How Can Women Change the Arab World’s Future?
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
Plenary
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in englischer SpracheWhile women have been actively involved in the social movements associated with the Arab Spring, a conservative backlash has followed. Has the role of women in the public sphere and corresponding values changed? Will women shape the Arab world’s future?
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MA Farah HALIME
Business Correspondent; Founder, Rebel Economy, Cairo
| 2009 | Reporter, Financial Times, London |
| 2009-2010 | Banking Reporter, Retail Banker International, London |
| 2010-2011 | Stock Market Reporter, The National Newspaper, Abu Dhabi |
| 2011 | Business Reporter, Dow Jones Newswire, Cairo |
| since 2011 | Founder, Rebel Economy, Cairo |
| Visiting Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations, Cairo | |
| Middle East Business Correspondent, Contributor to International Herald Tribune, Wall Street Journal, BBC Business, The Independent |
Abeer SOLIMAN
Writer and Storyteller; Founder, The Arabian Agency for Culture Exchange - Noon, Cairo
| since 2009 | Storyteller |
| since 2011 | Project Manager, Noon Foundation for Culture and Art, Cairo |
| since 2012 | Media Coordinator, Luxor Egyptian and European Film Festival, Cairo |
| since 2013 | Literary Curator, Read My World Festival, Amsterdam |
MA Kirsten VAN DEN HUL
Change Agent, Amsterdam
| 2000-2004 | Programme and Communication Officer, European Cultural Foundation, Amsterdam |
| 2005 | Trainer, Tunisian-American Chamber of Commerce, Tunis |
| 2006-2006 | Communication Officer, SHV Gas, Hoofddorp |
| 2006-2007 | Programme Coordinator, Cultuurfabriek, Amsterdam |
| 2008-2009 | Project Manager, Hart voor Amsterdam |
| 2010-2012 | UN Women's Representative on behalf of the Netherlands Women's Council |
| since 2007 | The Change Agent (www.thechangeagent.nl) |
| since 2011 | Columnist for Dutch daily AD |
