A program of the Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), focusing on Arab World affairs. CDDRL is a research center at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
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The Unfinished Arab Spring Ten Years on: Where Are We Going?
January 4, 2021
ABSTRACT This talk is based on the speakers’ recently published edited volume The Unfinished Arab Spring: Micro-Dynamics of Revolts between Change and Continuity.
A Conversation with Hisham Matar
April 9, 2018
This event is co-sponsored with The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies.Hisham Matar was born in New York City to Libyan parents, spent his childhood in Tripoli and Cairo, and has lived most of his...
Saudi Arabia: Can Economic Reform Succeed without Political Change?
November 15, 2017
ABSTRACTThe formation of Saudi Arabia’s anti-corruption commission and the arrest of dozens of princes and former ranking officials have brought to focus the prospects for political and economic...
Tickling Giants: Film Screening and A Conversation with Bassem Youssef
November 3, 2016
This film screening is hosted by the Arab Reform and Democracy Program at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law. This is a ticketed event, only guests with tickets will be...
Revolution for Dummies: The Arab Spring and Political Satire
October 6, 2016
This event is hosted by the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law.
Competing Narratives on Syria amid International Escalation
October 4, 2016
ABSTRACTBy now, those following the news on Syria have been saturated with analysis, data, information, and misinformation on developments there since 2011.
On Politics and Satire: A Conversation with Bassem Youssef
September 29, 2015
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Dancing in Jaffa: Film screening and Q&A with Pierre Dulaine
May 30, 2015
Abstract:Screening of the award winning documentary 'Dancing in Jaffa' starring Pierre Dulaine who will be in attendance and will participate in a Q&A session following the film.
Arabic Conversation Session with Zahera Harb
May 19, 2014
*Open only to Stanford students.* Speaker Bio: Zahera Harb is one of the six 2013-2014 FSI-Humanities Center International Visitors and will be in residence at Stanford in May 2014.
Reforming the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Post-revolutionary Egypt and Tunisia
October 23, 2013
Abstract: The seminar session will present findings from a new study on the entrepreneurship ecosystem in post-revolutionary Egypt and Tunisia.
Egypt's Stalled Transition: A Roundtable Discussion
October 3, 2013
Lina Khatib is the co-founding Head of the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University.
The Political Determinants of Health in the Arab World
May 30, 2013
Lina Khatib is the co-founding Head of the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University.
Islamism vs. Secularism: The Arab Spring, Phase 2
March 6, 2013
This event is co-sponsored by the Arab Studies Table Abstract: Ahmed Benchemsi, a Stanford visiting scholar and award-winning Moroccan journalist, will introduce "FreeArabs.com".
Visualizing Political Struggle in the Middle East
January 24, 2013
Abstract: Marking the publication of Lina Khatib's latest book Image Politics in the Middle East: The Role of the Visual in Political Struggle, this seminar focuses on the evolution of political...
Visualizing Political Struggle in the Middle East
November 29, 2012
Abstract: Marking the publication of Lina Khatib's latest book Image Politics in the Middle East: The Role of the Visual in Political Struggle, this seminar focuses on the evolution of political...
The Arab Uprising
October 25, 2012
Abstract: Nearly two years after the Tunisian uprisings launched a massive wave of regional protest across the Arab world, many important and highly contested questions remain.
Democratic Transition and Development in the Arab World
April 26, 2012
The third ARD annual conference examineي the challenges, key issues, and ways forward for social and economic development in the Arab world during this period of democratic transition. Day One -...
The Role of Political Strategy in Lebanon's Political Crisis
April 28, 2011
Lina Khatib is the manager and co-founder of the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law.