DOHA: The seventh Al Jazeera Forum that begins at the Doha Sheraton tomorrow will explore the post-Arab Spring transformations in the socio-political and media landscape in the Arab world.
The forum will explore the wider implications these changes will bring in the Arab world and the implication of reporting these issues. The forum will also provide a platform for political leaders, journalists, activists, media experts, and intellectuals to engage in a dynamic discourse concerning the on-going changes taking place in the Arab world.
The forum will debate and discuss events of the past two years that have created new political realities in the region. The keynotes and plenary sessions are dedicated to explore the role of emerging democracies, the changing power dynamics and the challenges of engaging with international powers, as well as looking at the transformation of media in emerging democracies.
The forum will be focusing on the security challenges, human rights and transitional justice in post conflict areas as well as looking at the struggle for Syria and Palestine.
A session on March 17 titled “rising powers in the region: challenges and international engagement” will discuss emerging power centres and their growing regional influence in the transformation of the socio-political landscape.
The panellists will focus on the domestic challenges faced by new governments, as well as obstacles faced in bilateral and multilateral engagements with regional and global powers examining the legacy of the Oslo Accord on its 20th anniversary.
The speakers will include the Minister of State for International Affairs H E Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah, Minister of Communications and spokesperson of the Moroccan government Mustapha El Khalfi, Iranian historian Seyyed Ataollah Mohajerani, Member of the Turkish Parliament who is also a journalist and author Emrullah Isler, and member of the Ghad Al Thawra Party in Egypt, Ayman Nour.
A session on media will discuss the transformation of media, the changing nature of information and its impact on the future media landscape and governance.
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