:
    Ramzy Ezz ElDin Ramzy, Deputy Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Syria
    Hosted by:
    Nabil Fahmy, Founding Dean and Professor of Practice in Diplomacy
    Date: Sunday, March 4, 2018
    Venue: Hotel Sofitel Cairo Nile El Gezirah, Opera 1 Ballroom  
    Watch video: here