Arab Spring: A Revolution of Expectations
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
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in englischer Sprache
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Abdullah M. ALSAIDI
Former Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Yemen; Senior Advisor, IPI - International Peace Institute, New York
| 1975 | BA, Political Science, Long Island University |
| 1982 | MA, Political Science, Columbia University |
| 1996-2002 | Member of the National Arbitration Committee, Republic of Yemen |
| 1998-2002 | Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Republic of Yemen |
| 2008 | Co-Chair, IPI - International Peace Institute's task forces on strengthening multilateral security capacity |
| 2002-2011 | Permanent Representative of Yemen to the United Nations |
| 2010 | Chairman, Group of 77 and China |
M.A. Faisal Abdulrahman BIN MUAMMAR
Acting Secretary General, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, Vienna
| 1983 | Graduation from the King Saud University |
| 1985 | Masters Degree in Management from the Webster University in the United States of America |
| Education has been a constant theme in life, not only for himself, but also a driving conviction to help young people achieve their full potential. | |
| He is recognized as an expert in the field of Education having risen to become the Deputy Minister of Education in Saudi Arabia. | |
| He is also an Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques - King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and the Supervisor General of the King Abdulaziz Public Library in Riyadh. | |
| He served as a Board member to several prestigious organizations, for instance, UNESCO and the Board of the Foundation Du Roi Abdulaziz Al-Saud Pour Les Etudes Islamiques et les Sciences Humanes in Casablanca, Morocco. | |
| Since 2009 Faisal bin Muaammar has been an influential Board Member of the World Scout Foundation, where he has passionately supported "non-formal" education as a means of developing leadership ability for young boys and girls. In addition, he was instrumental in promo- ting a project called "Messengers of Peace" which is a unique initiative to harness the diversity of 30 million Scouts to ensure that respect, friendship and understanding become the culture of emerging generations. | |
| He has been at the forefront of interacting with people of different ideologies to facilitate understanding while promoting civility and the common values of humanity. | |
| He is now the first Secretary General to King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious Dialogue and Intercultural Dialogue in Vienna. |
Lina EJEILAT
Multimedia Journalist & Instructor; Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, 7iber.com, Amman
| 2006 | B.Sc, Electrical Engineering, University of Jordan |
| 2009 | M.S., Journalism/Online Media, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism |
| since 2007 | 7iber.com, Co-founder & Editor-in-Chief |
| since 2010 | Jordan Media Institute, Instructor |
| 2009-2011 | Reuters/Arabic Service, Reporter |
| 2007-2008 | JO Magazine, Staff writer, Amman |
| 2005-2007 | Youth Relations Track Officer, Fastlink (now Zain) |
| 2007 | Campaign Consultant, Muna Nijem for ITU Secretary General |
Dr. Amr Nabil HAMZAWY
Member, Parliament of Egypt; Professor, Department of Political Science, Cairo University and the American University of Cairo
| 1992-1993 | Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, Cairo University |
| 1998-2003 | Assistant Professor of Political Science, Middle Eastern Study Section, Free University of Berlin |
| 2003-2004 | Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Cairo University |
| 2005-2010 | Senior Associate, Democracy and Rule of Law Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington D.C. |
| 2010-2011 | Research Director and Senior Associate, Carnegie Middle East Center, Beirut |
| 2011 | Elected Member of the Egyptian People Assembly |
| since 2011 | Professor, Department of Political Science, Cairo University |
| 2011 | Founder for "Misr El Horya" (Freedom Egypt) Party |
| since 2011 | Member National Council for Human Rights |
| Professor, Department of Political Sciences, AUC University |
Terje ROD-LARSEN
President, IPI - International Peace Institute, New York
| Terje Rød-Larsen has been President of the International Peace Institute since January 2005. He serves concurrently as the Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1559 (2004). He began his career as an academic, teaching sociology, political science, and philosophy at the Universities of Bergen and Oslo, before establishing the Fafo Institute for Applied Sciences in Oslo in 1981. As Director of Fafo, he initiated a research project into the living conditions of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which led to a request by the PLO in 1992 that he help establish a secret channel for negotiations between the PLO and the Government of Israel. The subsequent talks between Israelis and Palestinians concluded with the Oslo Accords and the signing of the Declaration of Principles at the White House on September 13, 1993. | |
| In 1993, he was appointed Ambassador and Special Adviser for the Middle East Peace process to the Norwegian Foreign Minister. In mid-1994, he was appointed United Nations Special Coordinator in the Occupied Territories at the rank of Under-Secretary-General. In 1996, he became Norwegian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Planning and Cooperation, before re-joining the United Nations. From 1999 to December 2004, he served as UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, holding the rank of Under-Secretary-General |
